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Posted on: January 2, 2019
Gewalthaufen
Verified ownerGames: 364 Reviews: 35
Nice sequel, controls are still cancer
It's pretty much like the frist one, some polish here and there and a couple of QQL changes...and the jumping controls are still as infuriating as ever. Especially with an XBox-Controller. The d-pad isn't used at all, literally. You can't even rebind it.
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Posted on: August 7, 2018
Munkee79
Verified ownerGames: 528 Reviews: 30
Can't see the forest for the trees.
There is a surprising variety of experiences you can have playing the La-Mulana games, and at the very least you don't have to worry about it being 2005 so that your only option is to play the freeware original in Japanese with exactly two half-finished machine-translated guides as your only reference materials. That being said, having experienced that, it was still a significantly richer experience than this new sequel is. Every La-Mulana game has its issues. The freeware release with its unwieldy save system, grapple gloves, ROM carts, etc., the remake with its super-OP bosses and complete lack of retro aesthetic, and now the sequel with its hordes of exquisitely crafted B.S. unfunny and unfun "gotcha" moments. Nigoro did manage to successfully streamline LM2 somewhat, easing you into the game better, but seemingly in an attempt to maintain the notorious difficulty in the face of simpler enemies and puzzles, the level design is now completely riddled with invisible traps at every turn. Moreso than the original, certainly. Picture the Hell Temple from LM1, except instead of being designed to break your spirit it's just to tick you off constantly. Trapdoors that drop you into spikes that bounce you into enemies and force a 10-minute trek back; enemies that bounce you into instadeath "poison lava" pits or inescapable drowning traps; bats that have been deliberately redesigned to blend into the background; overpopulation of basic enemies rather than a sparser but more engaging bestiary; the list goes on. Whether due to time restraints or the schizophrenic nature of its shifted design focus, what we are left with is a game that's a walking identity crisis. Puzzles are more obtuse than cryptic, exploration is more railroaded than open and more punishing than rewarding, and the whole thing is basically all of the frustration La-Mulana is known for with none of the satisfaction that should come with it. It looks and sounds pretty, but that's about it.
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Posted on: August 10, 2018
winexploder
Verified ownerGames: 4 Reviews: 1
The game is a frustrating mess
The puzzles are impossible to solve without outside help and the bosses are the very meaning of frustrating. I quit the game when a boss that should have been fun turned out to be maddening. If you like games that are consistently fun, then don't buy this one.
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