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Ghouls 'n Ghosts (1988)

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Ghouls 'N Ghosts, man this is such a big improvement compared to the first game. There's RNG yes but the controls make this more bearable and the new power ups help immensely (and by that I mean just the knife.)

The title is a bit strange really since instead of ghosts 'N goblins 2 (or something else) it's ghouls 'n ghosts. Then snes calls it Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts and then later on it's back to ghosts 'n goblins for the psp and onwards. I haven't really found out why they changed the name but at least the intro says that it takes 3 years after the first game.

So what're the vast improvements here? For one you can now shoot in 4 directions which is IMMENSELY helpful, there's a few new power ups that're rather useless, the sword has limited range, the axe is horrible, the throwing disc being the most usable one and lastly is the psycho cannon.

Graphically it's much better and spookier and the music is pretty sweet for the most part (I lowkey prefer the genesis version's music.)

Still apart from new power ups they never really changed the gameplay much...that includes doing the same game twice for the real ending, oddly enough at least like the previous game it actually tells you why you have to beat it twice and not like other arcade games where doing it again is optional.

Oddly enough it's an almost balanced game if you get some good RNG, who's the real monster here? Our red friend of course, always has been. BUT the game has the biggest upgrade of all, the gold armor, it allows arthur to cast some magic depending on what weapon you have. If you have the knife then you can have a doppleganger to help you. There's also the lance which has the best magic in my opinion because apart from i-frames the lightning can be used to bait the red arremer's.

Much like the 1st game's 2nd loop you have to grab a special weapon to actually reach the final boss. The psycho cannon is only obtainable if you have the gold armor on. There's a video out there explaining how the chests actually work/ the items that will come out depending on your current armor though sadly I couldn't find it anymore so...apologies for that!

Why did I pick the japanese version though? Better looking title screen is all. The first game was ungodly difficult but don't let it deter you from it's improved sequel. It's just as difficult but not as sadistic as the first game, you're a bit faster now and the new power ups help you immensely.

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