Simon Quest: Transylvania Adventure brings back memories of dangerous skeletons, creepy mansions, and bad nights to have a curse in this week’s IGP First Look.
Dracula is dead, leaving a whole bunch of skeletons and zombies unemployed, yet filled with an entrepreneurial spirit. This spirit drives them to attack people anyway, doing their best to break into the horror business all on their own. Their can-do spirit is almost touching, except it’s touching you with claws and fangs that make your life quite difficult.
The game is inspired by Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest, nailing the familiar feel of traversing a haunted countryside, seeking clues from fearful townsfolk, acquiring lethal holy weaponry, and facing your foes at a slow, yet deliberate pace. It’s engrossing quite quickly, although the wind-up from the whip will likely take some getting used to. This loads each swing with a little fear as you wonder if you’ll pull it off, which is a nice touch for a pixellated horror game.
It’s ruthlessly challenging (at least, for me), but then again, you’re trying to whip skeletons and zombies to death. This should not be an easy activity. Luckily, you can buy tools and seek help, and there is a save feature you can use to bring yourself back to the fight intact. It’s shaping up to be a wonderful successor to Castlevania, but one made vastly better by having a dog you can pet. I love that pup, and would save the world for it. Anything for you, doggy friend.
A demo for Simon Quest: Transylvania Adventure is available now on itch.io.
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