The cursed crusade passage bloody crucifixion. The Cursed Crusade: review and review of the game, system requirements, passing and saving. Saint Sophie Cathedral

Russian name: The Cursed Crusade Redemption
Developer: Kyloton Entertainment
Publisher: Atlus
Localizer in Russia: 1C-SoftClub
Release date: October 7, 2011
Release date in Russia: October 7, 2011
Platform: PC, XBox360, PS3

Prologue
1) Winter evening

We kill five enemies, we comprehend the first basics of combat. Then we watch the video and run away from Death to the church, clicking on the arrows in time (you need to press at the time when the circle comes closer to the arrow and turns white). After the video, we get to the hero upgrade menu. We learn how to allocate skill points (they are spent on Strength, Templar's Fury, Weapon/Armor Mastery, Maximum Health), skill points (help to master this or that type of weapon to perfection, helps to learn new combos).

CHAPTER 1
1) Assault on Biron Castle

We play for Denza, we have a young Spaniard Esteban as assistants. We push a covering device in front of us, and at the right time, when enemy archers fire a hail of arrows, we hide in cover by pressing the spacebar.

Having reached the gate, we pick up a crossbow and shoot enemy archers, leaving the shelter, aiming (when the enemy hits the crosshair, it turns red) and shoot by clicking on right button mice. When the enemy archers in front of the gate fall, we watch a video in which this gate will be blown up.

We get to the bridge leading to the main gate of the castle. We kill two enemy archers to the right of the bridge. We approach the ram, press E, thus we will stand up for his control. We press Q, thus we call Esteban for help, after that we press the necessary arrows in time.

We run through the hole in the gate and kill the guards. When the main wave of guards is killed, three more will appear on the stairs at the back of the courtyard. We kill them from a crossbow (to do this, press the down arrow, thereby the crossbow will fall into our hands). We run up to the stairs, press E, then Q and again E. Thus, we will help Esteban to rise and rise ourselves. We step into the next courtyard, kill the guards there, find three chests (see with treasures). The way ahead is blocked by a wagon. With the help of Esteban, we roll it back and run into the castle.

We go upstairs, there we find the fourth chest. Then we go down and across the bridge we run out to the roof of the castle, where Martin is waiting for us. We get the task to deal with Martin. The fight with him takes place in two stages: the first time we defeat him being in a normal state, the second time we defeat him being in a state of a curse. These two states do not differ much, only in the external surroundings and a couple more details that you will notice anyway. Don't forget to find the fifth chest on the battlefield.

2) Competitions in Ecri

This level is simple and monotonous. You just need to fight in the arena four times, passing training between fights. The first time we learn the stunning blow (middle mouse button), the second time we learn how to parry blows and unbalance the enemy (space when the enemy is blue), the third time we learn how to dodge blows (middle mouse button when the enemy is orange) , the fourth time we will be taught to determine the state of the sword (button R, if the sword is broken, it is colored red). The battles are quite simple, although the fourth time you will have to fight in two runs and with several enemies. Having won the competition, we fulfill our goal, and the game takes us to the Curse menu, where we can upgrade the Curse.

3) Chase on a moonlit night

We kill the enemy detachment that attacked us. We reach the alley, which is blocked by a cage, move it away. We kill the archers, ahead of the ledge, which you need to climb. But be careful, there are still two chests left in the location. After we climb onto the ledge, we go down and learn to look for weak spots in the wall while in the Curse.
We find weakness in the wall, we break it, we pass through the house, we kill the detachment again, we roll back the cart.

We get to the square in front of the gate leading to the road from the castle. To open the gate, you need to pull the mechanism that opens it. This mechanism is located in the guard room. Not far from the gate we find a chest, next to the double doors. We go up the stairs, in the guards' room we find a mechanism, use it. There is a balcony in the room with the mechanism - there is a chest, there is also a staircase to the upper floor, there is also a chest.

Just go down to the gate when everything is done.

4) Forest roads

This mission is not long in itself. Our goal is to kill the baron and his henchmen. There is nothing special in this battle, except that it may happen that you have to help Esteban get out of the other world. Yes, and in Cursed mode, you will have to cross your blades with the old baron.

5) Nightmare I

We're in Esteban and Danz's nightmare. This nightmare is very real. The first part of the mission, we just have to run forward and kill the ghosts, which, by the way, die from the first blow.

Then we watch a video, after which we learn how to shoot fire in Curse mode (LShift + E). We set fire to the door in the form of a head, behind the door there is a hall with a bunch of enemies and a cross that will appear after killing all the ghosts.

Then Death appears, which must be ... killed. I say right away that we won’t be able to do this, but you can cripple her by shooting at her with fire and hitting her with a sword.

