Un bon Castlevania like à l’ancienne développé par les frères Johnson

Un level design et des boss bien fichus, des musiques entraînantes et une multitude de références aux classiques du genre. La difficulté est bien dosée et progressive, les 2 premiers niveaux se passent sans trop de difficulté mais il va falloir s’y reprendre à plusieurs fois pour les suivants (mention spéciale pour le niveau 4, avec ses blocs de glace et ses chutes mortelles… mais on aime ça !)

Je relance l’aventure en mode expert !

I played this through twice today, once on normal difficulty using the sword only and no sub weapons for an extra challenge, and then a full playthrough using all sub weapons on expert mode and wow, I had a great time.

There's a lot to love here for those that enjoy classic styled, retro platformers:

The graphics and sprite designs are very charming and fit the world perfectly.
Three difficulties means there's something for everyone skill level wise.
The controls are fluid and easy to work with when attempting the difficult platforming sections.
Hitboxes are accurate and make sense in the heat of combat.
Enemy placement and their attacks is a challenge to overcome, especially on expert mode.
Expert mode adds new enemies and even changes up the stage designs/boss abilities.
Has a built in clock in speedrunning mode.
Sub weapons are all useful at different moments/situations.
Balance is great. There's difficulty but it's fair and gives you a chance to improve and learn.

Would highly recommend this one, lots of fun to be had!

Based heavily on the real life battles of the Johnson brothers against the minions of darkness, Awakened Evil is a masterpiece of pulse pounding retro horror action that will have you asking "what more evil shall awaken to block my path to righteousness?" The answer, of course, is all the evil! The only thing nearly as exciting as the game-play is the inspired score, which adds even more tension as you battle the undead, brave harrowing cliffs, and jump in faith to platforms visible only in the heart of a raging storm! The weak will fail in the agony of defeat, but for the brave and determined, you will emerge triumphant in your narrowly earned victory!

It's worth $8.

Six awesome levels.
Five special weapons.
Four lives to live.
Three years in the making.
Two itchy buttcheeks.
And one soulful protagonist: John Danklius III.

Made by two brothers in the vein of Castlevania and other retro games. Can't recommend enough, S Tier ultimate platformer. Oozing with love and attention to detail. Beat it and learn something about yourself.

Nice little tough pixel game, with a built in speed running mode. Looking to set the world record in this game, to hopefully impress my children, who no longer even look at me, since I failed to beat mario.

What can I say that hasn't already been said? If you enjoy Classic-vanias, then you're gonna enjoy this. The level and enemy designs breathe life into a long dormant genre. Casual mode is a fun option for inexperienced players. The difficulty's fair on normal mode and it adds a lot of replay value and challenge with expert mode. Soundtrack is anything but BASIC and will keep your head nodding throughout. It may not be recommended for those who shy away from a retro-inspired challenge, but I truly believe if you give this game a shot you will not be disappointed. Plus it's truly an amazing value at it's current price so pick it up right now!!! There's always hope for a sequel!

I think my game is defective. I keep dying. I'm also bad so that is probably it. haha
The game is challenging and it should be. The old school knock back sucks but good at the same time. That's how games were "back in the day." I don't have much experience playing Castlevania but this game has that feel. Retro look with 2.5D graphics and classic NES game music that is catchy.
If you want a new retro game you have to pick this up.

Fun game, I can beat every Castlevania deathless in like 5 minutes. This took way longer than that. Just joshing. But for real, rather difficult on expert mode with new sections to stages. Feels just like the classic vania, but with cool new sub-weapons and scenarios. Tons of reasons to replay. Speed runners submit runs and make it snappy.

It's a good game for its price, but its also a good example of why games aren't made like this any more. There are a bunch of little frustrations you'll run into, like falling through stairs if you try to jump on them, instant death if you fall off the screen even though there is a platform off screen that you'd land on, no forward momentum if you walk off a ledge, and levels designed in a way that the most frequent way you'll die is getting knocked off platforms any time you take damage.

I don't want to leave a negative review, because it's well-made for what it is, but people should be aware that this isn't just a retro-inspired game, it's basically an old NES game full-stop, deliberately including frustrating mechanics that game designers learned from and stopped doing almost 30 years ago.

If you long for games where you fight for the right to move to the right (or left) with a bangin' soundtrack and a difficulty that keeps you coming back for more, look no further. Get on the hype train of this future classic