![]() ![]() You take control of Don Ramiro throughout the game, despite at times being shown amongst his three travelling companions, you only play as him. It starts off with the familiar side scrolling levels but soon adds in a vertical element to the platforming changing the level layout to mix things up. The gameplay is also a throwback to days gone by in gaming, offering a real challenge in difficulty but never feels cheap or forced to frustrate the player. It successfully blends together to conjure memories of playing the very games that inspired this one and leaves you as the player with a great big smile whilst playing. You can see how much respect Abylight Studios the developers have for the original genre in every little detail from the animation to the level designs and character models. Once you do the trip down memory lane continues and you can see how much Ghosts n Goblins has inspired this game and it is important to say that it does feel like it has been inspired rather than simply trying to imitate it. If you are someone who played on 16 Bit consoles then this will no doubt resonate with you adding that all important retro buzz such games look to create and this is before you have even entered the game itself. The visuals are gloriously retro and instantly make you feel as though you have stepped back in time and playing on an old generation Megadrive instead of the modern Xbox One console, the main menu and music are a full on nostalgia trip on their own. ![]() Straightaway you can see just how much the influence of the 16 Bit era has influenced this game. The King summons his greatest knights led by Don Ramiro and sets them on a quest to end the evil. His reign made worse when demons capture the tears of a young witch and use them to create a gateway to their world, allowing more to enter and threaten Castilla. Poor old King Alfonso the VI of Leon in the Castilla Kingdom, it is never easy for a monarch. Madilta Castilla Ex – Cursed Castile pays both respect to the past age of gaming and brings it up to date for a modern player but can it live up to the legacy that inspired it? Now a PC game from 2012 has added its own take on this gaming genre and instantly has all the aspects that made Ghosts n Goblins so popular. The class story of a Knight fighting evil and monsters to save the day is one that has held up over many gaming generations and in the current climate of retro styled games flooding current consoles, it still holds up today. You would be hard pushed to talk to any gamer of a certain age to find one that has no experience playing the iconic side scrolling action game Ghosts n Goblins. ![]()
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