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Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition Review
9 years ago
General
Well just completed Guacamelee STCE and here's my review
The story is simple, you play as Juan, a humble Agave farmer who has dreams of being a luchador, while preparing for the Day of the Dead festival, he hopes to win El Presidente's Daughter's heart during it. Unfortunately she's captured by a charro skeleton named Carlos Calaca who aims to sacrifice El Presidente's Daughter in a ritual to merge the world of the Living and dead together and rule over both worlds. Juan is easily killed until he emerges in the Land of the Dead, guided to a mystical luchador mask by the guardian, Tostada. Together the duo intend to defeat Calaca, save the world, and get El Presidente's Daughter back.
The game itself is Metroidvania style, so expect tons of secrets, power-ups, and poking fun at genres. The game's landscapes are beautifully drawn and lovingly crafted, the folklore of Mexico bursts at the seams and gives the world a vibrancy and color that most Metroidvania games tend to excel at. Yes there is backtracking later on to collect everything, but the backtracking is meaningful especially with the addition of a power-up that breaks the monotony of back tracking and makes it fun.
The main draw is the use of luchador moves in combos, combat is fluid, having you use combos of attacks and special moves to finish your enemies and avoid being hit to rack up massive combos. This doesn't extend to combat, but also exploration, as certain combos can help with exploring the terrain of the world. It's very fun to slam on the ground and create a shortcut after a particularly long level.
The game is full of sidequests that give you health or stamina upgrades, which are very useful when it comes to fights, as the enemies and bosses do a lot of damage. There is also INTENSO mode, which amplifies your attack powers, and with the right upgrades, you can break shields and make enemies a cake walk to finish. Not only that, but this game includes all the DLC from the series, with the exception of the 'Frenimies Pack' that gives you skins of your bosses.
There is a challenge mode level that is called 'El Infierno' and this is the hardest challenge to get. To get 100% of that area you need to complete the challenges and get gold in all of them. Certain challenges are difficult, but with time and mastery, you can get them all.
The game itself has two endings if you can get all pieces of the mask, the last you get from beating Calaca, but if you don't get them all, you're stuck with the bad ending. If you do 100% the game and get all the mask pieces, you'll get the good ending, which is the better of the two. You also unlock Hard mode for beating the game on normal mode. Hard mode basically ups the damage bosses can do and ups the damage you can do.
If you're looking for a game rich in Mexican folklore, puns of other games, and a fun fluid combat system, this one is for you.
The story is simple, you play as Juan, a humble Agave farmer who has dreams of being a luchador, while preparing for the Day of the Dead festival, he hopes to win El Presidente's Daughter's heart during it. Unfortunately she's captured by a charro skeleton named Carlos Calaca who aims to sacrifice El Presidente's Daughter in a ritual to merge the world of the Living and dead together and rule over both worlds. Juan is easily killed until he emerges in the Land of the Dead, guided to a mystical luchador mask by the guardian, Tostada. Together the duo intend to defeat Calaca, save the world, and get El Presidente's Daughter back.
The game itself is Metroidvania style, so expect tons of secrets, power-ups, and poking fun at genres. The game's landscapes are beautifully drawn and lovingly crafted, the folklore of Mexico bursts at the seams and gives the world a vibrancy and color that most Metroidvania games tend to excel at. Yes there is backtracking later on to collect everything, but the backtracking is meaningful especially with the addition of a power-up that breaks the monotony of back tracking and makes it fun.
The main draw is the use of luchador moves in combos, combat is fluid, having you use combos of attacks and special moves to finish your enemies and avoid being hit to rack up massive combos. This doesn't extend to combat, but also exploration, as certain combos can help with exploring the terrain of the world. It's very fun to slam on the ground and create a shortcut after a particularly long level.
The game is full of sidequests that give you health or stamina upgrades, which are very useful when it comes to fights, as the enemies and bosses do a lot of damage. There is also INTENSO mode, which amplifies your attack powers, and with the right upgrades, you can break shields and make enemies a cake walk to finish. Not only that, but this game includes all the DLC from the series, with the exception of the 'Frenimies Pack' that gives you skins of your bosses.
There is a challenge mode level that is called 'El Infierno' and this is the hardest challenge to get. To get 100% of that area you need to complete the challenges and get gold in all of them. Certain challenges are difficult, but with time and mastery, you can get them all.
The game itself has two endings if you can get all pieces of the mask, the last you get from beating Calaca, but if you don't get them all, you're stuck with the bad ending. If you do 100% the game and get all the mask pieces, you'll get the good ending, which is the better of the two. You also unlock Hard mode for beating the game on normal mode. Hard mode basically ups the damage bosses can do and ups the damage you can do.
If you're looking for a game rich in Mexican folklore, puns of other games, and a fun fluid combat system, this one is for you.
