Reign in the Nacho Libre jokes.
A bit late to the party, I know, but finally, Guacamelee! One-Two Punch Collection can be put under my belt. Both games are pretty much identical, so there's no reason to talk about them separately.
Basically, this are Mexico/Luchador-themed Metroidvanias, yeah, you read that right. They are pretty fun and can be played with up to four players, which is rather interesting! You get a ton of different moves to defeat enemies and clear different obstacles, mostly in the form of color-coded blocks and walls. By the end of the game, Juan(and Tostada!) will be able shift between the world of the dead and the world of the living, turn into chickens as well as all sorts of wrestling-inspired moves. It's pretty cool!
Both games offer a surprisingly tough series of platforming challenges in which you must make use of your special moves to traverse the obstacles. The second game is particularly challenging when it comes to the optional stuff, switching between Human and chicken form while also switching between the world of the dead and the living while remembering to use the action button to use jumping sigils.... Your fingers will get quite the workout.
The fighting system is amazing because your super moves are tied to a stamina gauge that refills automatically after not using super moves for a short while, so you are encouraged to use them willy nilly when fighting baddies. An the combos you can create look quite flashy.
I wasn't much of a fan of the graphics, as the sprites are vectorized, so it looks like a flash game. I'm much more partial towards pixel sprites, but while I wasn't a fan of the visuals, the game plays very smoothly.
The Guacamelee! duology deserves all the praise it received way back when. These are fun games with a well balanced mixture of combat and platforming.
8.0
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