Cursed crusade walkthrough. The Cursed Crusade: review and review of the game, system requirements, passing and saving. Old streets of Zara

It's not immediately clear whether The Cursed Crusade is trying to be a God of War about knights, or whether it's still Knights of the Temple with devilry. On the one hand, everyone here wears shining armor and neat gloves, they hardly raise their voices and, generally speaking, want to free the Holy Land. On the other hand, the intervention of gods and otherworldly forces was also involved, and from time to time everything on the screen blazes with infernal fire. About a third of the game takes place in agonizing agony: what will outweigh all the same? Sadly, the gloomy knights outweigh.

Nonetheless, for a budget slasher, The Cursed Crusade is surprisingly informative. There seems to be a lot of combos, the main character learns new techniques after each level, shoots a crossbow and eventually masters fencing with two blades at once. When you examine the giant character progression screen, it seems like the most detailed action game ever. But in dynamics everything turns out to be, alas, not so cheerful.

First of all, because this very dynamics is not here in principle, and there is nowhere to use a combo and there is no need. The knight slowly, waddlingly walks along the level, brings his sword with dignity and slowly chops down enemies. Then, melancholy, he carries out some kind of fatality: he cuts off the enemy's head or pierces the belly. If the sword suddenly breaks (hardened steel crumbles to dust after two dozen blows!), You have to hammer everyone with the stump remaining in your hands. It seems that it is faster and more efficient to simply thrust an arrow between the eyes of the enemy, but long-range weapons, alas, are rarely issued. Basically, you have to endure fiddling with swords.

The assault on the fortress will end in two minutes, and they will again begin to lull us to sleep with the most boring battles.

And there is nothing else but boring fights in The Cursed Crusade. Locations are cramped, QTEs are overcomplicated, bosses are mostly trivial pitching knights. Only the parallel world looks interesting, where, due to the imposed curse, the hero is occasionally brought in. Once in the next world, ours grows horns and meets some devils. But the mechanics of the game does not change at all from this.

At the studio Kylotonn(you, of course, forgot, and these are the authors Bet on Soldier) there is one really good game - Speedball 2: Tournament, a futuristic sports sim, co-authored with Bitmap brothers... For slashers, we would also advise them to find companions, the French have not yet succeeded alone in a single game. There is something mystical in the fact that after ten years of failures, they have not yet closed - apparently, until they fulfilled their karmic destiny.

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, pressing the arrows in time (you need to press when you are circling ...

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, pressing 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 leveling menu. We learn to distribute skill points (they are spent on Strength, Templar's Fury, Weapon / Armor Mastery, Maximum Health), skill points (helps to master a particular type of weapon perfectly, helps to learn new combos).

CHAPTER 1
1) The assault on the castle of Biron

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

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

We fall on 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, thereby we will stand behind his controls. We press Q, thereby we call Esteban for help, after that we press the necessary arrows in time.

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 far end of the courtyard. We kill them from the crossbow (for this we 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). A wagon blocks our way further. 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 receive 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 curse. These two states do not differ much, only in the external surroundings and a couple of details that you will notice anyway. Don't forget to find the fifth chest on the battlefield.

2) Competition in Ecri

This level is simple and monotonous. You just need to fight four times in the arena, passing training between battles. 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) , for the fourth time we will be taught to determine the state of the sword (the R button, if the sword is broken, it is colored red). The battles are quite simple, although for the fourth time you will have to fight in two rounds and with several enemies. Having won the competition, we fulfill our goal, and the game takes us to the Curse menu, where you can pump Curse.

3) chase on a moonlit night

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

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 opening mechanism. This mechanism is located in the guardroom. Not far from the gate we find a chest, next to the double doors. We go up the stairs, in the room of the guards we find the mechanism, we use it. The room with the mechanism has a balcony - there is a chest, there is also a staircase to the upper floor, there is also a chest.

We just go down to the gate when everything is done.

4) Forest roads

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

5) Nightmare I

We are 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 the video, after which we learn to shoot with fire in the 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. We will not be able to do this, I say right away, but you can cripple her by shooting her with fire and striking her with a sword.

6) Interlude

Just a splash screen.

