HOTEL BARCELONA

fun game out of ten

It's good and I had no idea Swery could write like this, as someone that only knows him from deadly premonitions. It's camp and grungy but in a way that feels very deliberate, given how it channels B-movies and early 80s horror movies. Gameplay wise and given they've redone the combat (which I haven't played the original version), it plays quite well even if it can get a bit dull here and there, but the story lends enough intriuge that It's been keeping me going so far. Though I should state, the game is quite fun, if sometimes slightly slugish but never in a way that stops me from having fun. It's 2D Hades story telling with the gameplay of Deadcells - if it was made by Asmodev. The 2D animated cutscenes are quite fantastic too, and I feel a lot of the budget probably went to the story telling and animation.

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Good rougelike with some style and it has a nice gameplay loop with a multiple difficulty levels and many references to some classic films . Different weapons for different playstyles and a good mix of unlockables, Would recommend . I specifically like the phantom mechanic to have past versions of yourself help fight through the stages to the boss !

When I first played the demo at Bitsummit, it did look good as a hotel in the Appalachian mountains, but the overall gameplay did feel like staying at a regular motel, where it showed in the rather high difficulty even when fully tuning out the skill tree by playing stage 1 several times, and couldn't even clear Jacob. And when the PS5 version came out and visited it, it didn't feel all that much different. Then, the hotel came under new management, or more like the former owners just gave up and tossed the rights back to the developers, who went to work right away on renovating a game/hotel that was only built 5, 6 months ago. "It got better," the developers said, taking in all the user feedback and adjusted many things, so I visited there again. I was very surprised how better the control response and stamina use was. It was like they dig up a hot spring right next to the hotel, and when I went in, all my muscle cramps/heavy controls were gone. So yes, being under new management can make a thing better, instead of the management only going after profits and shove in microtransactions. Do stop by at the new Hotel Barcelona again and feel the difference compared to 2025 September. 以前の京都ビットサミットでデモ版をプレイした時は最初のステージで攻撃の動きの重さとガードやダッシュのスタミナの消費の高さでやや難しいと思いましたが、ボスのジェイコブ戦では同じステージを何度もプレイしてスキルツリーをMAXにしても10回に1回くらいしかクリアできたんじゃないかと思うくらいのきつさでした。PS5のダウンロード版が出た時もサミットのデモ版とほぼ同じくらいじゃなかったかと思ってます。 監督の末弘秀孝さんは「難易度の高さは知り合いの元カプコンの藤本得郎さんの『魔界村』の難易度を参考にしました」とイベントで言ってましたが確かにまあ、嘘は言ってませんでした。 しかし途中で考えが変わったのか、それか初期の不具合の対応に諦めたのか、販売社のカルトゲームズが版権を開発のホワイトアウルズに返した。そこからアウルズが本気を出して色々難易度を少し優しくしたり攻撃アクション、パリイやドッジの反応やスタミナ消費に大幅に修正が入った。色々やりやすくなって初回のチュートリアルでジェイコブをなんとかクリアできたくらいやりやすくなっていました。 ホテルの隣に温泉を掘ってそこに使ったら去年9月のリリース時から溜まっていた体のコリが色々なくなった感じです。これなら普通に人に薦められると思います。

It's got bondage and serial killers and pinball. What else do you need from a game? (I'm glad i discovered this after the massive overhaul to combat. As it stands now, this game is pretty delightful in the expected weird SWERY way.)

A little janky, but it’s a good game. The devs clearly care and keep grinding out updates, and they’ve genuinely shaped it into a much better version of itself. Recommending it to show some love back.

so much fun