You control the succubus hunter in a 2D plane, leaping over obstacles and whipping enemies in your path, but this particular adventure isn't a level-based affair. Gameplay in Midnight Castle Succubus is a sidescrolling affair, not unlike that of the whip-wielding Belmonts of old. It should all sound like a similar tune to those who played Akumajou Succubus, which this title derives several more elements from. The task of slaying the succubus, rescuing the kidnapped maidens, and restoring order to the land falls to a lone, whip-wielding heroine from distant lands.
Tragedy strikes as women are abducted the men perishing. threatening a medieval land once every 100 years. The game's basic premise involves the arrival of a succubus. The presentation wasn't the only element in Midnight Castle Succubus lifted from other games in the series, either. Incidentally, Midnight Castle Succubus released mere days after the next Libra Heart-developed title in the series, The Sword of Succubus. Instead, Midnight Castle Succubus was developed by Pixel-Teishoku, with Libra Heart on-board as its sole artist. In fact, if one were to visit Libra Heart's own website, they'd find this game entirely absent.
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Though the game is unmistakably part of Libra Heart's series of Succubus games, this title wasn't actually developed by Libra Heart. Midnight Castle Succubus is an action-exploration title released on English DLsite on February 16th, 2019. Within a genre filled with yet more and more nuanced offerings by the year, what does Midnight Castle Succubus add to the mix? With so many different takes on the genre, ranging from the cryptic La-Mulana, the extremely non-linear Hollow Knight, and the recently released Touhou Luna Nights, it's a genre with no shortage of variety.
Many games in this genre are typically defined by non-linearity, and the use of upgrades to progress onward, but anything beyond that varies heavily on the title. As the nickname implies, two franchises were heralded as the pioneers of this sub-genre of games. The action-exploration genre typically referred to as "Metroidvania," is a really interesting one to slide under the lens and examine.