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Eder

Hey I wrote a review for an old game! Video review maybe someday? http://www.giantbomb.com/sonic-jam/3030-2391/user-reviews/2200-28177

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Eder's Game of the week: Ultimate Ghosts 'n Goblins (PSP)

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Damn you Gargoyle!
Damn you Gargoyle!
Where to begin with this game. Somehow for me it was news when the PSN store was available on the PSP and I got some games off of it since I don't have a PS3 yet. Ultimate GnG was one of those games that I just kept saying to myself that I would get it later. Later has now come and I downloaded this one off the PSN store. One thing I gotta say is that this game gets no love at all here on Giant Bomb. No description, no review, nothing. The boxart is very nice and is here though. Sets the tone for what awaits those who buy this game: You are alone and the demon world is out to get you.

The story is a sequel to Super GnG where the demon lord of that game is gone and there is a new ruler that wants to mix his blood with that of the royal family. So he kidnaps Arthur's girl and then the game starts right away. The GnG series is know for many things but most notably is the difficulty. Man these games are hard and they will drive you MAD. That has not changed in this game and I can't really tell if this one is even harder but I do know that: this game is hard.
Thankfuly this game isn't an almost remake of the previous one like Super GnG was to GnG. All of the levels have their own design and brand new enemies to be a pain in the ass as always. Some enemies make a return like the son of a bitch known as the Gargoyle. He is the one thing I can think of that is harder. In the other games he just comes at you really fast and with a very unpredictable pattern. In this one he gets a new attack that just can't be avoided and you WILL DIE.

Dragon shield FTW
Dragon shield FTW
The game is in a 2D plane but has 3D graphics like the Megaman X remake on the PSP. Somehow that doesn't work that well for this game. Which brings me to the only thing I can find bad out this game. The graphics are a little too dark. It's ok for some levels to be dark, they need it to give a kind of mood. But the other games used more color for everything. Maybe this game should have been cel shaded. But those are just small things to complain about. They also added more weapons to the game but took some away just to make them worse. Yeah nevermind the weapons are lame, just go with the knives the whole game and you'll be fine. Capcom really added way too much stuff this time. Theres shields you can use and they all have an ability you can use, theres magic that fires at enemies or slows down time and theres even a bunch of new armors you can get and yes, they all are pretty unique. Some of the upgrades though grant you abilities that actually make the game harder for those who played the other games, since you already have a mindset about how you move around with Arthur. In typical sidescrollers we are used to make a jump that then we can change the direction of. Not in GnG. Here you jump and you gotta keep going in that direction no matter what.

The game isn't that cheap but it's worth the money. It will definetly take any normal person some time to beat. And if you actualy beat this game fast, you are a freak.

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