CHAPTER II
1) Tower of Zara

We rise to the ledge. If you don't go straight to the 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 ballistas that can be broken by fire in the Curse mode. We rise, we kill the guards, we find the mechanism, we rise even higher. We find the second chest under the stairs. We kill the guards, we find and use the mechanism, we rise to the roof. We go to the Curse mode, we find the cross. We eliminate the adversaries, go back 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 run to the powerful gate, which simply cannot be opened. They open with Cursed Fire (LShift + E). There is a chest not far from the gate. We run forward, together with Esteban we raise the gate. The task is to destroy all three ballistae. They are destroyed, as in the previous mission, by fire from the Curse. Having destroyed all the ballistas, we watch the video and turn the lever.

3) Old streets of Zara

We run forward, we raise the gate, then we run across one more area and we raise one more gate (there is a chest in front of them). A cross and a chest can be found in the square outside the next gate. We run through a couple of heavy gates and find ourselves at the destination.

4) Forward to the peninsula

The point of this mission is to guide 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 roundabout path and open the gate from the other side. Towards the end of the mission, you will need to replace the place of one of the soldiers, since he will be killed.

5) Reinforced bridge

At the very beginning of the mission, we need to use a 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 dashed line of the flight path will turn red). Having destroyed the fortifications, we take the chest, which is located on the stairs to the left, and we run across the bridge.

In the Curse we blow up the door, we run to the next passage, we turn into a cubbyhole on the right, where a chest awaits us. To the left of the passage, there is a weak point in the fence, which we find while 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 to another move. Coming out into the 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. A chest and a cross can be found on this alley. We rise to the tower.

6) Five wells of Zara

If you don't go down and turn right, you can find a chest. We go down and run to the left, we find a cross and a chest. We fight with the boss - the fat guard captain. The battle with him takes place in two worlds: the Curse and the real one. To get into the real world and begin to injure the captain (and injuries are inflicted on him while in the Curse), you need to kill all the ghosts that stagger across the battlefield.

7) Near the Zary fortress

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

8) the fall of Zara

If you go straight and to the right, you can find a chest and two ghosts. We push off the ballista, we raise the gate. We kill archers, blow up the gates to find and kill the ghost. We run further, around the corner we find a chest. We push off one more ballista, we blow up the gate to find the cross. We run forward, we raise one more gate. Watching the cutscene and getting ready for the boss fight.

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 restrain two.

9) Nightmare II

We're in a nightmare again. We go up the slope, after the second ascent we turn to the right, we find the cross. We continue to climb, watch the splash screen in which we learn to aim fire (LShift + LMouse + Space). We aim to blow up the door in the form of a head and run into it. Again we meet Death, again we fight with it. The tactics of the battle are as follows: when Death is on the mountain, we hit it with fire (button E), when death descends, we beat it with both sword and fire. It is important to note that you can fry Death with fire when it is on the pedestal 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 squad, we get the task to find the way to the trebuchet.

There is a chest on the way, and another chest lies in front of the stone stairs that lead to the trebuchet. We find ourselves on the stairs, turn 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 point and go into the tower. There is a cross in the room on the right. Once again we find a weak point in the wall, we leave. We run to the right.

2) Golden Gate

We are watching the 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.

Further, we drag cover and hide from arrows, as in the first missions. We reach the north gate. We destroy scaffolding with 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, to the right and to the left of this place there are chests, and another chest - on the stairs, in front of huge doors. We run towards the south gate.

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

3) trapped

The mission will begin with a boss fight. Everything is extremely simple and trite. We just beat the foe, but we cannot kill him because he gives a fight. There is a cross to the right of the large ruined column. We go towards the column, after a cloud of arrows is released at us, we split up with Esteban and go to the right. We are looking for a weak point in the wall, we pass. We fight with a squad of enemies, go upstairs. We turn right, we find the chest. We go to the left and quickly run forward.

4) Death of the Emperor

Just watching the video.

5) Walls of Vlahaern

We are watching 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, we run into the building, we 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, we run forward, breaking down the next doors and killing the crossbowmen. In the end, we get down to the ground. We deal with a detachment of the enemy. We find the cross next to the gate, which depicts a two-headed eagle. We find the 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 the scaffolding on the left, we deal with a detachment of archers. We go up, open the door, watch the video.

We fall into the garden. We are fighting with 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 the crowd of ghosts. The crowd of ghosts will never end unless the wells from which it rushes 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 palace of the emperor

At the beginning of the mission we find a chest. We just go forward, fight the enemies when the game demands it from us. Having reached the gate, we pass into the Curse and look to the left, there a cross awaits us. A boss battle begins. It is necessary to overthrow the impudent traitor!

