Guacamelee!
"Guacamelee! is a Metroid-vania style action-platformer set in a magical Mexican inspired world. The game draws its inspiration from traditional Mexican culture and folklore, and features many interesting and…
Guacamelee! is an adventure developed by Drinkbox Studios, released 9 April 2013 on PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, Linux and Mac. The main story takes about 8 hrs to finish.
What Guacamelee! is
Guacamelee! is an adventure game developed by Drinkbox Studios and released in 2013. It is available on PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
"Carlos Calaca has kidnapped El Presidente's Daughter, and he plans to sacrifice her in order to merge the World of the Living with the World of the Dead. Juan Aguacate, an agave farmer who stumbles upon a Legendary Luchador mask, must find the strength and courage to become the Hero he's always dreamed of being and put a stop to this. Not for you, not for Calaca, but for El Presidente's Daughter, the most beautiful girl in the entire world. Travel through a mystical and mysterious Mexican world as a Luchador using the power of your two fists to battle evil. Uncover hidden wrestling techniques like the Rooster Uppercut, and Dimension Swap to open new areas and secrets."
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player. There are 60 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Guacamelee! holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 81% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 14 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 82, across 200 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 8 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2 Ghz+, 512 MB RAM and Shader Model 3.0, 256 MB VRAM. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.
What it launched against
Guacamelee! launched on 9 April 2013, within three weeks of BioShock Infinite, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon and Age of Empires II HD. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.
Released around the same time: BioShock Infinite, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, Age of Empires II HD.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Guacamelee! yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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