Wallachia: Reign of Dracula

Wallachia is a rare hidden gem if you ask me. It actually understands what made the classics so great and timeless. It's a true arcade-inspired action platformer. The game is fairly short and can be beaten in a single session but it's got some extra content and is designed for mastery which if you want to extend the play time a bit further is worth putting in the effort to 100% the game. I haven't finished Hard mode yet but I found Normal mode to be a fair challenge. It's got an old school lives system here so it is a bit punishing when you game over and are sent back to the beginning of a stage, but the stages are fairly short so it didn't really bother me until Stage 7 which has it's checkpoints pushed towards the end of the stage, but I mastered that whole stage in about 15 minutes anyway. Beating it hitless lol. You also lose powerups if you get hit a single time, but keeping them makes you feel like a total bad @$$ and as you learn the stage layouts and enemy behaviors, you'll be completing stages almost hitless pretty quickly if you got moderate skill. The graphics and artstyle is incredible, really reminiscent of early 90's arcade hits. Rare to see for indie games. The sprites are huge, which is great for detail but it does lead to one of the two major frustration points of this game: Large hit boxes and very low invincibility frames after getting hit. This makes dodging quite a bit harder, and recovery difficult as you can easily find yourself losing your entire health bar from one mistake. It's especially rough on some of the bosses, they have massive hit boxes and often give you very little room to avoid them, especially on Hard mode. Those parts would've been nice to see smoothed out but if you are used to that era of arcade games and hardcore console games than these issues are easier to forgive. The game is a lot of fun most of the time though. The soundtrack is pretty great. It's got that CD-quality to it and fits the stages well. A good handful of them are quite memorable and catchy too. It's fitting for a game clearly inspired by Castlevania, though it's not quite at that caliber. Overall it's a great little game for a decent price. Get it on sale if it's a bit too steep at full price. The game will best be enjoyed by retro gaming fans and hardcore arcade fanatics. For casuals it'll be a bit frustrating unless you are actually willing to LEARN how to play games. There is an easy mode, but I didn't bother with it. Normal felt alright, I died a good chunk of times on some stages especially early on, but as i got familiar with the controls and the game's design habits, I quickly learned how to deal with the threats. It's more of a shooter than a platformer, so like any good shooter, you should ALWAYS BE SHOOTIN'. 8/10

Ridiculous that the game has no support or updates. I like it, if it would stop having so many bugs and freezing, and crashed a few times.

contra with bow against dracula. YES.

Absolute broken trash DO NOT BUY THIS - shooting doesnt work correctly and she simply refuses to shoot sometimes - no sound options whatsoever - almost zero post hit invul, making u take 4 hits in a row without u being able to do anything about it - no resolution options whatsoever and the resolutions is super weird devs probably never played a sidescroller before (or any game most likely)

El juego no cuenta con punto de salvación para ir avanzado nivel a nivel, Es mas de estilo arcade que de consolas. Jugar con mando es complejo pues configurar los botones es tedioso.

Não sei bem se recomendo,cutscenes parecem ter sido feitas no powerpoint É legal o visual retro do jogo mas os controles sao bem ruins de definir nas opções O hud é bem pequeno e estranho e o jogo tem game over kk precisa disso msm? Nao joguei o suficiente pra nao recomendar,mas nao boto muita fé nao kk

