The wonderfully titled Schattenjäger is a bite-sized take on Castlevania where you can see the whole level at once

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Truth beryllium told, I person ne'er played a Castlevania game. Just haven't gotten circular to 1 of 'em yet! Symphony of the Night is astir apt much my velocity implicit the archetypal games, but I bash spot their value excessively of course. However, what I person played, astatine slightest a small spot of, is simply a crippled that is precise derivative of OG platformer but for the information you tin spot the entire, 8-bit level astatine once: Schattenjäger.

The setup is arsenic elemental arsenic galore NES games were. You are Gabriel Knight, the titular Schattenjäger, who has received a petition from the section townspeople successful the dormant of nighttime to rescue a pistillate named Diana from the evil Count (i.e. legally chiseled Dracula). You've got a large ole spear, and you tin propulsion immoderate benignant of magic solid happening for agelong region damage. It's Castlevania! But arsenic I said, alternatively than scroll spot by bit, you tin spot the full level astatine once.

At archetypal I wondered what intent this mightiness serve. Seeing the full level gives you the vantage that you cognize what's coming, truthful you tin crippled retired your adjacent steps. Though, that perchance trivialises immoderate elements of the game. Agh! No! I conscionable got deed by an invisible enemy, and I died. Womp, womp. It's a spot mean spirited, but successful that Soulsian benignant of way, wherever you've learned a lesson, a tidbit astir the world, and tin travel backmost amended adjacent time.

Overall it is astir decidedly much of a method workout than a gameplay revolution. There's an accent connected the novelty of it, the information that "every pixel is precisely 1 pixel successful full-HD resolution." And yet it doesn't assertion to beryllium thing much than it is, it doesn't outstay its welcome, and offers a amusive rotation connected a classical series. Give it a punt connected itch.io, it tin adjacent tally successful your browser.