While this may sound somewhat negative, there’s more to be said about Demon Purge than making a (at times close) comparison to the games that inspired it. Maya, on the other hand, uses a short-to-mid range rapier that gives more differentiation. It’s perhaps not helped by Shinobu’s attack patterns, which mix long-ranged rapid-fire and diagonal shooting that feels like Belmont’s dagger. Enemies that they face on their journey look like ghouls and skeletons and fantastical creatures of stone that are somewhat reminiscent of monsters in Konami’s well-loved franchise, albeit with some unique attacks. With their school turned into a demon’s castle, Shinobu and Maya go to investigate the cause of this bizarre transformation. Announced just days before the recent Bitsummit event in Kyoto, Japan, and with the developers admitting it was touch-and-go whether the game would be ready to be showcased with a public-facing demo, Demon Purge turns out to be undeniably familiar yet refined food for fans of metroidvanias.Īdmittedly, at a glance the game struggles to differentiate itself much from its Castlevania inspirations beyond the lead characters.
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We have characters from the Gal*Gun series lifted and transported to a more Dracula-esque fantasy world, and the game certainly plays like a blend of these two franchises. It’s best to look on this project as the team’s take on Castlevania, with their trademark twist on the formula.
Part of what makes Gunvolt appealing is that it refines and expands upon a formula we see in the Mega Man X series, and it’s a similar intent that defines the company’s approach to their latest project, Grim Guardians: Demon Purge. Their games scratch the nostalgic itch while not reverting to the technical problems and gameplay hurdles that we’ve long since moved beyond. Inti Creates have earned themselves a reputation in recent years, through titles like Blaster Master Zero and the Azure Striker Gunvolt series, of creating visually-intricate and technical 2D platformers.
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