Puzzle-platformers are notoriously weak when it comes to storytelling (aside from exceptions like the masterful Braid, and of course some entries in the Zelda franchise), but somehow, LA-MULANA does not conform to this stereotype. And ultimately, you’ll come back for more. Either way, I can assure you, both from personal experience and from what other people have written: you will die you will get lost you will get frustrated. Is that good? Bad? It depends on what you want from the game. Yes, there are some platforming highlights, but the trial-and-error, pixel-perfect-jumping of 80s platformers is not there. This game is a hardcore puzzler where the platforming is a means to an end, 90% of the time. First off, let’s get something out of the way: ever since its original PC release almost a decade ago, LA-MULANA has been categorized as an “unforgiving platformer”.
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