Gal Guardians: Demon Purge REVIEW - Gal*Gunvania (Switch) [Previously Known as Grim Guardians]

[@ShadowRockZX]

Note: Two weeks after this review was posted, Inti Creates announced that the game's title has been changed from "Grim Guardians: Demon Purge" to "Gal Guardians: Demon Purge" for legal reasons detailed here: twitter.com/IntiCreatesEN/status/1633660444425723904?t=hBGbA3tMUgcxuUv-dlHqsQ Now the Gal*Gun connection is reflected in the title, too!

[@alvaroperez2349]

Inti Creates is the great uncle we wish was the father.

[@shadowednight1600]

So this game did better than I thought. Cool beans

[@thesmashor4396]

And this might be the reason we realize we might be glad they aren't the father

[@captainmega6310]

...even if said uncle is slightly perverted

[@alvaroperez2349]

@@captainmega6310 as long as it’s tame, we’ll allow it

[@SwordsmanOrion]

Good I'm glad it still has that Gal Gun charm. That's a bonus for me.

[@AlphaPHK]

I wasn't familiar with GalGun(aside from being an ecchi game series) and I'm thankful that the GG:DP kept the GalGun elements a secret UNTIL half of the game. And it's so cool that they managed to make it funny, at least for me! Each time the plot needed something related to GalGun (like the quest to collect the 5 items), it became more and more ridiculous and that "grim image" from the game started to peel off, revealing that this game was actually a parody game that manages to balance gameplay and the "funny stuff" quite well!

[@jamesrandall470]

I thought this was gonna be their take on a full Metroidvania. A shame. My excitement is a bit killed.

[@jamesrandall470]

I'm still getting it tho.

[@jimmy_20xx]

It's more like a Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 3. I also thought it would be a full Metroidvania when I saw it.

[@toshibe007]

Since this game is a spin off of galgun, is pretty normal than it have ecchi stuff. This game was made for galgun fans. I'm already bought my copy in Amazon and I like this new spinoff, galgun series is pretty fun.

[@akiradkcn]

Same here, its a neat spinoff

[@wallycastagnir]

but the horny stuff is a selling point

[@anggakarapreviandana2877]

Understandable Bonk! (Joking).

[@wallycastagnir]

@@anggakarapreviandana2877 harder

[@nicodalusong149]

True.

[@anggakarapreviandana2877]

@@wallycastagnir Ok Bonk! Bonk! Bonk!

[@ericsoler4676]

well this is an interesting take on a castlevania like mixed with gal gun, it looks fun combat wise

[@RetroNerdyGamer]

I'm sorry but that comment about inti being "horny on main" sent me flying. Honestly, though, the Gal Gun games aren't exactly as bad as people make em out to be... I mean hell in Witcher 3 you can just striaght up screw the chicks.

[@shoken4421]

Yeah gonna have to pick this up later,this looks like fun

[@thesmashor4396]

It's worth noting that they aren't just Copen's ancestors, but it's heavily implied that Shinobu is Copen's mother.

[@zero28ism]

WHAT

[@toshibe007]

And kurona is the copen maid, nori

[@alvaroperez2349]

Are they building a shared universe with this? Cause that’s awesome.

[@sonicking91784]

​@@alvaroperez2349 iirc there's hints that Gunvolt, Gal*Gun, Mighty No. 9, Bloodstained Curse of the Moon, Dragon Marked for Death, and Blaster Master Zero are in a shared universe.

[@alvaroperez2349]

@@sonicking91784 I remember an Ending in the first Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon game where Zengetsu gets transported to Mega Man’s World.

[@akiradkcn]

"black sheep" myass lol, I'm glad Inti still cares about Gal*Gun and their otaku audience

[@gusnunez1254]

1:50 HUH??? What a... "recycle titles"...? 2:14 What a... family successor...? 5:51 It's not the first time to see a game where you can change characters. The last from Inti Creates was Bloodstained Curse of the Moon series.

