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Doukutsu Montogari~ Cave Story  
Have you ever played a freeware game with so much fun and so much replay value that it stands alongside commercially-made classics? Doukutsu Montogari is that kind of game. It�s an action/adventure title complete with appropriately challenging levels, a decent story, and a fair amount of weapons.
Although in the front-page description I stated that it plays like Metroid, the game actually plays much more like a little-known PS1 game called Silhouette Mirage. If you�ve played that, you�ll find the triangle-shaped mana tokens, obscure character design, and multiple endings to be very familiar. But assuming you haven�t, I�ll tell you what the game�s about.
In Doukutsu, you start out by awaking in a small cave, not knowing your name or where you came from. You soon find out that you are on a large floating island inhabited by small rabbit-like creatures called Mimigas. You then learn that a villain called The Doctor is trying to capture them in order to create a Mimiga army. When you have completed about 1/4 of the game, you will start to choose your own path through the story. That�s the beauty of it; by answering simple yes-or-no questions during dialogue, you decide what levels you go to, what weapons you receive, and how the game ultimately ends. You can upgrade your weapons on-the-go by collecting triangle-shaped mana tokens from fallen foes. The weapons will downgrade when you are damaged while carrying them. But don�t worry; leveling up is a simple process.
Doukutsu really doesn�t suffer from any problems. You may not like the old-school graphics or sounds, but many will welcome the classic flavor. In my opinion, the game easily beats a few Nintendo classics, and even the game it is clearly inspired by, Silhouette Mirage. In the 6+ hours that I played, I never once encountered a bug, and the story and gameplay kept me interested throughout. With the occasional large amount of enemies on the screen, it may slow down once or twice on older computers, but it should run just fine. It�s even friendly to your hard drive, with a size of 395 KB zipped, and 5 MB unzipped.
If you�re an old-school gamer, enjoyed Silhouette Mirage or Metroid, or if you�re just looking for a game that will keep your attention for more than an hour, I suggest you download Doukutsu today.
NOTE: Download links to an English website where you can download both the game and the English patch. As Doukutsu Montogari is a story-based action game, it�s pretty much useless without the patch.
| PC REQUIREMENTS: Should run on almost any PC with minor slowdown |
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GAME AUTHOR Pixel
REVIEWED BY Mechalord
STAFF RATING 10/10
USER RATING 9.6/10
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FILE SIZE 394 KB
FILE DATE Jan 20, 2005
UPLOADED Jul 26, 2005
DEV TOOL unknown
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