Shantae and the Pirate's Curse

Pretty good game. But for some reason, creators don't want you to finish it by putting unnecessarily hard stage right at the end, so your playthrough end in vain.

This is a game that I hear about time and time again, but never had the desire to buy, so when GoG gave it away for free, I grabbed it straight away and whacked it on the download. I'm an hour in so far and from what I've played the game is a really solid platformer (I don't play many). The game has good, precise controls with no "floaty" feel, rpg lite mechanics, such as upgrading your main attack, gaining new abilities (can be bought from the in game shop for gems you pickup off enemies and skill unlocks from dungeons etc). The character art style is good (that is the pixel art and in game character story portraits) alongside the pirate theme. There is lots of cleavage for the women, so coomers should be aware.

Love the beautiful artwork and music. Fun to play.

the level design is lazy and annoying. the game doesn't give any clue on what to do in any levels.i had to reffer to walkthroughs to make sense of what one is supposed to do in order to complete this game

This is a fun platformer with some puzzles. It controls well, looks good, has a nice soundtrack and is overall a very solid game in every aspect. The only thing I didn't like enough to mention it, is that there is no option to turn off screenshake effects, and I personally hate those in any game.