6) Interlude

Just a splash screen.

CHAPTER II
1) Tower of Zara

We rise to the ledge. If you do not immediately go to a weak spot in the wall, you can find a chest. We break the wall in its weak point, we pass through the wine cellar. In the hall we find two ballistae, which can be broken by fire in Curse mode. We rise, we kill guards, we find the mechanism, we rise even higher. Under the stairs we find the second chest. We kill guards, we find and use the mechanism, we rise to the roof. We pass into the Curse mode, we find the cross. We eliminate adversaries, again go to the Curse, blow up the door, go down and turn the mechanism. We go down again, we stab two enemies, after which we leave through the main gate.

2) Disembarkation at the port

We run forward, hiding behind a shield, we reach a powerful gate that just cannot be opened. They open with Cursed Fire (LShift+E). There is a chest near the gate. We run forward, together with Esteban we raise the gate. The task is to destroy all ballistae in the amount of three pieces. They are destroyed, as in the previous mission, by fire from the Curse. After destroying all the ballistae, watch the video and turn the lever.

3) Old streets of Zara

We run forward, raise the gate, then run across another square and raise another gate (there is a chest in front of them). In the square behind the next gate, you can find a cross and a chest. We run through a couple more heavy gates and find ourselves at our destination.

4) Forward to the peninsula

The meaning of this mission is to lead the ballista to the bridge. In fact, the task is simple - we just protect the ballista from oncoming enemies, do not let them destroy it. When the ballista stops in front of the closed gate, we run along the detour and open the gate from the other side. Toward the end of the mission, you will need to change the place of one of the soldiers, as he will be killed.

5) Fortified bridge

At the very beginning of the mission, we need to use the ballista to destroy the defenses on the other side of the bridge. We aim the ballista at them (such wooden structures above) and shoot (when we aim correctly, the dotted line of the flight path will turn red). Having destroyed the fortifications, we take the chest, which is located on the stairs on the left, and run along the bridge.

In Damnation, we blow up the door, run to the next passage, turn into a nook on the right, where a chest is waiting for us. To the left of the passage, in the fence there is a weak spot, which we find when we are in the Curse. We jump down and find ourselves on the shore.

We run back, we find the chest. We run forward, in the Curse we blow up the wall, we go into the sewer. If you go to the right, you can find a chest. As we find, we immediately return to the entrance to the sewer and turn the other way. Out on Fresh air, we find ourselves not far from the room where there is a mechanism that will open the gate to the Baron. We kill enemies, use the mechanism, go up the stairs, run a little forward, go down again. On this alley you can find a chest and a cross. We rise to the tower.

6) Five Wells of Zara

If you do not go down and turn right, you can find a chest. We get down and run to the left, we find a cross and a chest. We fight with the boss - the captain of the guard-fat. The battle with him takes place in two worlds: Cursed and real. To get into real world and start injuring the captain (and he is inflicted with injuries while in the Curse), you need to kill all the ghosts that stagger around the battlefield.

7) Near Zara's fortress

We take the chest lying at the very beginning of the mission. We pass forward, fall into a trap. We shoot archers, we rise to the second floor. We switch to the Curse, find a chest, two ghosts and destroy the doors. We go down, we find the cross directly opposite the stairs from which we descended. Being in the Curse, we find a weak spot in the wall, we break it through. On the left we look for a chest, we run to the right, there is another chest behind the barrel. We move the cart, which is interfering with the passage, we run into a large area. There is a chest in front of some large double doors. We shoot all the archers, and blow up the door

8) Fall of Zara

If you go straight and to the right, you can find a chest and two ghosts. We repel the ballista, raise the gate. We kill the archers, blow up the gate to find and kill the ghost. We run further, around the corner we find a chest. We push away another ballista, blow up the gate to find the cross. We run forward, raise another gate. We watch the cutscene and prepare for the battle with the boss.

The battle tactics are the same as with the fat captain. Unless you don't need to kill a bunch of ghosts, you only need to rein in two.

9) Nightmare II

We are in a nightmare again. We climb the slope up, after the second ascent we turn right, we find the cross. We continue to climb, watch the cutscene, in which we learn to shoot fire accurately (LShift+LMouse+Spacebar). We purposefully blow up the door in the form of a head and run into it. We meet Death again, we fight it again. The tactics of the battle are as follows: when Death is on a mountain, we hit it with fire (button E), when death descends, we beat it with both a sword and fire. It is important to note that, when Death is on a pedestal, it is possible to fry Death with fire only after all the ghosts have been killed (otherwise Esteban will be busy with ghosts and will not be able to help, and his help is required).

10) Saving the Empire

Just a splash screen.

