Castle of Heart

Castle of Heart is a fun platformer with an interestingly challenging twist. The levels are well designed, but depending on skill, they may not take too long. The story is your run of the mill " slay the bad guy and save the girl" plot, but that meshes perfectly with a world of knights and monsters.

Castle of Heart goes for that Souls level of challenge but without the nuance and balance needed to make that kind of difficulty satisfying. It's visually striking for an indie game but it needs some fine-tuning; for now it's mostly just frustrating.

With his friends and allies turned to stone, the love of his life kidnapped, and affliction that perpetually threatens his very existence, the stone-knight must survive the droves of enemies and myriad obstacles trying to end his very existence at every turn. Castle of Heart is an action platformer that is reminiscent of old school Nintendo platformers and brings a ton of weaponry, usable obstacles, and deep levels with secret areas. Nintendo fans rejoice and get ready for a new indie game that pays tribute to the Nintendo legacy.

Castle of Heart is a generic, infuriating, and ultimately underwhelming experience. It doesn’t even come close to emulating what made the old Castlevania games classics, as it just crams enemies and traps into levels and hope it works, rather than having coherent level design. If anything, all that Castle of Heart has done is reminded me of how good the old Castlevania games were and that this doesn’t fill that void that has been left behind.

2D action platformers have been the genre of choice for many gamers over the decades. Castle of Heart looks promising with its medieval setting and appealing visuals but does it deliver the old-school goods?