Gal Guardians: Demon Purge

Very fun Castlevania-like (Not a Metroidvania). Spin-off of the Gal Gun series. This is the second game I played in all my life where I got all the achievements. I was having too much fun with this game, exploring the castle, getting all the endings and reading all the girl's dialogue was very funny and addictive. Also beating the Boss Rush in Legend Mode was a nice challenge.

I will recommend this game, but you have to understand the following going into it: 1. This game plays like classic Castlevania. You will be moving forward on a linear path though the levels to the end of the game. It is not an open world "Metriod-Vania" game. 2. The health system is like classic Castlevania. Once you lose health, you have to find a HP drop to heal. 3. You are using two players, switching between them depending on the foes. One hits hard but has limited range and low HP, the other has a weaker long range attack. 4. When you beat a level you may gain power ups that can open paths that were previously closed or unreachable; however you can go back and replay the previous levels after beating the boss on the current level to collect/explore areas that were inaccessible. 5. When one character loses their health, you automatically change to the other character and start at the beginning of the current map. You can find your companion laying on the floor and...

ONLY PLAY THIS IF YOU LIKE GAL GUNS. There's like only 2 fanservice moments and they're very light compared to original gal guns and it takes some effort to get them as they're from the two endings (true ending and alt ending). There's lots of high school tier dirty jokes which is just like the original. Gameplay wise, it feels lacking as metroidvania and there's too damn many pitfalls in this game that insta kills you and you are only given small platforms to step while enemies are blocking your way that could easily knock you off them. Early game is tough (if you play on veteran) due to lack of so many tools. Bosses aren't hard once you memorize their patterns. They aren't souls-like tier difficult as they don't really adapt to you (no homing angles, etc. except for few very predictable moves) so they attack in very fixed pattern and hitboxes, which once you figure them out, it's a breeze. Stages/Zones are short but you don't have a map so you have to memorize them, the compass help...

for me get all achivements need two things, game be good and not be bad achivements, now that not means game is great and actually have some problems, and seems that all problems is solved by check guides and see the map. Yes you can do a blind run get almost all things but get all requieres you have a book outside of game with a draw map and hope you get the inspiration for some hidden places. The movement is perfect and without much more to add apart of good plataforming then give it a try.

A lot darker than the Gal Gun series proper, with a surprising amount of gore: however, it still maintains much of the charm and humor of its predecessors. As an action platformer, it has everything you would expect: gathering new abilities, uncovering secrets and collecting items, and (mostly) unforgettable boss fights. Definitely recommend to play on at least Veteran for that almost old-school challenge.

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 1 & 2 are some of my favorite old-school games. Master Blaster Zero trilogy was also great. Then there's this game, incredibly mediocre that neither feels fun nor satisfying to play. To the point where I don't even want to finish it. What the hell happened to INTI CREATES? If you haven't already played Curse of the Moon, get them instead and skip this one.