CHAPTER III
1) Walls of Constantinople

We get down from the ship, we break the enemy detachment, we get the task to find the way to the trebuchet.

There is a chest along the way, and another chest lies in front of the stone stairs that lead to the trebuchet. We find ourselves on the stairs, turn around 180 degrees and run forward, we find the chest. We turn around again and run to the trebuchets. We destroy them with hellfire, after that, to the left of the second trebuchet, in the wall, we find a weak spot and go into the tower. In the room on the right is a cross. Again we find a weak point in the wall, we leave. We run to the right.

2) Golden Gate

We watch a screensaver in which, with the help of the Curse, they destroy a huge door. Then, after the cutscene, we will have to destroy the door ourselves with the help of a battering ram. Just click on the arrows in time.

Then we drag the cover and hide from the arrows, as in the first missions. We reach the north gate. We destroy the scaffolding with the help of aimed fire, so we want to open the gate. But they don't open. We turn around and run in the opposite direction. Near the turret we find a cross, chests to the right and left of this place, and another chest - on the stairs, in front of huge doors. We run towards the south gate.

We also stand behind the cover and move forward, hiding from the arrows in time, then shooting the archers, then killing the guards with the sword. We destroy the yellow props. Again the gate did not open.

3) Trapped

The mission will begin with a boss fight. Everything is extremely simple and banal. We just beat the adversary, only we won’t be able to kill him because he gives a tear. There is a cross to the right of the large destroyed column. We go towards the column, after they let out a cloud of arrows at us, we are divided with Esteban and we go to the right. We are looking for a weak spot in the wall, we pass. We fight with a detachment of enemies, go upstairs. Turn right, find the chest. We go to the left and quickly run forward.

4) Death of the Emperor

Let's just watch the video.

5) Vlahern Walls

We watch a video in which we see that the siege of the city has begun. Controlling two siege towers, we move towards the walls. When enemy archers appear, we shoot them, otherwise they will burn our tower. We get to the wall, run into the building, break down the door. We run to the end of the wall. We see that the enemy soldiers destroyed the stairs. We run back to the wall next to which our tower stands. We run to the next building, turn left, there is a chest. We knock out the door of this building, run forward, breaking down the next doors and killing the crossbowmen. In the end, we descend to the ground. Dealing with the enemy squad. We find a cross next to the gate, which depicts a double-headed eagle. We find a chest near the cart, use the mechanism to open the gate.

6) Vlahern Gardens

In this mission, we will hunt down the traitor who overthrew the emperor. So, we blow up scaffolding on the left, we deal with a detachment of archers. We rise, open the door, watch the video.

We get into the garden. We fight the enemy. We find a cross that hangs not far from one of the statues, there is a chest nearby. We run to the gate, watch the video, after which we will have to deal with a crowd of ghosts. The crowd of ghosts will never end unless the wells from which it flows are destroyed. To destroy the well, run up to it, press E, and destroy the column. We kill the last enemies and follow the traitor.

7) Near the emperor's palace

At the beginning of the mission we find a chest. We just go ahead, fight enemies when the game requires us to. Having reached the gate, we pass into the Curse and look to the left, there a cross awaits us. The boss fight begins. We must overthrow the impudent traitor!

Everything is as always quite simple. We beat the adversary with a sword, or set him on fire. Defensively, he will burn us, but his attacks are easy to dodge. Unfortunately, in this battle we do not kill him.

8) Blachernae Baths

We are in the baths. Again in front of us is an impudent traitor. We shoot at him with a crossbow, then shoot at him with aimed fire. Then we go to the right, knock out the door. If you go straight, you can find a cross. After that, turn left, run to the next door, knock them out.

Again we meet with the traitor. We shoot fire at him, he will run away again. We go to the left, we blow up the door, then we go to the right, we blow up the door. We go into the room in which the traitor hid. There we find a detachment of enemies. We run forward, go up the stairs, kill the traitor with a sword. Before he dies, he will tell you something.

9) Capitol

We go to the left, kill the archers, push the cart away. We go to the right and go down into the sewers. We turn left, rise to the ledge, go out to the statue. We find the cross. We return to the sewers, find another ledge, climb the stairs, get into the Capitol. We find a stone coffin. Opposite him, in the wall, is a coffin. And next to him in the wall is a weak spot. We break and go. We are watching a screensaver in which we find a part of an old relic - the spear of fate. For this relic, a battle will now break out with the Marquis Baniface himself. The tactics of the battle are banal: we set fire to the enemy and shoot him with aimed fire. However, he cannot be killed.

10) Nightmare III

Again we meet our friend - Death. This time he is terribly dangerous and you need to run away from him. We run in the opposite direction from him. Reaching the bridge, we find the cross. We run to the fountain. Learning a new ability - Fire Whirlwind. With it, you can hit a bunch of enemies around. We blow up the talking door, cross the bridge.