As always, everything is pretty simple. We beat the foe with a sword, or set him on fire with fire. Defending himself will burn us, but his attacks are easy to dodge. Unfortunately, we are not killing him in this battle.

8) Vlahern Baths

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

We meet with the traitor again. We shoot at him with fire, 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 has hidden. 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, we kill the archers, we push away the cart. We go to the right and go down into the sewer. We turn left, climb the ledge, go out to the statue. We find the cross. We return to the sewer, find another ledge, go up the stairs, we get to the Capitol. We find a stone coffin. Opposite him, in the wall, is a coffin. And next to him there is a weak point in the wall. We break it up and go through. We look at the screensaver, in which we find part of an old relic - the spears of fate. For this relic, a battle will now break out with the Marquis of Baniface himself. The tactics of the battle are trivial: we set fire to the enemy and shoot at him with aimed fire. However, it is impossible to kill him.

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 up to the fountain. We learn a new ability - Fire Whirlwind. With its help, you can hit a bunch of enemies around. We blow up the talking door, we cross the bridge.

We are fighting death. Dodging his attacks, hit him with aimed fire. You have to be careful, sometimes you need to help Esteban. We are watching the video.

CHAPTER 4
1) Forum Feodosia

We find ourselves in the square, where we are attacked by detachments that were our allies five minutes ago. We run forward to the gate. We run in and slam them. We run to the left, we get to the next gate. We fall into the trap. We destroy the supports that hold the column. We run straight, then to the left, we are finished with the enemies. If you go to the right, you can find a cross near the cart. We go to the wall and turn right. We are watching the video.

2) Konstantin's Forum

We go forward, then turn right twice. We are fighting with the enemy squad. We find the chest behind the wooden bars. Turn left twice, run up to the column, kill enemies. We pass through the next lattice. The chest is on the left. We go to the right, we push away the cart. We find the cross behind a wooden lattice. We run forward, killing heaps of enemies. We reach the man who is fighting with a bunch of enemies. We help him.

3) The road to the palace

We kill enemies, we leave on the square. The cross on it is located near the iron gate, opposite the wall. Pret an infinite number of enemies, we pass through the gate, we kill the crossbowmen, we pass through the next gate. A boss battle begins, which is complicated by a large number of enemies with shields. We deal with them first, then we kill the boss. In reality and in Damnation.

4) Temple gallery

We kill the guards in the yard, with the help of Esteban we raise the gate and we pass. We are watching the video. Go ahead, 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 we 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, we raise the gate, we find ourselves in the next courtyard. We run to the left. We are watching a long video in which Banifatsy summons a demon with the help of the relic he found. Here with this demon we now have to fight.

Tactics: 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, we go up the stones. After we push off the cart, we turn right. We kill the knights, turn around and blow up the scaffolding. We move along them to the other side of the wall.

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

7) Hagia Sophia

I say right away - 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. There are also circles next to them, above which a huge chandelier hangs. So, we lure the demon into a circle over which a chandelier hangs, hit the demon on 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 screensaver will start.

8) To the Bosphorus

We are watching the video.

9) Leaving a scattered empire

And one more video ...

CHAPTER 5
1) Fortress

We are watching a video, at the end of which zombies attack us. We kill them and go 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, we find a cross on the balcony.

We find ourselves in 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 for their destruction are as follows: Esteban distracts most of the enemies on himself, 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 side in the wall we find a weak point, we break it. We are watching the video.

2) Epilogue

We enjoy the end of the game, we hope to continue.

General information:

Difficulty of achievements: 4/10

Offline: 42 (1000 )

Online: 0

Estimated time to receive 1000: 15-18 hours

Minimum number of playthroughs: 2

Achievements to miss: No (chapter selection)

Do cheat codes block achievements ?: No cheat codes

Does Difficulty Affect Achievements ?: Yes

Glitchy achievements: Not

Non-mineable achievements: Not

Additional conditions: Not

First playthrough (possible at any difficulty level, but recommended at the "Crusader" difficulty level):

On your first playthrough, try to get all the collectibles, most of the weapons, and good stats for your character. Most of the storyline achievements are unlocked as you progress through the game, but there are two missions (Chapter 2 - Mission 4 and Chapter 4 - Mission 2) with special conditions for obtaining the Innocent Blood achievement.

