Spanish Diabolish Games introduced us to the 2016 King Lucas, a retro planetary game inspired by the 80s classic. After the positive reception and reissues we have received, we now have the Nintendo Switch version, with news, upgraded screens, more action and more subtle humor as always.
In simple argument, all our problems start as something that you don't want. Our protagonist is a guard who deviates from the path, until he meets the king for help. His daughter, the princess, is lost in the palace, and is looking for courage to save him. At first it is not our job, but to see the reward … Come on, here we go.
We enter the palace and quickly catch the style of the game. A "prisoner" room with several stairs, creatures and some members of the court living inside. When we leave one room to another, and so on. Finding a princess isn't easy, but the game doesn't end there, of course. After the commission we do one more, and we continue to look for new areas.
Most of the rooms have some characters who made the story in advance and give the impression that we are in another job. Although the interviews are brief, they provide enough information to know each partner and their surroundings, so we build this story up. It should be said that the humorous touch of the game is fun (the poor king was abandoned by the queen due to skating …), and each dialogue is a small gem to enjoy. It's not something deep or intended, the important thing is to advance the rooms and complete our mission, but the effort to build something extra is appreciated.
In terms of gameplay, it should be noted that King Lucas is a simple game in terms of mechanics and production. The fighting style is just a shot and a jump. However, it is the lack of movement when the attack is compensated by the weapons store, where we can exchange the coins we receive to improve our character and strength. Connecting with a black person is fun, and we meet him at various places where he does his ministry.
But what is truly remarkable for King Lucas also gave us the feel of a long-standing room program, where we get more than 1000. The great thing about this article is to make each new room look like a duplicate of another, and what They Do So Well. You can see the functionality and functionality being added to each other, and with a modest budget (and a retail price), there's a lot of care that each room doesn't look the same as the first. This ensures that it is not repetitive, and there are different motives such as talking about new characters we encounter or filling in on small trips ("kill ten scenes") that enrich the game.
Nature also has a very well-defined cartoonish style, such as the eighties retro imagery. It is easy to empathize with what we find, and when we combine in the journey with what each member of the building tells us, we have a lot of fun as we try to make the hallway with rooms. Of course, we have a map that guides us in some way, with the old building lighting up its areas as we find new rooms.
As for the soundtrack, it does not go unnoticed, since it simply accompanies us throughout the journey but there is no time in which it emphasizes the subject, which as we have noted is quite simple. Restricted to meeting and tightening rooms in the arrangement, it is also the retro style we mentioned earlier.
In short, King Lucas is a fun game where you will eat coconut that goes from room to room to find a princess. It's shallow, nothing scary happens or twisted, and lies in its humor and what makes it a great game, which is not its job at all. Fun and good time is totally fulfilling, and when caught you can spend hours and hours playing.
We cannot fail to mention the fact that it costs € 4,99, and although that price should have no major impact if you check it out, it is one reason to play, that for very little you can get more. If you want to have a good time as one who doesn't want something, as our opposing manager, you deserve the opportunity.
