![]() ![]() ![]() This can lead players to inadvertently mess up the control scheme 6. The title can be played with both a gamepad or a computer keyboard, but for whatever reason, when one clicks on either Keyboard Setup or Controller Setup, the game immediately brings up a prompt saying Press Controller for instead of first showing the player the current button layout. First the controls: Don Ramiro is out for some derring-do While some video games don’t have an option’s menu, others, like Cursed Castilla EX have one that’s both empty and convoluted at the same time. Controls, Options, and Language Shenanigans: And lastly, there have been reports among PC-players on Steam about slowdowns during gameplay 4, 5. Additionally, despite having full health, he was one-shotted twice by a cauldron in Chapter VII: Cursed Forest. Furthermore, the player character got stuck between platforms during the second phase of Chapter III: The Alcazar (where a line of archers shoot at the player) and in one instance was unable to damage cogwheels in Chapter VI: The Aqueduct’s elevator part. And while Cursed Castilla EX ran with 60 frames per second (fps) most of the time, it did experience sudden and dramatic framerate drops down to 30-ish and 25-ish fps in the middle of Chapter I: Tolomera del Rey and during the windmill part of Chapter II: Road of the Harpies. I played this game on a 32-bit Windows Vista Home Premium desktop PC with an Intel Core 2 CPU, 3070 MB RAM, DirectX 11, and a GeForce 9500 GT graphics card. While the developer, Locomaldito, overcame quite the challenge with the original game, for which he created and programmed six levels with 14 bosses, and 40 enemies all by himself, the EX release adds another two levels, five bosses, and eight enemies on top of the already existing content and adds a bestiary and filters to mimic CRT television sets like in the days of yore. the level design and mechanics in Ghouls ‘n Ghost 3) with the developer, Locomaldito, having pointed at other titles such as Karnov (1987) or Black Tiger (1987) as additional sources of inspiration 2. While the game’s world is inspired by the late medieval, chivalric romance, Amadís de Gaula (Spanish for Amadis of Gaul) (14th century CE), its mechanics and graphic design show strong influences of Capcom’s arcade franchise and action platformer Ghosts ’n Goblins (since 1985) 2 (cf. ![]() About the Game: A throwback to the 1980sĬursed Castilla EX (2016), or as it is known in its country of origin, Spain, Maldita Castilla EX (Spanish for Cursed Castile) is an improved pay-to-play rerelease of the freeware title Maldita Castilla (2012) from a few years prior. I first saw Maldita Castilla in early 2018 on a recording of an AGDQ stream on YouTube 1, then, on August 21, 2018, received a key to its EX release out of the blue. I received this game as a gift from a Steam user. King Alfonso VI of León thus sends out his bravest knights, Don Ramiro, Don Diego, Mendoza, and Quesada to the province of Tolomera to end this treachery and the demonic plague along with it. Always on the lookout for the easily exploitable, the forces of evil hear Marou’s cries and persuade her to enter a malevolent bargain that unleashes unforeseen evils on to the kingdom of Castile. You can also make your battle cry with songs from the original soundtrack and the remastered audio.It’s the year 1081 A.D., the fair maiden, Marou, weeps for the one she holds dearest, the one who fell in battle. There are secrets to be found and power-ups to be had!Įxciting battles will be waiting for you throughout the game.īecome a seasoned monster hunter with the illustrated bestiary with unlockable information about the legends featured in the game. Not only will you have to defeat the enemies that come your way, but you will also have to be skilful to avoid dying or falling along the way.īut all is not lost! Fate has given you a range of weapons to bring the battle to the heart of the demon. The road to victory is full of traps and dangers. Move, jump and dodge to avoid getting hit or falling while fighting. But even if you survive these challenges, you may end up losing the souls of your companions and even your own if you are not careful! Here Don Ramiro will face not only legends from the chivalrious romances of Amadis de Gaula but also powerful European mythos brought to life. Set in the Spanish kingdom of Castilla during the Middle Ages, you will be invited to take part in a love letter to Spanish folklore and the best of retro platformers. Explore Tolomera del Rey in depth through to 8 game stages and banish the evil invading the Kingdom with 4 different endings. ![]()
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