These kind of situations - deliberate by the developer or via user error - still end up posing a very fair challenge too, thanks to the snappy controls. Maldita Castilla also successfully makes you feel like a bad-ass your actions may appear simplistic, but due to the limitations imposed to the player combined with how precise the hit- and hurtboxes are, some of the pixel perfect clutch moments feel extremely satisfying once you (spontaneously or otherwise) pull them off. Up there with the likes of Shovel Knight with regards to how polished and faithful it is to the era of videogames it's paying tribute to, while still offering enough concepts of its own to differentiate itself from the source material. Sure sold me when I first laid eyes on this game.Ĭriminally underrated. Several other modes too outside of the campaign, such as a Boss Rush, an Infinite Survival and a Daily Challenge. The soundtrack is upbeat and compliments the frantic action nicely, there's a lot of effort put into audiovisual readability to prevent a need to constantly glance over to the HUD for crucial information, the bosses are designed around reasonable 'bullet hell' patterns without overstaying their welcome and there exist numerous EX Options (first-person camera, visual filters, upping the enemy count et cetera) for a change of pace. Said characters vary from someone wielding a railgun with proximinity mines on the side, someone who spews lava whilst carrying a giant fuckin' drill, someone who can only damage others through her separate robot (meaning you have to pay attention to three different things simultaneously) or someone with a chargeable vorpal blade allowing for long-distance and highly damaging dashes. There's 9 playable androids to choose from, nearly all of them with a noticeably different strategy yet still viable to achieve the highest ratings with. The often dynamic arenas themselves can pose as big of a threat as the robot opposition (something you rarely see in a shooter of this style) with hardly any 'gimmick' recycling to boot, with the enemies simultaneously being sufficiently varied.

For starters: although it doesn't seem that way on the surface, there is very little randomness that comes into play here, allowing for plenty of room for refinement in one's approach to a level or boss fight.

It may come off of as primarily a co-op experience (local only for what it's worth) but it carries enough meat to its bones to still be a worthwhile single player endeavour, especially when gunning for the S+ ranks per stage. My favourite twin-stick shooter in years because of how expertly crafted it is, regardless of it being WitchBlade's debut title. You can collect new gear, weapons and level up your group of robots to take missions scattered around three acts. Its a 2D turn based strategy game where you have to aim your weapons, grenades and gadgets. Great turn based game with roguelike elements, where you can unlock new agents and gadgets after every campaign. Klei has made two of the best stealth games ever with Mark of the Ninja and Invisible Inc. One of the best surprises of 2016, too bad the game didn´t get a lot of love. Renowed Explorers: International Society: 60% off. You can level up spells, buy new spells and collect weapons as well. You don´t actually aim in the aim - aim is automatic - so you have to concentrate on moving around and escaping the enemies. Good 2D action game with randomized levels and rogue like elements.

Can´t say the price in USD since Im using the South American store, it should be about $5USD.

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