Your character's level is in no way related to obtaining any achievement. In most levels, you will need to clear a certain number of souls in the nightmare world. Despite the lack of achievement for obtaining souls, after completing the level, you will receive various "bonuses". Also, to unlock some achievements, you will have to complete the game again on Nightmare difficulty level. However, if you want to get a lot of weapons, then you will have to cleanse souls at every level.

Second Walkthrough (Nightmare Difficulty):

When you complete the game, a new level of difficulty will become available to you. Simply select “Continue Game” from the main game menu and start replaying all levels on a nightmarish difficulty. On the second playthrough of the game, you will also be able to unlock new weapons. After completing each level, you will receive new "victory" points. They will allow you to fully pump your weapon and your character.

There are only two missions that can get you in trouble. The first is called "The Path to the Grand Palace" (chapter 4 - mission 4), which is a boss fight, and in the second you will have to fight a lot of enemies inside the fortress (chapter 5 - mission 1) with small rooms. Do not forget that you do not have to kill all enemies (for example, in a fortress, you can always avoid combat). If you skip all cut-scenes and quickly kill enemies, then it will take you about 5-6 hours to complete the game.

Finishing off:

All chapters can be replayed at any time. If you missed something after the second playthrough of the game, then restart any mission in order to unlock the rest of the achievements.

Many players are faced with the problem of loading a new chapter. Most often, the problem occurs in Chapter 4 - Mission 2. The causes of the problem and how to solve it are currently not clear. For some players, the problem was solved by completing this level online with a friend.

Translation - dedpyl. Editing - Madnfs

The cursed crusade

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, pressing 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 leveling menu. We learn to distribute skill points (they are spent on Strength, Templar's Fury, Weapon / Armor Mastery, Maximum Health), skill points (helps to master a particular type of weapon perfectly, helps to learn new combos).

1) The assault on the castle of Biron

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

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

We fall on 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, thereby we will stand behind his controls. We press Q, thereby we call Esteban for help, after that we press the necessary arrows in time.

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 far end of the courtyard. We kill them from the crossbow (for this we 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). A wagon blocks our way further. 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 receive 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 curse. These two states do not differ much, only in the external surroundings and a couple of details that you will notice anyway. Don't forget to find the fifth chest on the battlefield.

2) Competition in Ecri

This level is simple and monotonous. You just need to fight four times in the arena, passing training between battles. 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) , for the fourth time we will be taught to determine the state of the sword (the R button, if the sword is broken, it is colored red). The battles are quite simple, although for the fourth time you will have to fight in two rounds and with several enemies. Having won the competition, we fulfill our goal, and the game takes us to the Curse menu, where you can pump Curse.

3) chase on a moonlit night

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

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 opening mechanism. This mechanism is located in the guardroom. Not far from the gate we find a chest, next to the double doors. We go up the stairs, in the room of the guards we find the mechanism, we use it. The room with the mechanism has a balcony - there is a chest, there is also a staircase to the upper floor, there is also a chest.

We just go down to the gate when everything is done.

4) Forest roads

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

5) Nightmare I

We are 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 the video, after which we learn to shoot with fire in the 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. We will not be able to do this, I say right away, but you can cripple her by shooting her with fire and striking her with a sword.

6) Interlude

Just a splash screen.
CHAPTER II

1) Tower of Zara

We rise to the ledge. If you don't go straight to the 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 ballistas that can be broken by fire in the Curse mode. We rise, we kill the guards, we find the mechanism, we rise even higher. We find the second chest under the stairs. We kill the guards, we find and use the mechanism, we rise to the roof. We go to the Curse mode, we find the cross. We eliminate the adversaries, go back 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 run to the powerful gate, which simply cannot be opened. They open with Cursed Fire (LShift + E). There is a chest not far from the gate. We run forward, together with Esteban we raise the gate. The task is to destroy all three ballistae. They are destroyed, as in the previous mission, by fire from the Curse. Having destroyed all the ballistas, we watch the video and turn the lever.

3) Old streets of Zara

We run forward, we raise the gate, then we run across one more area and we raise one more gate (there is a chest in front of them). A cross and a chest can be found in the square outside the next gate. We run through a couple of heavy gates and find ourselves at the destination.

