Review: The Eternal Castle [Remastered] (Nintendo Switch)

Review by Matt S.

I'll never finish The Eternal Castle. The level of skill that it demands of the player is so far beyond what I'll ever be able to do that I know, right now and without a shadow of a doubt, that it would be simply impossible for me. But I also wouldn't have it any other way. This game's brutality is so completely critical to the theme, atmosphere, tone, narrative and experience that I'd almost be disappointed if I could finish it. In a perverse way, being unable to finish The Eternal Castle makes it so much more effective as one of the finest examples of game art I've played in recent years.

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