Wallachia: Reign of Dracula

Game is good. Hard, yes, but damn good.

Hardcore games for those who like to tickle their nerves. Anything that flies, freezes, and runs can send you to your forefathers. The low amount of energy, a lot of traps and an endless horde of enemies are depressing. Fans of old school and platformers can play, the game is not particularly long.

Wallachia is a rare hidden gem if you ask me. It actually understands what made the classics so great and timeless. It's a true arcade-inspired action platformer. The game is fairly short and can be beaten in a single session but it's got some extra content and is designed for mastery which if you want to extend the play time a bit further is worth putting in the effort to 100% the game. I haven't finished Hard mode yet but I found Normal mode to be a fair challenge. It's got an old school lives system here so it is a bit punishing when you game over and are sent back to the beginning of a stage, but the stages are fairly short so it didn't really bother me until Stage 7 which has it's checkpoints pushed towards the end of the stage, but I mastered that whole stage in about 15 minutes anyway. Beating it hitless lol. You also lose powerups if you get hit a single time, but keeping them makes you feel like a total bad @$$ and as you learn the stage layouts and enemy behaviors, you'll be completing stages almost hitless pretty quickly if you got moderate skill. The graphics and artstyle is incredible, really reminiscent of early 90's arcade hits. Rare to see for indie games. The sp…

Dunno whether recommend this game or not... It is quite beutiful, retro action game athmosphere. But they could have added some modern QoL improvements like better interface, controls, save points. It is like must have this days. Dunno why I must, for example, spend time to walk through entire level from the beginning in 2k26. So the game looks and feels like 16-bit game, but without QoL improvements. My score - is either not "recommend" nor 'not recommend'. It is like somewhere in between.

Game looks cool but crashes right after the opening cinematic or when I open the control settings. I'd love to actually play it. Any suggestions on how how to fix it? I've already uninstalled it and reinstalled with the same issue. Playing on ROG Ally X.

Absolute broken trash DO NOT BUY THIS - shooting doesnt work correctly and she simply refuses to shoot sometimes - no sound options whatsoever - almost zero post hit invul, making u take 4 hits in a row without u being able to do anything about it - no resolution options whatsoever and the resolutions is super weird devs probably never played a sidescroller before (or any game most likely)