This week your intrepid heroes pound ze tequila, summon our inner Luchador, and melee with the dead.
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Game: Guacamelee Gold Edition
Webzone: guacamelee.com
Devel: DrinkBox Studios
Engine: DrinkBox Engine (developed in-house)
Price: $14.99/€13.99
Wazzat: Metroid-vania style action-platformer set in a magical Mexican inspired world. The game draws its inspiration from traditional Mexican culture and folklore, and features many interesting and unique characters.
Makes with the working
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Couch co-op works without issue, although you have to hit the respawn orb thingy
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Shiny / Sounds
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Bitchin’ soundtrack is bitchin’
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I liked the art style but fell in love when it was brought to my attention that it could cause fk mothering seizures \:D/
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Knocking it a chair the decided lack of children
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The soundtrack is pretty awesome
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Shank in a full metroidvania outfit.
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None of the gritty stuff
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It’s all colorful and cheery
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Background music compliments the visuals perfectly
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Control
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Where Shank and Mark of the Ninja fell short, Guacamelee succeeded.
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Tight and responsive controls paired with an out-of-the-box working PS2 Dual Shock can only mean one thing…
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FUN
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Pacing is spot on. Really, piss me off just enough and I keep coming back.
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Most modern games are just too easy
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Little disappointed the chickens don’t try to kill you after turning red. Pollo Loco indeed
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Gotta love Luchadores
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On the first go, it sucked me in for over an hour without me even realising it.
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It’s like Shank and Dust: An Elysian Tale got drunk in some random mexican bar and this was their dumpster baby.
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At least it doesn’t take itself seriously. Unlike the aforementioned two.
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Random pop culture references are actually pretty mild and, considering the general tone of the game, well placed.
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It does prey on the mexican stereotype to get some cheap laughs, but it does so successfully.
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Have to duck it a chair because, like most metroidvania games, it resorts to having you backtrack like some obsessive compulsive lunatic in order to squeeze some extra game time.
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