4) Forward to the peninsula

The point of this mission is to guide 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 roundabout path and open the gate from the other side. Towards the end of the mission, you will need to replace the place of one of the soldiers, since he will be killed.

5) Reinforced bridge

At the very beginning of the mission, we need to use a 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 dashed line of the flight path will turn red). Having destroyed the fortifications, we take the chest, which is located on the stairs to the left, and we run across the bridge.

In the Curse we blow up the door, we run to the next passage, we turn into a cubbyhole on the right, where a chest awaits us. To the left of the passage, there is a weak point in the fence, which we find while 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 to another move. Coming out into the 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. A chest and a cross can be found on this alley. We rise to the tower.

6) Five wells of Zara

If you don't go down and turn right, you can find a chest. We go down and run to the left, we find a cross and a chest. We fight with the boss - the fat guard captain. The battle with him takes place in two worlds: the Curse and the real one. To get into the real world and begin to injure the captain (and injuries are inflicted on him while in the Curse), you need to kill all the ghosts that stagger across the battlefield.

7) Near the Zary fortress

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

8) the fall of Zara

If you go straight and to the right, you can find a chest and two ghosts. We push off the ballista, we raise the gate. We kill archers, blow up the gates to find and kill the ghost. We run further, around the corner we find a chest. We push off one more ballista, we blow up the gate to find the cross. We run forward, we raise one more gate. Watching the cutscene and getting ready for the boss fight.

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 restrain two.

9) Nightmare II

We're in a nightmare again. We go up the slope, after the second ascent we turn to the right, we find the cross. We continue to climb, watch the splash screen in which we learn to aim fire (LShift + LMouse + Space). We aim to blow up the door in the form of a head and run into it. Again we meet Death, again we fight with it. The tactics of the battle are as follows: when Death is on the mountain, we hit it with fire (button E), when death descends, we beat it with both sword and fire. It is important to note that you can fry Death with fire when it is on the pedestal 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

CHAPTER III

1) Walls of Constantinople

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

There is a chest on the way, and another chest lies in front of the stone stairs that lead to the trebuchet. We find ourselves on the stairs, turn 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 point and go into the tower. There is a cross in the room on the right. Once again we find a weak point in the wall, we leave. We run to the right.

2) Golden Gate

We are watching the 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.

Further, we drag cover and hide from arrows, as in the first missions. We reach the north gate. We destroy scaffolding with 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, to the right and to the left of this place there are chests, and another chest - on the stairs, in front of huge doors. We run towards the south gate.

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

3) trapped

The mission will begin with a boss fight. Everything is extremely simple and trite. We just beat the foe, but we cannot kill him because he gives a fight. There is a cross to the right of the large ruined column. We go towards the column, after a cloud of arrows is released at us, we split up with Esteban and go to the right. We are looking for a weak point in the wall, we pass. We fight with a squad of enemies, go upstairs. We turn right, we find the chest. We go to the left and quickly run forward.

4) Death of the Emperor

Just watching the video.

5) Walls of Vlahaern

We are watching 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, we run into the building, we 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, we run forward, breaking down the next doors and killing the crossbowmen. In the end, we get down to the ground. We deal with a detachment of the enemy. We find the cross next to the gate, which depicts a two-headed eagle. We find the 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 the scaffolding on the left, we deal with a detachment of archers. We go up, open the door, watch the video.

We fall into the garden. We are fighting with 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 the crowd of ghosts. The crowd of ghosts will never end unless the wells from which it rushes 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 palace of the emperor

At the beginning of the mission we find a chest. We just go forward, fight the enemies when the game demands it from us. Having reached the gate, we pass into the Curse and look to the left, there a cross awaits us. A boss battle begins. It is necessary to overthrow the impudent traitor!

As always, everything is pretty simple. We beat the foe with a sword, or set him on fire with fire. Defending himself will burn us, but his attacks are easy to dodge. Unfortunately, we are not killing him in this battle.

8) Vlahern Baths

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

We meet with the traitor again. We shoot at him with fire, 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 has hidden. 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, we kill the archers, we push away the cart. We go to the right and go down into the sewer. We turn left, climb the ledge, go out to the statue. We find the cross. We return to the sewer, find another ledge, go up the stairs, we get to the Capitol. We find a stone coffin. Opposite him, in the wall, is a coffin. And next to him there is a weak point in the wall. We break it up and go through. We look at the screensaver, in which we find part of an old relic - the spears of fate. For this relic, a battle will now break out with the Marquis of Baniface himself. The tactics of the battle are trivial: we set fire to the enemy and shoot at him with aimed fire. However, it is impossible to kill him.

