Games I Played in 2024 - Wallachia: Reign of Dracula
Console: Steam, PS4, Switch Developer: Migami Games Release Date: February 28th 2020 Wallachia: Reign of Dracula is a run and gun game that is very much a tribute to late 80's to mid 90's arcade games of its genre. Simply put, Wallachia looks like a Castlevania game, but plays like a Contra game. Developed by Migami Games, a stalwart freeware game developer based in France since the late 90's, Wallachia appears to be their first game to be released at a price. They are perhaps best known for the Haunted Castle series and the Castlevania: The Lecarde Chronicle fangames. To be completely honest, I bought Wallachia because it looked like an old Castlevania game, and I was surprised to find that it actually was a run and gun game. Or, more accurately, a run and arrow game. Wallachia stars Elcin, an archer who aims to kill Dracula for stealing her brother and killing her parents. And by Dracula, I indeed mean the "real" Dracula: V...