Other than making Denz look all demonic and awesome and stuff, it also has a Silent Hill-esque effect on environments in which the walls peel away and everything starts to look rather hellish and decidedly aflame. While the transformation doesn’t radically change the gameplay in any way, it does come with some cool visual flourishes. I’m sure there’s a negative side to this (something about being damned to Hell I think), but as far as getting some good old fashioned killing done, it actually comes in pretty handy. Denz’s curse allows him to temporarily transform into a horned demon that, besides looking decidedly cool, can deliver additional damage to boot. In fairness though, as curses go, this is probably one of the better ones. You see, Denz, along with having to save his farther, has to contend with the fact that he’s been stricken with a Templar curse….rough day. There’s little more to the game other than the vanquishing of your foes, but if you’re a fan of the hack-n-slash genre, there’s enough quality and depth here to make Cursed Crusade well worth a look.īeyond the basic, but nonetheless enjoyable, two player co-op (available both locally and online), Cursed Crusade’s unique calling card is Denz’s use of demonic, supernatural powers. With your co-op buddy – the mildly entertaining, walking stereotype that is Esteban Noviembre – along for the ride, you’ll essentially be tasked with cutting your way through a seemingly never ending collection of bad guys via the game’s rewarding and often brutal combat system. It may not have that immediate wow factor of many of today’s eager to please releases, and its somewhat ponderous combat and dialogue heavy cut-scenes may put off some gamers off, but stick with it and Kylotonn Games’, The Cursed Crusade reveals itself to be a rewarding and highly enjoyable slice of hack-n-slash action.Īfter an admittedly overly long intro in which we are introduced to Jean de Bayle, Cursed Crusade picks up years later with his son, Denz de Bayle as he joins the Crusades in an attempt to find his now missing father. While The Cursed Crusade isn’t quit the game that Viking: Battle of Asgard was, I fear that it may suffer a similarly muted response despite the fact that it is a huge amount of fun to play. Seriously, if you haven’t already played it, you can pick it up for next to nothing online. Sure it had its flaws, but as far as I was concerned, this was one of the best hack-n-slash games I had played….ever. Back in 2008, Viking: Battle for Asgard was released to an extremely lukewarm critical and commercial reception.
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