The beauty of the ongoing digital-distribution revolution is that it gives tiny developers the ability to deliver small, innovative games for cheap. DrinkBox Studios has made a name for itself by doing just that on PlayStation platforms with the Tales From Space series, and now with Guacamelee!, the cross-save, cross-buy side-scrolling action game for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita, the trend continues unabated. It's easily DrinkBox's best game to date, one of Vita's strongest, and a fitting top-tier addition to the expansive roster of PlayStation Network games.
Guacamelee is an open-world action game very much in the same vein as the classic Super Metroid or the deluge of Castlevania games blatantly styled after it. But it's not just a carbon copy; Guacamelee does its own thing, too. It's definitely too short, but also stylized, unique and downright fun to play. It can be blasted through in a single day, which is unfortunate, but it also gives you reasons to go back for more.
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