Game super desafiador, um game muito bem produzido em vários aspectos, inspirado em Castlevania de Snes e antecessores, pelo fato de ser linear seguindo somente adiante e não sendo do gênero metroidvania. O game também me lembra Blades of Vengeance do MG, em seus gráficos. O interessante nesse título, é que ele não quer retratar o Conde Vlad como o rei dos Vampiro demoníaco, ele apresenta Vlad como o impalador e conquistador, então os adversários, inimigos e chefes, são dentro de um padrão real e local da época, assim o game traz a sua própria identidade. Pontuarei uns pontos: Pontos positivos: - É um classicvania de respeito, se utilizando de ótimos recursos nos combates. - Hardcore, é um game bem difícil, principalmente se você quer fazer todas as conquistas, um prato cheio para quem é masoquista como eu... - Personagem arqueira linda - A arte ao narrar a história é bem bacana - Trilha sonora maravilhosa, impacta muito com o que esta no cenário, não tem música repetidas e possui trilha própria até nas fases de desafios. - Quantidade boa de inimigos diversificados - Fases muito ricas em detalhes - Boss no final de cada fase, e sub boss Pontos negativos: - A interface é bem crua, na tela inicial poderia esta a imagem de capa do jogo, para abranger mais a proposta do game. - Tem um bug na primeira fase após eliminar o navio, quando você pula de um caixote para outro, o pulo da uma falhada, assim, você morre caindo na água, ainda não foi corrigido isso. Me aventurei muito com esse game, principalmente para mim um fã de Castlevania, sofri bastante para platinar, principalmente nos desafios, parabéns ao time da Migami Games, game maravilhoso!!!

Kind of an interesting game that on the surface looks like Castlevania, but you should approach more like Contra. Meanwhile, you've got Shinobi-like power ups that go away when you get hit. There's a bit of indy jank going on here. My framerate got a little screwy every new level, then evened itself out. Pause is set to the "select" button, which might cause a stray hit here or there. Beyond that, decent classic style game. You can see enemies and kill em before they shoot you in many cases, and the charge shot quickly takes out bosses. Patterns are pretty easy to figure out. Nothing felt super unfair once you knew what to look for; maybe you don't notice the spike pit under the grass. Maybe you don't notice the ankh next to the big flashing danger sign. Maybe you don't know to watch for stalagtites. It teaches ya what's gonna happen pretty fast, and it doesn't keep shoving the stuff in your face. Not bad. Not amazing, but for ten bucks, yeah, alright, I'll support an indy dev.

[h2] Contra meets Castlevania in the best possible way. [/h2] Aiming, shooting, sliding, and jumping through seven levels with the backdrop of Vlad Dracula's clash with the Ottomans. Controls feel good enough, collectible upgrades are cool, and your arsenal can wreck everything in sight if used properly. The pixel visuals are pleasant, and the music ranges from fine to outright amazing. There is a nice little historic plot going on, but it doesn't intrude on the game and isn't overarching enough that you can't skip it, which is how games like this should be. There's the slightest bit of jank, but learning the ins and outs of the game makes it manageable. The Extras section is packed with stuff to do based on your completion of the game and makes it more than worth the cost. Also, the game being fairly engaging and about an hour long (if you're quick) makes it highly replayable. I 100%ed this game and I love this genre, so I know what I'm talking about. Give this a shot, especially given how cheap it is. (Edited a typo.)

Ho letto che questo gioco è come Castlevania, che come Contra, forse le pessime versioni arcade. Ed è questo che Vallachia è, un mediocre gioco arcade, per me è molto più simile al primo Robocop della Data East, il personaggio ha una hitbox ENORME, qualsiasi cosa vi fa male(anche la criniera di un cavallo). Rigido, estremamente rigido, potete sparare nelle classiche direzioni, ma i nemici possono sparare da qualsiasi angolazione, I potenziamenti delle frecce sono totalmente inutili, uno spread talmente largo che cicca tutti i nemici, frecce di fuoco che fanno più danno, e le frecce verdi che attraversano le difese...quando ne hanno voglia(nel 90% dei casi non funzionano). Parlando di cose che non funzionano, il salto fa schifo totalmente ritardato anche se doppio, il salto di questa cretina non sarà MAI veloce come lo premete, ed in un gioco difficile non è una buona cosa. La programmazione dell'invulnerabilità è totalmente sballata, a volte dura a volte venite beccati continuamente. Graficamente è....ok, molto amatoriale ma carino. Le musiche belle. Voto 5/10...come per le elementari "gli sviluppatori sono bravi, ma per questo non si sono impegnati" Evitatelo...o prendetelo con un grande sconto.