Helltaker 2020

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1 day

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May 19, 2020

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DISPLAY


You are the HELLTAKER - a man with a mission. You want your own harem of Devil ladies so where do you need to go? HELL. And what do you need to go when you get there? ASK DEVIL LADIES TO POLITELY COME HOME WITH YOU. So that's what you do.

Helltaker is a pretty damn adorable puzzle gameplay about moving across a board in X number of moves to get to the girl at the end. Each level is a conundrum of how EXACTLY you need to hop, kick or push things out of your way to get the key and get past the guards. There are only ten levels and unfortunately I only found out you can skip levels you get stuck on at the very end... Even getting stuck it only took me about 90 minutes to complete the game. Once you finish the ten puzzles however one final challenge awaits! A boss lady who isn't a puzzle at all... its an interesting gameplay twist that I appreciated however.

There is a STORY but its pretty bare - the girls are the main interest. At the end of each level there's a specific Devil girl waiting - you have a few dialogue options to get her to come along and if you say the wrong thing you get killed and have to do the level all over again (hope you remember your old path). Once the ladies have joined however there's a very cute "help" section on each level where all the girls talk to you about what is going on. This isn't actually helpful at all I must stress, they're demons after all they don't much care to assist you in figuring out puzzles. Each girl however has a distinct personality and style and they're all looking pretty damn dapper and I am here for it. The ending is a pretty sweet check in with the Helltaker and his harem on a sleepy morning of making pancakes for everyone, then the cops show up and the game is over... or is it?? I'd gladly pay for a sequel to this. The art is great, solid music, cute characters and premise... give me more!