Ritual: Crown of Horns is a very tough game. There’s only one difficulty in this game and this is definitely not easy to beat. Because of the enormous amount of enemies and the annoying reload times of weapons, it’s very hard to keep up with all these enemies. This makes the game too hard for its own good. The difficulty of this game tends to make you quit playing because it isn’t even fun anymore at some points. If you’re looking for a big challenge, this game could be perfect for you.
Ritual: Crown of Horns
Draw Distance · Nov 7, 2019
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Ritual: Crown of Horns is a slaughterhouse. A violent, fast-paced Western with an attitude. An absurd, acid-fueled vision of hellish frontier. A unique blend of classic horde modes, base defense games and arcade top-down run'n'guns.
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- The earlier missions are a ton of fun and the controls feel really great. Unfortunately, as the difficulty ramps up the fun factor goes way down. Though aiming and shooting feel tight, but the number of enemies that appear at once make even the best shooters feel under-powered and unprepared. There is some fun to be had here but the increasingly brutal difficulty makes this game hard to recommend to anyone other than someone dead set on trying every twin stick shooter out there.
- Ritual: Crown of Horns offers fast-paced action that fans of difficulty will adore. People looking for a casual experience or those who want a story and controls that make sense will probably be left looking for more.
- 7.0Nevertheless, Ritual: Crown of Horns on Xbox One deserves your time. It’s an engaging experience that’ll find you wanting to quickly run through a bite-sized level yet straining to put the controller back down. It’s unique Grindhouse aesthetic can’t lift it up enough to stand beside the best of the genre yet it should be lauded for being such a strong package that accomplishes what it set out to achieve.
- Ritual: Crown of Horns is an enjoyable experience, but one that seems determined to frustrate through its unforgiving difficulty and repetitive nature. Its soul is saved, though, by an grimly pretty art style and satisfying, punchy gunplay.
- 5.0Ritual: Crown of Horns is a second-rate Wild West title, in the end, due to ugly visuals, overly difficult scenarios, and some counter-productive controls. Yet it also shows a lot of promise, thanks to its genre-mixing gameplay, soundtrack, and storyline. There's a core here of interesting mechanics and conceits that needed more time in development and an extra layer of polish.
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