Hasta La Muerte’ Has Come For Your Soul

‘Hasta La Muerte’ Has Come For Your Soul
It’s fair to say that retro remakes are pretty popular on the App Store, in fact, it’s positively flooded with them.

It’s fair to say that retro remakes are pretty popular on the App Store, in fact, it’s positively flooded with them. Toss a pebble into the sea of apps that have been created to date and chances are that it will knock some game that’s taken some basic model from Tetris or Mario on the head before hitting the ground. To be clear, that’s not a negative thing, we love the retro vibe as much as developers seem to, and it’s great to see that Bulkypix seems to have taken a little inspiration from Pac-man to make its new game: Hasta La Muerte .

Hasta La Muerte is a platformer rendered in a pleasant, hand drawn motif that I can only imagine took ages to finish. In the game, you play a spirit of death who has come to claim the souls of the dead. While the concept may seem a bit grim, despite the horns, you’re still the good guy, and must be off to complete your task as quickly as possible. To be specific, your task is to chase around the souls of the newly departed and help them ascend safely to the next life. The souls that particularly interest you are the white ones, for they are pure, and thus deserving of ascension. The black souls are “lost”, so avoid them, otherwise you will lose one of your three lives and fail in your noble mission. More dangerous enemies are highlighted in red zones. Entering one of said zones will result in the player being run down and destroyed, so use the various secret passageways and pet abilities that only the emissary has at their disposal in order to escape being returned to your master in a more ironic way than you’d intended. The abilities the emissary has access to range from faster movement to allowing the player to sneak around undetected, so success will inevitably rest on one’s ability to use them effectively.

Hasta La Muerte is a fun package stuffed with charm and challenge, you can pick it up today on the App Storefor $0.99, but be sure you don’t lose your soul in the process.

For more information on this and other Bulkypix projects, check out their official website.