We fight death. Dodging his attacks, hit him with aimed fire. You have to be careful, sometimes you need to help Esteban. Let's watch the video.

CHAPTER 4
1) Forum Feodosiya

We find ourselves on the square, where we are attacked by units that five minutes ago were our allies. We run forward to the gate. We run and slam them. We run to the left, we get to the next gate. We fall into a trap. We destroy the props that hold the column. We run straight, then to the left, we deal with the enemies. If you go to the right, then near the cart you can find a cross. We go to the wall and turn right. Let's watch the video.

2) Forum of Constantine

We go forward, then turn right twice. We fight with the enemy squad. We find a chest behind a wooden lattice. Turn left twice, run up to the column, kill the enemies. We pass through another lattice. Chest on the left. We go to the right, push the cart. We find a cross behind a wooden lattice. We run forward, killing heaps of enemies. We run to a man who fights with a bunch of enemies. We help him.

3) The road to the palace

We kill enemies, we leave on the area. The cross on it is near the iron gate, opposite the wall. Pret an infinite number of enemies, we pass through the gate, kill the crossbowmen, we pass through the next gate. A boss fight begins, which is complicated by a large number of enemies with shields. We deal with them first, then kill the boss. Reality and Hell.

4) Temple Gallery

We kill the guards in the courtyard, with the help of Esteban we raise the gate and pass. Let's watch the video. We go forward, climb the wall, watch another video. Killing enemies, we reach the next gate and raise them, we pass. In the courtyard we fight with enemies and reach the wooden gate.

We fall into the trap of ghosts. We kill them, then we kill the knights. We fall into the trap again. We kill them too, raise the gate, we get into the next courtyard. We run to the left. We watch a long video in which Baniface calls a demon with the help of the relic he found. Now we have to fight this demon.

Tactics: We beat the demon in the legs until he bows his head. Then we shoot in the head with fire.

6) Courtyard of Hagia Sophia

Enemies immediately attack us, we kill them. We go to the right, climb the stones. After we push the cart, turn right. We kill the knights, turn around and blow up the scaffolding. On them we move to the other side of the wall.

There is a cross in the courtyard above the fountain. We kill enemies and we go into the passage. In the room we find a mechanism that opens the doors to the cathedral.

7) Hagia Sophia

I'll tell you right now, that's enough. challenging mission. You will need to defeat three demons at once. Fortunately, they attack one by one. While one demon attacks us, the other two are imprisoned in fiery circles. Next to them there are more circles, above which hangs a huge chandelier. So, we lure the demon into a circle, over which a chandelier hangs, we beat the demon in the legs and pull the mechanism in order to drop this chandelier. We do this three times. As soon as the last demon is defeated, the cutscene will start.

8) To the Bosphorus

Let's watch the video.

9) Leaving a Fragmented Empire

And another video...

CHAPTER 5
1) Fortress

We watch a video at the end of which zombies attack us. We kill them and move forward. From time to time we will fall into the Curse. To get out you need to destroy all the ghosts. We reach the stairs, go up and find the chest.
We step forward, on the balcony we find a cross.

We get to a place where there are two stairs: up and down. We go down the stairs leading down. We fall into the wine cellar, when we leave it, we deal with the enemies and turn left. Straight to the gates of Hell.

The tactics of their destruction is as follows: Esteban distracts most of the enemies, and at this time we deal with the gates with the help of fire. When the gate is closed, we examine the room. In the far left part of the wall we find a weak spot, break it. Let's watch the video.

2) Epilogue

We enjoy the end of the game, we hope for a continuation.

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Others simply hoped good slasher. In principle, if you think about it, then they are all partly right, because in Demon's Souls demons are the main horse and in "Cursed Crusader" could not do without them. AT Assassin, so in general, the time periods are almost the same, and the slasher genre could easily be attributed thanks to the carnage and rivers of blood seen in the pre-release videos. But these are already reflections from the category of philosophy, and in order not to delve into them, perhaps, let's move on to a story about the game itself.

It was in 1199 from the birth of Christ. The third Crusade was noisy and forces were already gathering for the fourth. Many believers gathered for war in the hope of receiving the remission of sins, or simply for the sake of profit. But there were third ones, to which our main characters belong. Denz de Boulay and Esteban Noviembre- these two nuggets met by the will of fate, each pursuing their own goals. Reasonable, smart and valiant knight Denz must find his father in order to save the family castle, and the canonical robber Esteban just wants to earn more money. Pursuing different goals, they eventually unite into one team to get rid of the hereditary curse that entailed death, eternal torment in the abyss of hell, a pair of horns on their heads and other side effects.

