CRYPT CUSTODIAN is an motion journey sport developed by Kyle Thompson and printed by High Hat Studios. I used to be intrigued by this sport 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 job, which acts as a easy tutorial, is to make your means 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 possibly can 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 wash the afterlife for all eternity. Now the sport actually begins.
Together with your trusty broom as your weapon, Pluto roams the afterlife through platforming talents to defeat monsters with hack-n-slash expertise. The fight is enjoyable button-mashing the place you possibly can achieve new talents to help you in battle. For instance, Pluto’s fundamental weapon is swinging their broom round, however you will get upgrades, corresponding to urgent the B button to unleash a spin assault and the like.
The best way you earn these upgrades is by accumulating trash, which appears to be like an terrible lot like coal. Pluto collects trash at any time when defeating an enemy, however there are additionally loads of trash piles (that resemble rocks) around the globe you possibly can smash to bits. Trash acts because the afterlife’s forex, so you possibly can cease by on the bar and commerce within the rubbish for brand spanking new talents and upgrades. For instance, you will get a protect that bubbles round you, purchase extra hearts (you begin off with 4), and extra. You’ll additionally be taught new talents (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 powerful platformer, however the motion and jumps required in CRYPT CUSTODIAN have been easy sufficient that I didn’t really feel annoyed even after I missed a bounce every so often. General, the controls have 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 possibly can 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 to backtrack. I typically discovered myself getting rotated as a result of I saved 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 through boss battles and in addition discover some inside the world in case you discover.
CRYPT CUSTODIAN isn’t a very lengthy sport, however there’s lots to maintain you busy. There are enjoyable challenges you’ll discover throughout your exploration, corresponding to troublesome boss fights, and a boss rush mode will get unlocked when you defeat the primary one. Additionally, upon beginning the sport, you possibly can set the troublesome stage to straightforward, regular, or onerous. You may change this at any time throughout your play by way of, upping the issue to get extra of a problem.
