4.2 Closed source Unlicensed 2008-03-23T12:02:53+00:00 La-Mulana is a PC side scrolling platformer that has an MSX style graphics and interface. The game is a traditional action-adventure game, reminiscent of the Castlevania and Metroid games. This game was originally only available in Japanese, but an English translation patch has been produced by Ian Kelley of AGTP. 17 25 false true La Mulana 90 2005-05-01 60 la-mulana 2010-02-05T02:47:12+00:00 La Mulana is really an extraordinary game. It's not perfect, and as already mentioned, it is cruel, sometimes maybe too cruel, but let me summarize what makes it such a great game in my eyes: 1) It's atmospheric, 2) the sense of exploration permeates everything, 3) the riddles/puzzles forces you to really think outside the box and 4) it's challenging through clean and responsive game mechanics. La Mulana is probably the most "true" Metroidvania out there. By that, I mean that it really is non-linear. You can virtually go anywhere when the game starts, you have to turn every stone to find the abilities required to make progress, and THEN you have to figure out where and how you should use these abilities. This lack of hand holding is what sometimes makes the game frustrating beyond belief, but it's also what gives it that real sense of exploration and progress, and the uplifting feeling of accomplishment when you figure something out and reach a previously unexplored area. What makes La Mulana really awesome is that every aspect of the game work along these lines. The riddles literally span every possible level of abstraction. They require logical thinking, looking up things (Google even helped me once, and I don't mean a walkthrough), experimentation, etc. The game does rely heavily on breakable walls, more or less requiring exhaustive search, but the more sophisticated riddles make up for it by far, and the beauty is that if you're stuck at one place, you can go someplace else for another challenge, due to the non-linear structure of the game. Finally, an action game isn't good without fun core gameplay, and La Mulana delivers. The game mechanics are clean, responsive, and requires the player to master the different abilities/moves one at a time if he/she wishes to complete the game. First time I played the game, I sometimes couldn't survive to reach the ruins entrance. Now I'm traversing the ruins like a breeze. Easy to get into, hard to master. To anyone who likes a game that challenges both mind and dexterity, I recommend playing La Mulana with as little help from walkthroughs as possible. While I did refer to a walkthrough on two weak occasions, everything else I figured out for myself. It took me months to beat it, and sometimes consecutive hours of frustration, but what a ride it was, and I'm glad I took it! Five stars to one of the best indies ever. PS. Did I mention it is huge? 2009-03-22T20:43:32+00:00 0 25 420 83.227.43.52 5

It's cruel, and you like it

2009-10-27T01:39:42+00:00 224 0 2 It's easy to watch a Let's Play of La Mulana and make fun of how obscure and merciless the puzzles are (specially if you don't read the manual beforehand). But that is not the main drive of the game when you play it. The real drive comes from how the game, inspired by the MSX classic Maze of Galious, *unfolds* at you - first it appears to have but a half dozen screens, then a maze of catacombs reveals itself, and that maze leads to three other worlds with different themes, and before you know it you're trying to untangle the connections between ten discrete levels, each with its own graphics, enemies and music - and then the game reveals *another ten levels* at you. The sheer vastness and variety of the game bring out the sense of wonder of the great classics more than any 16-color palette could. 2009-03-11T06:52:58+00:00 0 25 416 189.26.28.167 5

Diviner Sensation

2009-03-11T12:52:24+00:00 563 1 2 This game is a result of some really brilliant design, but it's sadistic and doesn't care about the player's feelings, it's as cruel as a flesh-eating bacteria. You know how Cave Story had that "Hell" area at the end that was really hard? Well, imagine if a game longer than Cave Story and harder than its Hell level existed -- well, you don't have to imagine that, play this instead. That said, it's worth playing if you're a hardcore gamer and want a real test of your patience -- I mean your abilities. If you can beat this game without a walkthrough or FAQ... well let's not imagine the impossible, now. :D 2009-02-23T02:44:45+00:00 0 25 351 67.83.42.33 4

2009-02-23T02:44:45+00:00 100 0 0 I rated La Mulana 5 out of 5 even though I never played it and do not have a desire to ever do. The way I got to know and love this game is the epic YouTube Let's Play by Deceased Crab. The game has so many little lovable details, awesome secrets and captures the style of a long gone era of gaming so well that you don't even have to play it yourself to enjoy it. I am not sure I could put up with the gameplay and having to discover everything by myself. It might have been more fun than just watching or it might have been frustrating. Just watching it, however, was a truly amazing experience. 2008-07-01T11:26:28+00:00 0 25 41 89.182.29.224 5

Reviving a long gone era of gaming

2009-02-23T02:37:30+00:00 420 5 3 This game is simply great. It has an Open World Game. You can beat the bosses in any order. There are many Items Weapons and Accessories for the Player. Every where you go are Traps and Ridles. You really feel like an Archeologist when you follow the Hints. And even the Graphics are nice. 2008-07-01T10:04:07+00:00 0 25 37 79.203.127.178 5

Great game

2009-02-23T02:37:08+00:00 424 3 1 anybody who doesn't give it 5 stars is just a jerk. La Mulana is a great memory of such legends as Zelda etc. It is both making fun of these games, but at the same time it is even more awesome. There is no "I don't like the game, the controls sucks". No. The game is exactly what it is supposed to be and it is perfect in that way. 2008-07-03T08:19:50+00:00 0 25 105 89.176.58.91 5

Not the best game out there, but

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