| Gal Guardians: Demon Purge | |
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| Developer(s) | Inti Creates |
| Publisher(s) | Inti Creates |
| Director(s) | Kyo Kobayashi |
| Producer(s) | Takuya Aizu |
| Programmer(s) | Kazuto Kimishima |
| Artist(s) | Masanori Itō |
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| Genre(s) | Platformer |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer, single-player |
Gal Guardians: Demon Purge is a 2023 platform video game developed and published by Inti Creates. It is a spinoff of Gal Gun .
A sequel, Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark, was announced in September 2024. [1]
Two characters from Gal Gun , Shinobu and Maya, become trapped in a castle similar to Castlevania . Players must guide them to freedom by traversing the castle. Gal Guardians: Demon Purge is a side-scrolling platform game. Shinobu is a ranged attacker, and Maya is a melee fighter. If one dies, players can continue playing by having the other reach her. The game is saved at checkpoints. [2] It supports cooperative multiplayer. [3]
The title was originally Grim Guardians: Demon Purge, but this was changed in March 2023 after a dispute over the trademarked term "Grimguard". [4] Inti Creates released it for Windows, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X/S, and Switch on February 23, 2023. [5]
Gal Guardians: Demon Purge received positive reviews on all platforms except for the PlayStation 5, which received mixed reviews. [6] Although Digitally Downloaded said it is not innovative, they said fans of the early Castlevania games would enjoy it, [2] an assessment echoed by Hardcore Gamer. [7] Nintendo Life called it "a solid, playable adventure" and said it is almost, but not quite, as good as Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon . [8] Nintendo World Report praised its retro gameplay, though they said it can feel a bit repetitive by the end. [9]
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