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La-Mulana

201289/100
PlatformPuzzleAdventureIndie

Comedy · Fantasy · Open World

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La-Mulana throws you into a sprawling, trap-filled ruin brimming with ancient secrets. Its core is a demanding blend of Metroidvania exploration and cryptic puzzle-solving, where success hinges on deciphering obscure clues and meticulously charting your progress. Death comes swiftly, but each stumble informs the next attempt, fostering a rewarding cycle of discovery that keeps you hooked despite the punishing difficulty.

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"My name is Lemeza Kosugi. Teaching archaeology at a university. Actually, not a proffessor but an assistant. While lecturing at a university, as long as I’m on vacation, I fly around the world to seek undiscovered ancient ruins. One day, back from a lecture, I found a somewhat dirty envelope on my desk. “Eventually, I found it. I’ve won!” The familiar hand writing on the offcut of the familiar datebook seems like ridiculing me. A poetry titled “Legend of Ancient Times” is written on the back of it. A gold coin with never seen pattern is in the bottom of the envelope. But I do know well the writing on this. I suppose my dad finally did it. Unknown ancient ruins which had become the beginning of whole the civilizations. My dad’s lifelong-work seems became bearing. This short triumph childish letter is always the sign to go. He’s telling me to come.He intends to hold the treasure by using me again, that will be over. My ambition for overreaching him is about to be gone before such a wonderful research object whom i can’t see, even if I lived for 500 years. I packed my beloved laptop for exclusive use of Archaeology research for a start, usefull brother lash and gun, and also every kind of bad stuff and headed to the airport. The destination is “La-Mulana“, the legend land said as The beginning of whole the civilizations and Anthropo-origin. Though all the stuff without the laptop and the lash which I whined as souvenirs were confiscated at the airport… I’ll be back with lots more stuff, then, that’s not much trouble."

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