In general, the plot in is one of the greatest motivations in favor of buying a game. From the very beginning, watching the 15-minute introductory video, you start to get bored a little, but at the same time you understand that the developers really wanted to tell the story in an interesting way, which, in fact, they did. They created two charismatic heroes, added a desperate fight with the reaper of souls, who is just waiting to take the lives of these two. They wrote a good script and diluted all the seriousness of what is happening with witty remarks by Denz's partner, which even bring a smile to the player's face.

And we will smile for many tasks, divided between ten chapters. Passing them, we will more than once storm some castles and walk in parallel worlds. But at the same time, we will not stop running and waving cold weapons for a minute, cutting off all sorts of limbs from our enemies along the way. The game presents a fairly diverse, but at the same time simple combat system, built on simple strikes, blocks, parries and stunning attacks, which, however, come down to monotonous mouse clicks and waiting for the right moment to dodge. All attacks add up in a series of combos, for which points are awarded at the end of the game according to the same model that was in the series. In addition, almost every series of strikes ends with a spectacular finishing off of the enemy and splashes of blood. And so that the player does not soon get tired of all this spectacle, the developers have added a large number of strikes, the animation of which depends on the selected weapon. Among the latter will be both ordinary axes and swords, as well as spears, maces, shields and even a crossbow.

Almost all types of weapons can be combined, and thus take a sword in both hands and cut enemies with double strength. But the main thing is not to get carried away, because each of these has its own expiration date and can break at any time. In this case, you have to frantically look for a new blade or beat the enemy with a stump, which is of little use. This approach is quite interesting and introduces some tension into the game, because it is difficult to fight off ten warriors and at the same time look for new weapons.

Such situations quite often lead to the fact that one cannot do without the help of a friend. And as it happens in games with two main characters, there was not without cooperative interaction between them. The game is heavily geared towards player interaction. In addition to the standard “Help me up” or “Help me climb”, our partner can capture the enemy and we just have to chop off his head beautifully. He can also always save our lives if we suddenly fall in an unequal battle. And what really pleases is that he is really useful in a fight and willingly kills enemies. If you feel distrust of a computer fellow, then you can invite your friend, relative or someone else to play. It will be possible to play both on the network and in the mode split screen, but joint passage brings little pleasure. The fact is that finding a partner online is quite difficult, because few people play, and most of the delights of the cooperative can be played with a bot partner.

In addition to all the above chips, we have not mentioned yet about main feature games. In addition to horns and eternal torment, the curse also brings a significant advantage against enemies. Having gained a sufficient level of the demonic scale, the player will be able to enter the solarium mode, when everything around starts to glow, the enemies turn into slow skeletons or zombies, and the player, on the contrary, becomes stronger, faster, and even gets special abilities in the likeness of sacred fire. The idea becomes even more interesting because if you do not follow the level of the demonic scale, then its excess or overexpenditure of the containing one can lead to near death, and with it, to another meeting with the reaper, from which it will be possible to fight off only with sacred fire.

But that's not all. The game does not live by one cooperative. The pumping system did not bypass it either. At the end of each battle, we will receive "victory points", for which we are credited with pumping units. In the game there are no bindings to the level of the hero. You can pump both possession of a certain type of weapon, and special properties, some of which even add elements of armor.

But there is a huge flaw in all of this. First, it's graphics. For some reason, what I saw on the screen caused me associations with a picture from, but if in 2005 it was just right, now this already causes a number of negative thoughts. All sorts of “misunderstandings” are also attached to the outdated engine, like untimely splashes of blood. Secondly, management. Here we need to say thank you to the consoles, or rather, to the clumsy porting of the game to computers. The fact is that the game is almost not adapted for mouse control, and in order to cope with it, you need to play at least half an hour or rather connect a gamepad.

Thus, it had a huge potential, many of the ideas the developers were still able to soundly implement. But this still does not hide the fact that the battles begin to get boring over time, you get used to the graphics, as well as to the controls, over time, but this does not change the first impression in any way, and the only thing that keeps you close to the screen is the plot.

Graphic arts: 3.0
Gameplay: 4.0
Plot: 4.6
Sound and music: 3.0
Cooperative: 3.8

Action-adventure games have a huge fan base. Gamers around the world are ready to go through such quests day and night. But, unfortunately, in pursuit of success in a particular genre, developers forget about the quality of the plot, graphics and gameplay. Such a story happened with the game Cursed Crusade.

Description

The Cursed Crusade is a project by Kylotonn. The French collaborated with publishers in many regions. In Europe, it was DTP Entertainment AG, in Japan - Ubisoft, in America - Atlus, and in Russia - 1C-SoftKlab/Snowball Studios.

