Careful, though - just when you think he's dead, he makes a last attack.

Down this d flying over his flames and shooting at his head when he lowers it.

Once you master the moves, however, you can maneuver efficiently and shoot accurately. The powers themselves take a little practice to use effectively. The switching requires you to sort through a menu that some gamers may find cumbersome. Once you're deep into the game, you have to switch quickly from one new power to another to get past various obstacles. Using each power properly, plus some talismans, spells, and potions, adds a strategic element to the game play, separating it from standard run-n-shoot action/adventure titles.įor some gamers, the moves and magic will add a welcome complexity to the controls. Each time he finds part of the Demon's Crest, he gains a new Gargoyle power, including super strength, the ability to breathe and fight underwater, and a technique to reach higher areas. Red battles them all with the basic skills every demon needs: He flies, clambers onto cliffs, and spurts fiery breath as his all-purpose weapon. Along the way he encounters all manner of zombies, ghosts, slithery beasties, and big buglike bosses. He's still a bad guy, but now an even badder bad guy has scattered the Demon's Crest (no, it's not Satan's toothpaste, it's a circle of six powerful stones), so Red embarks on a crusade to recover them.Īnd what a crusade it is.

This time, you play as the ugly Red Demon, one of Arthur's toughest enemies in the earlier game. While Arthur and his Princess are missing from this game, many of the same ghouls 'n' ghosts are here, as well as much of the same tried-and- true game play. The same people who brought you Super Ghouls 'N' Ghosts in the early '90s have finally released a follow-up to that SNES action/adventure classic. Tired of shallow action/adventure games that are all explosive flash with no substance? Demon's Crest brings depth and artistry to the action/adventure genre, making it one of the season's top SNES games.

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