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Status GigaDeathNullGolem Mar 30, 2020
pretty interesting random find this is a an obscure arcade game from 1982 (its not in the database) that totally looks like a inspirational influence for this game:
notable is how in this game you bright light into the darkness,, wheras in darkula you bright darkness back to the night
Status GigaDeathNullGolem Jan 23, 2020
i picked this back up and am enjoying getting better each day before after work/before dinner while food is cooking or whatever (its a great 20 minute game to go in that slot) but i cannot for the life of me figure out how to beat level 3.
I am the Lord of Darkness bwa ha ha! (and I challenge …
i picked this back up and am enjoying getting better each day before after work/before dinner while food is cooking or whatever (its a great 20 minute game to go in that slot) but i cannot for the life of me figure out how to beat level 3. I am the Lord of Darkness bwa ha ha! (and I challenge someone to beat my score!)
Review GigaDeathNullGolem 5/5 · Jan 20, 2020
This game is awesome. It is free and it is very easy to pick up and learn. It's inspired by early coin op platform era games, and it rolls a ton of influences together in a deft manner the way Shovel Knight does.
Unlike so many of those games, this game plays buttery smooth and has fantastic control. Oftentimes those …
This game is awesome. It is free and it is very easy to pick up and learn. It's inspired by early coin op platform era games, and it rolls a ton of influences together in a deft manner the way Shovel Knight does.
Unlike so many of those games, this game plays buttery smooth and has fantastic control. Oftentimes those black box NES titles aren't quite as accessible as we recall them to be, but this one is.
The game is by no means easy. Its very hard and challenging. The special sauce in this game is the way scoring works and the nature of each level. You have completely different play-styles depending on how bad you want to get a high score. And each level has not only a different theme and structure/layout, but very different enemies and other elements that really keep you on your toes.
In my first 5 minutes I thought it was just a cute game. then after 10 i figured out the scoring system. 20 minutes i beat the second level (which i wasn't sure if i could do) 30 minute i got a perfect score on the first map, and died in the absolutely insane level 3. (I'm currently able to get about halfway through level 3... but its a busy place.)
Darkula is not a perfect game. It's biggest flaws is probably the fact it doesn't save high scores. its also annoying that it cannot be alt tabbed conveniently.
Other than it, its perfect...Play this game!
