Sydney Hunter and the Curse of the Mayan

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• GGameCritics

  Jason Ricardo · Jun 12, 2024

  6.5

  While I genuinely think it’s a better way of crafting an experience, I’ll admit to a long-held fondness for titles that seem to genuinely hate the player, hand-crafted by people who are frankly a little insulted that I’d be arrogant enough to even try to beat them at their own game.

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• NWNintendo World Report

  Jordan Rudek · Sep 18, 2019

  6.5

  Ultimately, Sydney Hunter and the Curse of the Mayan is a fun but flawed platformer. The gameplay is mostly enjoyable, until you’ve collected loot from a dozen challenging rooms and then fall in a pit and lose all progress to that point. There are shops where you can buy healing potions, health upgrades, and spare keys, but none of these help with instant-death flames or other hazards. While the adventure held my attention for a little while, eventually the backtracking and repetition wore me down.

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• NNintendoLife

  Ollie Reynolds · Sep 11, 2019

  7.0

  There are also steep difficulty spikes that more casual players will struggle with, particularly with some of the more formidable boss fights – some of which specialise in one-hit kill attacks that can be tough to avoid. Nevertheless, Sydney Hunter and the Curse of the Mayan is a decent platformer that more than justifies its asking price with impressive longevity and smooth, compelling gameplay.

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• SPSwitch Player

  Dorothy Jane · Dec 07, 2019

  8.0

  Sydney Hunter and the Curse of the Mayan has great playability, keeping things challenging and allowing you to re-challenge main bosses. It’s just a few glitches that hinder the gameplay and subtract from the experience, yet it still remains extraordinarily fun.

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