Developer DrinkBox Studios» masked
luchador game Guacamelee has gotten a positive response from fans and critics, and studio co-founder Graham Smith has revealed that downloadable content will be announced «in the coming days».
Not exact matches
may have been their claim to fame, but Drinkbox Studios has been making
games long before their
luchador adventure.
Drinkbox Studios has announced its latest
game for PlayStation Network, Guacamelee, which is basically a Medroidvania - style
game starring Mexican masked
luchador wrestlers, with an art style reminscient of El Dia del los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) calicas.
The three costumes are: Pollo
Luchador — a bright yellow chicken suit that allows health to regenerate at the cost of stamina regeneration, the Skeleton costume — which grants infinite stamina, but removes all health packs from the
game, and newly colored
Luchador Suit — which decreases throwing damage, but boosts striking damage.
So, an insane rabbit, a Russian merc, a boastful
luchador, and a
gamer geek walk into a videogame equivalent of a speakeasy and play poker... well, that's precisely what you get when you play Poker Night at the Inventory.
: Drinkbox's perfectly executed
game of
luchador platforming is fun, beautiful and challenging.
Tag - teaming with the
luchador spirit Dorado, who dwells in the mystical belt, Mutt explores the hub city of Costa Lucha and unlocks new areas, while he attempts to track down and unmask the evil villains who have overrun each
game world.
The battling
luchador is available today for all players to add to the
game for free via Steam Workshop.
2 picks up some time after the original
game, with about seven years having passed since the masked
luchador Juan rescued the daughter of El Presidente from the grasp of the skeletal Carlos Calaca.
While this mechanic was implemented in the first
game in select areas and stages, this time around players will be able to swap between Juan's
luchador and chicken forms to get into hard to reach areas, not unlike Samus» morph ball in the Metroid
games.
is a recently - released indie
game for PlayStation Network, which features fantastic «Metroidvania» style gameplay and a deep immersion in
luchador culture.