CRYPT CUSTODIAN is an motion journey recreation developed by Kyle Thompson and revealed by Prime Hat Studios. I used to be intrigued by this recreation initially as a result of it’s set within the afterlife and also you play as a cat. What extra might you need? Fortunately, the sport turned out to be as a lot enjoyable as marketed.
You play as Pluto, a cat who has lately died. They get up within the afterlife, surrounded by different spirits (largely frogs). Your first process, which acts as a easy tutorial, is to make your approach from the place you landed within the afterlife to the palace, the place you’ll have a gathering with Kendra, the Afterlife Guardian. She’ll then inform you whether or not you’ll be able to transfer on in bliss or get banished. It’s all depending on how good Pluto was when alive. Sadly, Pluto will get banished and will get sentenced to scrub the afterlife for all eternity. Now the sport really begins.
Together with your trusty broom as your weapon, Pluto roams the afterlife by way of platforming skills to defeat monsters with hack-n-slash expertise. The fight is enjoyable button-mashing the place you’ll be able to acquire new skills to help you in battle. For instance, Pluto’s fundamental weapon is swinging their broom round, however you will get upgrades, reminiscent of urgent the B button to unleash a spin assault and the like.
The best way you earn these upgrades is by amassing trash, which appears an terrible lot like coal. Pluto collects trash every time defeating an enemy, however there are additionally loads of trash piles (that resemble rocks) all over the world you’ll be able to smash to bits. Trash acts because the afterlife’s forex, so you’ll be able to cease by on the bar and commerce within the rubbish for brand spanking new skills and upgrades. For instance, you will get a defend that bubbles round you, purchase extra hearts (you begin off with 4), and extra. You’ll additionally be taught new skills (for instance, dashing or in-air dashing, permitting you to leap additional) with every boss you defeat..
Regardless of the enjoyable fight, the platforming was manageable. I’m not a robust platformer, however the motion and jumps required in CRYPT CUSTODIAN had been easy sufficient that I didn’t really feel annoyed even once I missed a leap once in a while. Total, the controls had been fluid and fast to grasp, making the sport an excessive amount of enjoyable to place down.
The world of the afterlife is huge, too. Fortunately, CRYPT CUSTODIAN offers you a handy-dandy map you’ll be able to take a look at anytime. The map reveals itself as you progress from space to space. If there’s an space you missed, you’ll simply see it on the map and be capable of backtrack. I usually discovered myself getting circled as a result of I stored discovering new locations to discover that didn’t essentially transfer the story ahead. Fortunately, there are additionally loads of fast-travel factors, which is the place you additionally save the sport and equip your new upgrades. Every improve prices a specific amount of factors. You’ll earn these by way of boss battles and in addition discover some throughout the world should you discover.
CRYPT CUSTODIAN isn’t a really lengthy recreation, however there’s loads to maintain you busy. There are enjoyable challenges you’ll discover throughout your exploration, reminiscent of troublesome boss fights, and a boss rush mode will get unlocked when you defeat the primary one. Additionally, upon beginning the sport, you’ll be able to set the troublesome stage to simple, regular, or exhausting. You’ll be able to change this at any time throughout your play via, upping the issue to get extra of a problem.