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 up to the fountain. We learn a new ability - Fire Whirlwind. With its help, you can hit a bunch of enemies around. We blow up the talking door, we cross the bridge.

We are fighting death. Dodging his attacks, hit him with aimed fire. You have to be careful, sometimes you need to help Esteban. We are watching the video.
CHAPTER 4

1) Forum Feodosia

We find ourselves in the square, where we are attacked by detachments that were our allies five minutes ago. We run forward to the gate. We run in and slam them. We run to the left, we get to the next gate. We fall into the trap. We destroy the supports that hold the column. We run straight, then to the left, we are finished with the enemies. If you go to the right, you can find a cross near the cart. We go to the wall and turn right. We are watching the video.

2) Konstantin's Forum

We go forward, then turn right twice. We are fighting with the enemy squad. We find the chest behind the wooden bars. Turn left twice, run up to the column, kill enemies. We pass through the next lattice. The chest is on the left. We go to the right, we push away the cart. We find the cross behind a wooden lattice. We run forward, killing heaps of enemies. We reach the man who is fighting with a bunch of enemies. We help him.

3) The road to the palace

We kill enemies, we leave on the square. The cross on it is located near the iron gate, opposite the wall. Pret an infinite number of enemies, we pass through the gate, we kill the crossbowmen, we pass through the next gate. A boss battle begins, which is complicated by a large number of enemies with shields. We deal with them first, then we kill the boss. In reality and in Damnation.

4) Temple gallery

We kill the guards in the yard, with the help of Esteban we raise the gate and we pass. We are watching the video. Go ahead, 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 we 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, we raise the gate, we find ourselves in the next courtyard. We run to the left. We are watching a long video in which Banifatsy summons a demon with the help of the relic he found. Here with this demon we now have to fight.

Tactics: 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, we go up the stones. After we push off the cart, we turn right. We kill the knights, turn around and blow up the scaffolding. We move along them to the other side of the wall.

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

7) Hagia Sophia

I say right away - 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. There are also circles next to them, above which a huge chandelier hangs. So, we lure the demon into a circle over which a chandelier hangs, hit the demon on 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 screensaver will start.

8) To the Bosphorus

We are watching the video.

9) Leaving a scattered empire

And one more video:

1) Fortress

We are watching a video, at the end of which zombies attack us. We kill them and go 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, we find a cross on the balcony.

We find ourselves in 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 for their destruction are as follows: Esteban distracts most of the enemies on himself, 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 side in the wall we find a weak point, we break it. We are watching the video.

2) Epilogue

We enjoy the end of the game, we hope to continue.

The game's producer Paul Guillaumon answered questions. Medieval action The cursed crusade will be released this fall for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

Has our hero any skills? For example, can a character get tired when running or fighting?

Yes there are skills-trees. You can unlock your character "s skills and combo-attacks with the so called" Victory Points "you earn throughout the game. The character does not get tired.

Will our hero have any skills? For example, can our hero get tired while running or fighting?

Yes, the game has a skill tree. You can unlock character skills and combo attacks using the so-called Victory Points that you earn during the game. The character cannot get tired.

The size of the weapon will not always determine the outcome of the battle.

Tell about the types of weapons available to the hero. Will the game engine provide some new interesting principle of interaction of hero and environment? Will it be possible to make a combo-attacks with our weapon?

In The cursed crusade you can use 16 different fighting techniques. There are 130 different weapons in the game (sword, ax, shield, crossbow, ...) that you may utilize for over 400 attacks and 100 different combo-attacks. Additionally, there are 100 fatality moves that make your character finishes off your enemies in stylish fashion.

If that "s not enough, you can also alienate different objects in the world (eg chairs, benches, fireplaces, wells, etc.) to abuse your enemy. Sometimes in special situations the player can even use siege weapons like a ballista, a protective wall, a battering ram or a siege tower.

Tell us about the types of weapons available to the hero. Will the game have new interesting principles of interaction between the hero and the environment? Will it be possible to do combo attacks?