Despite the fact that a huge number of people worked on the project, it did not live up to expectations and turned out to be a complete disappointment. The game was released in 2011 for desktop PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

Main story

A review of The Cursed Crusade is worth starting with storyline. The game takes us to the events of the third crusade. Christians were defeated in it. The territories where bloody battles took place have not yet recovered from fires and battles. But getting ready new campaign, which is filled with hope and desire to take their own.

Two warriors who have long received the Curse of the Templars are going to try their luck. Templar Denza and mercenary Esteban want to try their luck and free themselves from a heavy burden and a damned soul.

The main characters have a lot to go through. The gamer will manage them for 5 chapters, in which there are a total of 38 missions. Denza and Esteban will watch the jousting tournament, storm Biron Castle, and participate in the siege of Zara. They will go to conquer Constantinople and visit the Crusaders from Krak des Chevaliers.

System requirements

The Cursed Crusade was released in 2011. A review of system requirements will surprise few now, especially avid gamers. The game requires a mouse, keyboard, preinstalled operating system Windows XP, Vista or 7. The game will take 8.3 GB free space on the winchester.

Minimum requirements:

central processor Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2 with a frequency of 2 GHz;
RAM from 2 GB;
video card nVidia GeForce 8600 or ATI Radeon HD 2600.

Gameplay

One of the weakest points of the project is the gameplay of The Cursed Crusade. Reviewing it comes down to a couple of simple steps. The player needs to "hack" his way through the enemies, push things and look for secrets. This is not a game in which there is a free world and you can do whatever you want. Everything is much simpler here.

Not bad developers thought out the fencing system. And if at the beginning of the game it seems that it is very easy to go through a crowd of enemies, then over time the mobs begin to dodge and counterattack. After a couple of hours of passing the player will begin to notice that the number of enemies and the complexity of the battle with them are increasing. From here you need to pick up the fighting style again and get used to the controls.

The gameplay allows you to use not only swords, maces or axes, you can pick up a crossbow or bow. Moreover, some tasks require such a battle without fail. Ranged combat significantly diversifies the gameplay and allows you to escape from close battles.

The gameplay also involves pumping the main character. Passing the level, the player receives additional experience points that can be spent on improving the character. So it is possible to increase his combat performance or open up new abilities.

Since on the way of the hero there will be not only familiar soldiers, but also some magical creatures, the corresponding skills will have to be pumped in order to cope with the undead.

The main task - fights

If you take a quick look at review The Cursed Crusade, it becomes clear that the battles are the main entertainment for the gamer. Therefore, it is important to know everything and understand the principles of combat.

For example, if you use one weapon or combine it with another, you can get completely different combat combinations. Thus, you need to carefully study them in order to think over the tactics of battles. It is also important to remember targeted damage. The damage is distributed to different parts of the body.

When sparring, it is worth remembering that hitting two blades at the same time usually puts two heroes in equal positions. In this case, it is important to quickly push the enemy away in order to immediately strike him back. But you need to remember that the opponent can do the same.

The peculiarity of the gameplay in The Cursed Crusade is that simply clicking on enemies will not work. Especially if the character against you is much stronger or there are several of them. You will need to make circular strikes, step correctly and dodge. It is important not to forget about parrying and think through every movement.

Walkthrough

As mentioned earlier, walkthrough Cursed Crusade consists of five chapters. Each of them has 5-7 more tasks. After the prologue, the gamer learns about Jean de Bayle. Already in the first chapter, he tells us about his son, who also decided to become a Templar. In the first chapter, you need to fight the robbers, and then run away from the Soul Reaper to the church.

Next, the game takes us to Biron Castle. Here the player meets Esteban. Both warriors participate in the siege of the castle. In this task, you will need to fight with everyone who meets on the way. After these events, the heroes continue their journey and end up in a knightly tournament, where they can hone their combat skills. This will help in the next mission to deal with the robbers of Boniface and then get rid of the former commander Baudouin.

Story advancement

In the second chapter, you need to participate in the assault on the city of Zara. In the first mission you have to kill a lot game characters. After that, you will need to disembark at the port. Here you have to dodge arrows, demolish the barricade. In Zara, you need to find the main gates of the city and open them. At the end of the second chapter, the player is waiting for the fall of Zara and very interesting information about the protagonist's father.

In the new chapter, you will have to get into the territory of the fortress of Constantinople. Then you will need to deal with Boniface and Baudouin, who are already waiting near the Golden Gate. Get ready for a long and hard battle to take place soon. It will need to show all the combat skills that the hero trained in battle.

Denza and Esteban must participate in the storming of Constantinople. At the same time, resolve the issue with the villain Murzufl.

