There are also doors that block your path and require a key to open. While there is a default weapon that has infinite durability, it doesn’t do much in the way of damage. Weapons do have a durability meter and will break after a while, so you’ll want to store some away for back up. While some are only there to spread gossip of why the King’s wife left him (and occasionally ask you to defeat a number of a certain enemy type in exchange for gold), others will sell you weapons and potions. And some, as to be expected, contain a boss monster to defeat. Most rooms, however, are unique labyrinths full of enemies to slay and traps to avoid. You start off exploring 24 rooms and as you complete quests the castle shifts and adds more rooms, up to an astonishing 1,200+! Some rooms are nothing more than a castle balcony that may have an item to collect, while all of the bottom floors are cellars with spiked floors that usually contain quite a few items or coins to collect (as long as you have an invincibility potion to avoid damage from the spikes). One button for jumping, one for attacking, a run button that makes you go faster, a map button, and an item menu button (the latter two being shortcut buttons to pause menu options). The dialogue, albeit suffering a little in translation, is funny and quirky, which I enjoy. The King (yes, Lucas himself), who has requested the help of any and all knights to help find his daughters, assumes you have responded to his request and, despite you trying over and over to tell him that you’re just passing through, recruits you to rescue his daughter from the ever-shifting castle. He defaults to whatever your profile name is), a sarcastic knight just passing through the Kingdom of Sausan. You play the nameless main character (well… sorta. King Lucas adds it’s own little touch, but is it enough to set itself apart from the slew of other similar games? Let’s find out, shall we? Devs adding special touches to the genre to kind of make it their own makes it even better. The platformer genre is, by far, my favourite genre in video games.
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