As such, it seems possible that the seven-person development team of SouthPAW Games was influenced by Sega Technical Institute’s 1992 title, Kid Chameleon. Many of these are forms are built around popular game archetypes. Periodically, you’ll swap your own skull with found ones, providing a new ability set and appearance. You play as the eponymous undead lead, trying to rescue the Demon King after the ruler was kidnapped by troublesome humans.

The allusion is undoubtedly intentional, with Dead Cells protagonist, The Prisoner, making a cameo appearance in Skul.īut it’s hard to tell if The Hero’s Slayers other similarities are deliberate. The punishment for dying is similarly harsh, with players forced to forfeit almost all of their progress. Each is a roguelike, tasking players to make the most of random power-ups as they make their way through the game. The most obvious analogue is Dead Cells, with both games sending amorphous characters through procedurally generated, side-scrolling stages.

Price: $19.99 via digital download, launch discount $15.99 through 2/3įounded four years ago by a group of students at Chonnam National University in South Korea, Skul: The Hero Slayer is a game fated for comparison.

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