When things are over in Constantinople, the heroes will again find themselves in a new location. First, we are looking for the princess and the third relic. After that, there will be an opportunity to fight Baudouin and, finally, finish him off. After several small tasks, you will need to meet with three gigantic demons.

The end of the fourth chapter is sad: not everything turned out the way the hero wanted. Some characters ended up dead, and those who should have died fled. But the main character has better things to do.

The final

Walkthrough games Cursed Crusade in the fifth chapter leads us to the fortress of Krak des Chevaliers. It is here that the father of Denza is located, who, according to the plot, turned out to be the keeper of the relic of the Lord. The main task is to close the gates of the underworld.

Review

The game was not the best. This is evidenced by the reviews of the leading gaming publications, and the players themselves, who had the opportunity to play The Cursed Crusade. What went wrong?

"Gambling" categorically stated that there is nothing but boring fights in the game. And it's really hard to argue with that. The locations are cramped, and the so-called bosses are actually just enlarged knights. A good idea, according to many players, was the presence of the other world with its demons and curses. But its implementation turned out to be chaotic.

But for some gamers, the technical component of the project turned out to be a weak point. Yes, and reviews of The Cursed Crusade confirm this. Despite some omissions, nevertheless, the authors thought through many points: cooperative mode, difficult fencing, different variants strikes and the use of magic.

The script also turned out to be quite good: the story about a father and son, a curse and the other world really captures. But in certain moment everything collapses due to inconvenient controls, "gray" levels and strange puzzles. As practice shows, it is best to go through The Cursed Crusade with a friend.

Saves and cheats

For those who are completely lazy or could not get into the atmosphere due to difficult battles, there are cheats for The Cursed Crusade. For example, you can install saves that have the full development of the character, but at the same time retain the main plot. You can also download files with cheats that will simplify the passage. With one click, you can provide immortality to the hero, reduce the power of the curse, etc.

1) Winter evening

1) Assault on Biron Castle

Having reached the gate, we pick up a crossbow and shoot enemy archers, leaving the shelter, aiming (when the enemy hits the crosshair, it turns red) and shoot by pressing the right mouse button. When the enemy archers in front of the gate fall, we watch a video in which this gate will be blown up.

2) Competitions in Ecri

3) Chase on a moonlit night

We kill the enemy detachment that attacked us. We reach the alley, which is blocked by a cage, move it away. We kill the archers, ahead of the ledge, which you need to climb. But be careful, there are still two chests left in the location. After we climb onto the ledge, we go down and learn to look for weak spots in the wall while in the Curse.
We find a weak spot in the wall, break it, go through the house, kill the detachment again, roll back the cart.

Just go down to the gate when everything is done.

4) Forest roads

5) Nightmare I

We're in Esteban and Danz's nightmare. This nightmare is very real. The first part of the mission, we just have to run forward and kill the ghosts, which, by the way, die from the first blow.

Then Death appears, which must be ... killed. I say right away that we won’t be able to do this, but you can cripple her by shooting at her with fire and hitting her with a sword.

6) Interlude

Just a splash screen.
CHAPTER II

1) Tower of Zara

2) Disembarkation at the port

3) Old streets of Zara

4) Forward to the peninsula

5) Fortified bridge

At the very beginning of the mission, we need to use the ballista to destroy the defenses on the other side of the bridge. We aim the ballista at them (such wooden structures from above) and shoot (when we aim correctly, the dotted line of the flight path will turn red). Having destroyed the fortifications, we take the chest, which is located on the stairs on the left, and run along the bridge.

We run back, we find the chest. We run forward, in the Curse we blow up the wall, we go into the sewer. If you go to the right, you can find a chest. As we find, we immediately return to the entrance to the sewer and turn the other way. Going out into the fresh air, we find ourselves not far from the room where the mechanism is located, which will open the gate to the Baron. We kill enemies, use the mechanism, go up the stairs, run a little forward, go down again. On this alley you can find a chest and a cross. We rise to the tower.

6) Five Wells of Zara

If you do not go down and turn right, you can find a chest. We get down and run to the left, we find a cross and a chest. We fight with the boss - the captain of the guard-fat. The battle with him takes place in two worlds: Cursed and real. To get into the real world and start maiming the captain (and he is maimed while in the Curse), you need to kill all the ghosts that stagger across the battlefield.

7) Near Zara's fortress

8) Fall of Zara

The battle tactics are the same as with the fat captain. Unless you don't need to kill a bunch of ghosts, you only need to rein in two.

9) Nightmare II

Prologue 1) Winter evening We kill five enemies, we comprehend the first basics of the battle. Then we watch the video and run away from Death to the church, clicking on the arrows in time (you need to press at the time when the circle...