[@nicodalusong149]

At this point I'm hoping Inti borrows Senran Kagura from Marvelous so we can get a new game.

[@Heathmanscoolstuff]

This reviewer certainly has 100% completion across all the Gal Gun games. Man was trying too hard to distance himself.

[@akiradkcn]

lol

[@PikangsFutaba]

English dub... yeah, that's a BIG *bruh...* moment there, feels like how the EUR version of Mega Man ZX Advent happened, at least there the cutscenes had the dub, but the voiced lines during the in-game dialogues from the USA release were gone in the EUR releases (and you can notice that as soon as you let the game play Grey's intro when booting the game).

[@Michael-bb5dd]

As someone who is going for everything: how do you start the AHEM "ecchi" side quest?

[@daehan8227]

Will definitely dive into the series since the metroidvania came out

[@akiradkcn]

Warning: its a classicvania

[@daehan8227]

@@akiradkcn oh, that's even better. Loved the original Rondo of Blood and its psp remake

[@techknow9237]

For a proper castle-metroidvania game - get Death Gambiet: Afterlife...one of the best in its genre.

[@NefariousLoto]

Never thought of this day a Waifuvania game becomes a reality 😅

[@jvts8916]

There is that infamous pachinko, but we can specify that Grim Guardians is a *good* waifuvania.

[@ashmander3465]

Great video

[@vocaloidsrock6987]

This game looks awesome!

[@KyuJuEX099x]

Sprite work looks good. But I wish it's more detailed. Especially on the female characters.

[@Naxuro]

Does anyone have a source for the pics at around 3:58?

[@dood3530]

Props to Inti for still being based

[@Ai_M3talloidX7]

My mind is boggled. What even is happening here, SR?

[@wingn3849]

Waifuvania?

[@dontulio677]

GalGunVania

[@darklilligant2636]

So it's basically one of the more liner castlevainia games but with horny. Eh it looks good just not a game to play out in public on my switch like on the bus or at a doctor's office in the waiting room.

[@JohnLML123]

Interesting

[@paddydoodlexx9727]

Jesus Christ if inti comes back to zx were gonna see a scene where grey walks in on Aile changing jesus hell thell probably make queen bee a mommy dommy character god

[@zeronixtheyoutuber3983]

Kamizono? You mean Akira Copen Kamizono?

[@liamwilson7549]

It’s a funny game tbh 😂

[@anggakarapreviandana2877]

For those who want play this game, good luck enduring the horny aspects of the game.

[@xseriesfanatic2613]

Not gonna lie the whole fan service thingy kinda turns me off am but i had fun w the demo and i lov curse of the moon 1 and 2 so this game is must buy for me

[@NickJoeBeg]

So inti creates just refuses to do metroidvania, graphics arent increasing neither is the scope of the game, somehow the price is. I then just dont understand we cant have some girl stars without all the creepy shit in this game... From dmfd to this... Asgv is just trash im of tired trying to get a mm fix from them... I think im passing on them completely ive been dreaming of the day mm will be out of the box not hoping they will repackage and repackage and upcharge the same old box. Zx is my fav of all time but im done thinking theyre going to improve on that when theyve only backtracked.

[@HansAlRachid]

Personally I'm really tired of this non-stop boner fodder Inti forces into every game they make nowadays, but hey, so long as the gameplay is still great and it's not at Ninja Gaiden (let alone Dead or Alive) levels of incongruity, I'll take it and be thankful for it. Hopefully their awkward puberty phase will eventually end.

[@JosephKun27]

"Puberty phase". Oh right, adults can't express their hornyness.

[@HansAlRachid]

@@JosephKun27 Everywhere and at all times, never stopping, no matter the context, exactly. Why do people always assume anyone criticizing misplaced sexualization is against sexualization in general? Got the same reaction from people when discussing Code Vein back in the day.