The Queen and the Sea, analysis. Review with game experience and trailers for PS4, Xbox, Switch and PC

I attack recklessly in improvised situations. Sometimes precisely and sometimes desperately. I move forward and the screen fills with pixelated enemies. I run very tight locks and bearings, keeping in mind that the maze I go through is brand new. Not only in terms of design, but also in terms of its setting. Dead Cells: The Queen and the Sea It puts my prowess to the test again, but far from being intimidated, I’m having a great time with my new weapons. In particular, with the throwing shark.

Further increase the unlimited rejugability Dead Cells is a challenge that the Evil Empire have taken very seriously. Its three expansions have kept the flame of adventure burning and have managed to retain the player’s curiosity and recklessness with the same force that the game debuted in summer 2018. Building on that base, the DLC The Queen and the Sea supposes the brooch of a stage, but also a new push to a RogueVania Essential to which there are hundreds (or thousands) of hours to offer.

Because there will be new content for Dead Cells in the future, as they have made it clear in Motion Twin, but the way to put a full stop to this first stage knows how to leave a great taste in the mouth. Offering a new different final stretch but satisfying to be outdone and, in the process, adding a series of successful novelties to one of the most influential and exquisite indies at the gameplay level of the last decade. Which is said soon.

Achieving that the one who holds the command autoengañe for the umpteenth time in a row and start a new game after being eliminated. Trusting that this will be the last. A failed purpose from its own conception: each game and each milestone adds up and contributes, even if you have to start from scratch. And, even managing to defeat the Queen

, the new and terribly bloody Final Boss of the game, you end up surrendering to the ritual of the inevitable: Before releasing the command, it is time to review what is new and unlocked, merge what has been won and, already put, play another penultimate game. Always the penultimate.

The Queen and the Sea, a different ending for a new beginning

If this is your first game to Dead Cells, to access the news and challenges of The Queen and the Sea you’re going to have to earn it. But if you have dedicated your good hours to this sensational RogueVania, your next foray on the island It will fascinate you as much as your first game did. Because, on paper, the amount of news might not seem like a big deal, but -as we already mentioned- in practice it extends the gameplay of the Evil Empire game in a very interesting way.

In The Queen and the Sea the premise and the gameplay experience is basically the same, but the ending is different. Combining the mechanics and replayability of the Roguelites and the aesthetics and platform action of the Metroidvanias, the final DLC of the Road to the Sea Bundle seeks to be the conclusion of a stage, reserving his best surprises for those who are able to reach the final stages of the game. And, along the way, rewarding with new unlockables both the bravest and whoever stays on the road.

The pixelated, fast and intense combats of the Prisoner – our hero – end up taking him to three new game environments in the final stretch of the adventure, so the High Peak Castle, Abandoned Distillery, and Throne Room biomes are replaced by Infested wreck, El Faro Y The crown respectively. And, in the process, new challenges and enemies enter the scene.

Original environments with a more torn and gloomy look whose structure, of course, will test our prowess and will reward our successes: Evil Empire has introduced new specially original themed weapons and with all kinds of maritime motifs. A brilliant resource with which Dead Cells manages to retain the common denominator of its curious mix of genres: that the more you play the more you like the game itself.

Landing, without going into details, in a final confrontation that, once resolved, opens the door to a new stage within Dead Cells. However, in fairness, we will have to wait a little longer to see where it takes us. Although, of course, while that promised future takes shape, we can always start a new game again. the two

New dangers, brutal enemies, and a curious ally

At the content level, the new biomes, unlockables and weapons of The Queen and the Sea

they will have us more than entertained. Ultimately, the premise of offering levels that are generated game by game of the Roguelite makes the replayability of Dead Cells and its DLCs it shoots to practically infinity, even if we already have all the skins, powers, collectibles, and weapons and just want to have fun putting them to use.

However, this new batch of content included in the final DLC of Road to the Sea Bundle Gain an extra personality by introducing new characters. Most of them want to eliminate the Prisoner for a change, but one of them will pay off his life debt throughout the game and as we go along, you will become a powerful ally.

• Input, The Queen and the Sea introduces what we can call four final bosses in the last two new sections of the adventure. Three of them, the Servants, They will be the player’s ultimate test of survival, technique and offense in a desperate climb through the Faro area. Finally it will be time to face The Queen, being one of those endgame bosses who will force us to measure each attack and study each jump.

• Now, during his journey into the Infested Shipwreck, the Prisoner will have the opportunity to unleash a tiny, one-eyed, tiny tentacle monster that looks like something out of Lovecraft’s tales. This kind of pet which will occupy one of our character’s skill slots and gradually evolve into a huge beast that will fight by our side.

The help of this strange ally ends up giving him a new rhythm to the game through not so tactical but more dynamic combats. It will give us a new way to adapt to dangers, although we can also continue playing on our own while we test the new weapons that come our way. Ultimately, we will need to be fully prepared to face the ultimate challenge of the game itself.

Rounding out a series of contents that definitely serve both as a brooch and as an alternative ending for Dead Cells. And, despite this, and the satisfaction of having reached the end of a stage for the game itself since its launch, it will be practically inevitable that after seeing the credit titles appear again for the umpteenth time, we will end up returning to the starting point thirsty for new challenges.

iGamesNews’s opinion

The Queen and the Sea is a very interesting addition of content created and designed for those who have made the most of Dead Cells. A new impulse that is more than welcome: even though the game has a unlimited rejugability, the truth is that it is inevitable that the feeling of discovery will go away diluting to gradually give way to the collector nuance or the challenge of overcoming each section in the shortest time possible. In this regard, the new DLC easily meets that illusion and initial feelings and, in the process, knows how to introduce pleasant surprises and new emotions.

It is a pity that the amount of content provided in this brooch is not as resounding as that of Rise of the Giant, the first free expansion, in terms of the number of new biomes. And, its contents are definitely not designed for the new player or those who have not yet reached the end of the adventure. In this aspect, the audience for this final act is very specific.

It is, in many respects, a reward for those who have known how to make the most of Dead Cells. Now, in either case, although its starting price (4.99 dollars on any platform) also makes it very costly to put it in the car. A more than amortizable price taking into account the huge number of hours of play that the game is capable of offering. RogueVania the Motion Twin.

When it comes to the brooch of a stage, The Queen and the Sea could have contributed more content. However, this DLC indisputably triumphs in something essential and not so simple: it is imposed as the perfect excuse for you to resume this flawless RogueVania, if you ever stopped playing.