Prologue
1) Winter evening

CHAPTER 1
1) Assault on Biron Castle

2) Competitions in Ecri

3) Chase on a moonlit night

We kill the enemy detachment that attacked us. We reach the alley, which is blocked by a cage, move it away. We kill the archers, ahead of the ledge, which you need to climb. But be careful, there are still two chests left in the location. After we climb onto the ledge, we go down and learn to look for weak spots in the wall while in the Curse.
We find a weak spot in the wall, break it, go through the house, kill the detachment again, roll back the cart.

We get to the square in front of the gate leading to the road from the castle. To open the gate - you need to pull the mechanism to open them. This mechanism is located in the guard room. Not far from the gate we find a chest, next to the double doors. We go up the stairs, in the guards' room we find a mechanism, use it. In the room with the mechanism there is a balcony - there is a chest, there is also a staircase to the upper floor, there is also a chest.

Just go down to the gate when everything is done.

4) Forest roads

5) Nightmare I

We're in Esteban and Danz's nightmare. This nightmare is very real. The first part of the mission, we just have to run forward and kill the ghosts, which, by the way, die from the first blow.

Then Death appears, which must be ... killed. I say right away that we won’t be able to do this, but you can cripple her by shooting at her with fire and hitting her with a sword.

6) Interlude

Just a splash screen.

CHAPTER II
1) Tower of Zara

2) Disembarkation at the port

3) Old streets of Zara

4) Forward to the peninsula

The meaning of this mission is to lead the ballista to the bridge. In fact, the task is simple - just protect the ballista from incoming enemies, do not let them destroy it. When the ballista stops in front of the closed gate, we run along the detour and open the gate from the other side. Toward the end of the mission, you will need to change the place of one of the soldiers, as he will be killed.

5) Fortified bridge

We run back, we find the chest. We run forward, in the Curse we blow up the wall, we go into the sewer. If you go to the right, you can find a chest. As we find, we immediately return to the entrance to the sewer and turn the other way. Going out into the fresh air, we find ourselves not far from the room where the mechanism is located, which will open the gate to the Baron. We kill enemies, use the mechanism, go up the stairs, run a little forward, go down again. On this alley you can find a chest and a cross. We rise to the tower.

6) Five Wells of Zara

If you do not go down and turn right, you can find a chest. We get down and run to the left, we find a cross and a chest. We fight with the boss - the captain of the guard-fat. The battle with him takes place in two worlds: Cursed and real. To get into the real world and start maiming the captain (and he is maimed while in the Curse), you need to kill all the ghosts that stagger across the battlefield.

7) Near Zara's fortress

8) Fall of Zara

The battle tactics are the same as with the fat captain. Unless you don't need to kill a bunch of ghosts, you only need to rein in two.

9) Nightmare II

10) Saving the Empire

Just a splash screen.

CHAPTER III
1) Walls of Constantinople

We get down from the ship, we break the enemy detachment, we get the task to find the way to the trebuchet.

2) Golden Gate

3) Trapped

4) Death of the Emperor

Let's just watch the video.

5) Vlahern Walls

6) Vlahern Gardens

In this mission, we will hunt down the traitor who overthrew the emperor. So, we blow up scaffolding on the left, we deal with a detachment of archers. We rise, open the door, watch the video.

7) Near the emperor's palace

8) Blachernae Baths

9) Capitol

10) Nightmare III

We fight death. Dodging his attacks, hit him with aimed fire. You have to be careful, sometimes you need to help Esteban. Let's watch the video.

CHAPTER 4
1) Forum Feodosiya

2) Forum of Constantine

3) The road to the palace

4) Temple Gallery

Tactics: We beat the demon in the legs until he bows his head. Then we shoot in the head with fire.

6) Courtyard of Hagia Sophia

There is a cross in the courtyard above the fountain. We kill enemies and we go into the passage. In the room we find a mechanism that opens the doors to the cathedral.

7) Hagia Sophia

I must say right away that this is a rather difficult mission. You will need to defeat three demons at once. Fortunately, they attack one by one. While one demon attacks us, the other two are imprisoned in fiery circles. Next to them there are more circles, above which hangs a huge chandelier. So, we lure the demon into a circle, over which a chandelier hangs, we beat the demon in the legs and pull the mechanism in order to drop this chandelier. We do this three times. As soon as the last demon is defeated, the cutscene will start.

8) To the Bosphorus

Let's watch the video.

9) Leaving a Fragmented Empire

And another video...

CHAPTER 5
1) Fortress

We watch a video at the end of which zombies attack us. We kill them and move forward. From time to time we will fall into the Curse. To get out you need to destroy all the ghosts. We reach the stairs, go up and find the chest. We step forward, on the balcony we find a cross.

2) Epilogue

We enjoy the end of the game, we hope for a continuation.