V The cursed crusade you can use 16 different fighting techniques. The game has 130 different types of weapons (sword, ax, shield, crossbow ...) that you can use to carry out over 400 attacks and 100 different combo attacks. Additionally, the game has 100 finishing moves that will allow your hero to effectively finish off enemies.

If this is not enough, you can use various elements of the environment (for example, chairs, benches, fireplaces, wells, etc.) in order to harm enemies. Sometimes, in special situations, the player can use siege weapons such as ballistae, defensive wall, ram, or siege tower.

The game is replete with the presence of blood, so it is not suitable for everyone.

Will be real historical characters and events presented in the game?

There will be more than 10 real historical characters featured in the game and playing a big role in the story, such as Boniface de Montferrat and Baudouin de Flandres. Moreover, it will be possible to visit real historic places from the 12th Century.

Will there be real historical characters and events in the game?

There will be over 10 real-life historical characters that play a large role in the plot, such as Boniface of Montferrat and Baudouin of Flanders. Moreover, it will be possible to visit real historical sites that existed in the 12th century.

A castle siege requires special structures.

Tell us about features of co-op mode.

The whole campaign of The cursed crusade can be played in co-op mode. One player controls the Templar Denz de Bayle, the other one controls the thief Esteban Noviembre. The players are able to perform cooperative attacks together against one enemy. The co-op mode can be played on all three platforms either online or on one screen in Splitscreen-mode.

Tell us about the features of the cooperative mode?

The whole campaign The cursed crusade can be played in cooperative mode. One player controls the Templar Denz de Bayle and the other the thief Esteban Noviembre. Players can perform joint attacks against one enemy. The cooperative mode will be for all three platforms online or split-screen.

In The Cursed Crusade, you can do combo attacks.

Will be different types of armor in the game?

Of course there will be different armors in the game. Moreover, we have a Dynamic Armor System: it means that every part of each armor is an independent element. When an element is broken, it will be removed from the body in real time. When missing, the character becomes vulnerable in that particular part (head, chest and legs).

Will there be different types of armor in the game?

There will of course be different types of armor. Moreover, we have a Dynamic Armor System, which means that each piece of armor is an independent element. When an element is broken, it will be removed from the body in real time. In his absence, the character becomes vulnerable in this part (head, chest and legs).

The enemy can be killed not only in close combat.

Tell us about features of AI of enemies.

The Enemy AI will be very sophisticated, featuring different Stress levels which manage the general behavior (unaware, cautious ...). Enemies will use formations to defend their leaders, and different tactics and attacking styles depending on the enemy type.

Tell us about the AI ​​features of enemies.

The AI ​​of the enemies is very sophisticated, it is equipped with a stress level system that controls the basic behavior (unaware, prudent ...). Enemies will use battle formation to protect their leaders and use different tactics and attack styles depending on the type of enemy.

Fighting together is much more fun.

Do you plan to release a demo version of the game? If so, for what platforms?

Yes, there will be a demo version of the game for all 3 platforms PC, PS3, Xbox 360.

Are you planning to release a demo version of the game? If so, for which platforms?

Yes, there will be a demo version for all three platforms PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

There are also alternative ways of dealing with the enemy.

The game will be released on three platforms. Are there three versions of the game different from each other?

The game differs in terms of the graphical features but all the gameplay is exactly the same on all 3 platforms.

Will the game be released on three platforms? Are they different from each other in any way?

The game will be different in terms of graphics, but the whole gameplay is the same for all three platforms.

You can control two swords at once.

How much time will take walkthrough of the campaign?

It depends on what difficulty the campaign will be played. For the easiest level it will be around 10 hours.

How long will it take to complete the campaign?

It depends on the level of difficulty. On an easy level, it will take about 10 hours to complete.

Everything is on fire, but this does not stop the heroes.

What was a source of inspiration for The Cursed Crusade? Have you ever been played in Severance: Blade of Darkness?

Yes, Severance, Blade of Darkness is the kind of game we have played a long time ago, and The cursed crusade tries to reproduce the feeling of this kind of game. We could also mention “ Golden ax”, Which was one great inspiration as it was possible to play 2P Coop mode.

What was the inspiration for The Cursed Crusade? Have you played Severance: Blade of Darkness?

Yes, once upon a time we really played Severance: Blade of Darkness, and The cursed crusade trying to recreate the feeling of this kind of game. We can also mention Golden ax, which was a good source of inspiration for the two-player co-op mode.