Posted on: July 11, 2016
syscrusher
Games: 88 Reviews: 43
Too difficult
Although Shantae And The Pirate's Curse remains on my GOG wishlist, I've had the opportunity to play it on a friend's PC, with keyboard, and now have doubts as to whether to buy it even if it goes on sale. The game is a retro styled platformer with a charming (and cutely sexy) central character and colorful graphics. Unfortunately it wastes no time in challenging even experienced Super Mario players with tight jumps, a hail of incoming machine gun fire, and few save points. I'd spent perhaps two or three hours in total on it and was unable to surpass more than a couple of minutes of in-game time before exhausting all of Shantae's defenses. No matter how appealing it might look, any game become tiresome when one is forced to restart countless times. My guess is a controller would help matters, but I'm unwilling to bet this game's price to find out. So unless a gamer is highly skilled at platformers, I'd suggest he check out other titles before this one.
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