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La Mulana; aka. "Those fucking bats" the game
8 years ago
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When life gives you lemons, burn life's house down. Preferrably with life still inside.
So, while waiting for an opportunity to get my PC over here, all I had to pass time was my shitty old laptop, IBM ThinkPad series. Despite it's age, it turned out to be pretty decent at running some games, among them being the older, freeware version of La Mulana which got me hooked up real bad.
Great plot? Check. The more you read tablets and talk to certain characters, the more of it you piece together.
Lots of puzzles and exploring? Check. Some puzzles are fucking diabolical and require online guides to solve, and others are so deceptively simple that you will bust your brain trying to figure them out, only to realize later just how easy they really were. And not all puzzles unlock something in the area you are currently exploring, no no no no...you won't find out what did you unlock until much later. Or maybe sooner.
And then there is that one most infuriating obstacle, one that will quickly become bane of every La Mulana player's existence:
Bats.
Those motherfucking bats.
You thought you will land that jump perfectly and reach the other side? Nope, bats say "Fuuuuuuck you, down the pit you go" and there you are sitting, screaming and cursing like a sailor when some bat changes flight path and bounces into you, sending you down a pit and several screens below. 20 minutes into the game and you will wish you could render the whole bat population extinct.
I know I did. And I am currently trying and failing to beat Tiamat because guess what she keeps spawning?!!!
Great plot? Check. The more you read tablets and talk to certain characters, the more of it you piece together.
Lots of puzzles and exploring? Check. Some puzzles are fucking diabolical and require online guides to solve, and others are so deceptively simple that you will bust your brain trying to figure them out, only to realize later just how easy they really were. And not all puzzles unlock something in the area you are currently exploring, no no no no...you won't find out what did you unlock until much later. Or maybe sooner.
And then there is that one most infuriating obstacle, one that will quickly become bane of every La Mulana player's existence:
Bats.
Those motherfucking bats.
You thought you will land that jump perfectly and reach the other side? Nope, bats say "Fuuuuuuck you, down the pit you go" and there you are sitting, screaming and cursing like a sailor when some bat changes flight path and bounces into you, sending you down a pit and several screens below. 20 minutes into the game and you will wish you could render the whole bat population extinct.
I know I did. And I am currently trying and failing to beat Tiamat because guess what she keeps spawning?!!!
They're actually some of the least annoying enemies in the game.
Damn shame that La-Mulana 2 seems to be in limbo despite exceeding the Kickstarter goal.
Shameless self-plug of LM doodle:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/20609469/
A shame there is no knife tho like in Maze of Galious. UMBRELLA!