Mythos

Mythos description

Mythos (or Mithos) is not a game. This is a real challenge loving platformers, players created in the Sunny Spain, thing, designed to play on the nerves of the whole unwritten Symphony of pain, despair and indomitable sports rage, the thing, to pass which may be impossible in principle, which is very easy to hate, but which, nevertheless, are very reluctant to let go myself.

Your character in this game is the centaur. Personally, I don't remember any other game where you could play a centaur. This centaur must fight monsters. Why fight, for what, to us unknown. Anticipating possible question: in Greek mythology the game have in common only the main character: neither the scenery nor the enemies of the ancient Greece practically does not resemble, especially at the beginning of the game. But then – in some places the similarity is.

Surprisingly, but the game is much closer to the psychedelic world of Lovecraft, or early stories by Bram Stoker, to their surreal landscapes and unimaginable to the monsters. By the way – not very big and scary: in the beginning of the game you confront just Bouncing from the mouths of the statues green worms and some terrestrial stationary scum, which sticks out of the ground with equal intervals. But it just yet – and then you will meet with the flying demons, bats, and some not quite clear creatures, harpies in the role of bosses and so on; moreover, it takes so much time, and even small creatures can begin the panic fear and shudder when one of their kind... Here, perhaps, it should be immediately noted that the three flying skulls, pressed against each other, not enemies, but play the role of the platform to move.

What is difficult? First, that our centaur is extremely tiny centaur, quite similar to his mighty mythological counterparts. He can't fight up close, armed with only a bow, from which a very bad shot, and most importantly – he instantly dies from any contact with the enemy, whether it be getting some put in him the enemy of substance or just collision. Secondly, the fact that a very large number of enemies in the game cannot be defeated, because to get them with a bow is impossible (the trajectory of fire from the centaur one, he can jump, but at least slightly raise or tilt the bow – no), and the size of the creature, as a rule, much less him. So we have to make graceful jumps, hoping not to fall on anybody (and this often happens). Best enemies here are demons: these fly, though, they can get worms... But, apparently, invincible. And it is not only these enemies that will go unpunished: for example, here is the God Zeus (probably), who throws equally spaced zippered top, or a giant crab in the water, so there is no way to win, just have to Dodge his claw...

And living enemies – that's not all: there are traps! For example, a fire-breathing statues (again – remember the intervals belching fire), a fire on the floor (most often in places where it is necessary to jump - the jump, but here again – and the fire...) and even an entire level with the lava caves... And life here are just three... But then you can find more, if you jump to the tops of the columns... draw your own Conclusions.

Graphically, the game looks good, even very good, which though not a very bright palette, but good drawing backgrounds and creatures - but it's almost immediately stop paying attention because the principal becomes a matter of survival in this monstrous world created by the imagination of developers who have probably disturbed psyche due to severe childhood under Franco's regime...

Recommending this game makes no sense. It is really a challenge – the challenge of nerves, skill and common sense. To win really – but it will need to devote without reserve a small part of his life. If you are ready for such a feat, if you are not afraid of these difficulties, then forward. The reward will be not having analogues arcade annealing, because it is possible with certainty to assert that anything similar in complexity just does not exist. If not – then there are hundreds of other arcade games, in the passage of which fingers, keyboard, and mental health will remain much safer.

Management, as in any Spanish game: O and P keys – move, Q – jump space – archery, A – click something (in the game you will need one time).

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Source: Archive.org, Mobygames.com