

The controls are tight and, as I previously mentioned, although the difficulty curve is set really high, it never feels unfair and genuine progression is definitely possible. The sound is also superb and features a range of wonderfully composed chiptunes. Graphically Maldita Castilla EX is beautiful so much love and care was put into every pixel on the screen and the addition of scanlines create an almost perfect arcade experience. It’s all pretty standard stuff really that will be more than familiar to fans of old school arcade games. Although the game does require some platforming, there are no really unfair jumps and you spend more time killing the many enemies on offer. You have a small health bar that can also be replenished by picking up hearts as well as a time limit and continues. Although these can be upgraded, it’s a very simple system that doesn’t require any complex control systems (yes, we are looking at you Cast of the Seven Godsends). The gameplay itself very similar to Ghosts ‘n Goblins: there are no fancy power-ups here, just your suit of armour, shield and sword. The King Alfonso VI of León has gathered his loyal knights to get to Tolomera del Rey and finish the nightmare using the power of the Witch’s tears.” Alright, so, let’s go bash up some demons and rid the world of evil then? Sounds pretty standard to me. It’s put pretty simply for those that care: “The tears of a young witch have been turned by a demon into a key that opens up a gateway for the evil in this world. Like Cast of the Seven Godsends, Maldita Castilla EX also has a nice little back story, the difference is that it isn’t forced upon you and doesn’t require you to skip through seemingly endless pop-up boxes of dialogue. The amount of content shoved into this package is very impressive, yet it never strays from its simple retro roots and remains incredibly authentic to its arcade origins right down to the pseudo scanlines on the screen. It also offers a lot more in terms of content too this game has a total of eight stages (as opposed to 6), around 50 different types of enemies (including nearly 20 different bosses), four alternative endings, 15 different unlockables and eight different screen modes. When you die it’s almost always your fault, can almost always be fixed with another try, and genuine progression is possible with every play. But the big difference here – and this is a big but – is that that Maldita Castlilla EX isn’t unfair. It’s no easier mind just like the original Capcom arcade game that inspired it, Maldita Castilla is brutally difficult. I got straight to the point with my review of Cast of the Seven Godsends, so I think I will do the very same thing here: Maldita Castilla EX is very much the better game. So let’s see if Abylight Studios’ game can get right what its rival got wrong and bring the true retro arcade experience home – without the need to throw your controller at the wall. In that review I mentioned that there was also another game along very similar lines, inspired by the very same arcade machine: Maldita Castilla EX. Like Cast of the Seven Godsends, this title also originated on the PC, where it debuted to great acclaim.
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Yell your battle cry with songs for the original soundtrack and the remastered audio Prepare yourself for a journey into the Cursed Castilla Ex, the extended version of the acclaimed arcade classic Maldita Castilla, created originally by the Spanish developer Locomalito - in collaboration with Abylight Studios.Įxplore Tolomera del Rey in depth through to 8 game stagesįight against 48+ types of enemies and 19 final bossesīanish the evil invading the Kingdom with 4 different endingsīecome a seasoned monster hunter with the illustrated bestiary with unlockable information about the legends featured in the gameīrag about your combat skills with 15 unlockable achievements
