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Skul: The Hero Slayer for PC is a fun but challenging roguelike/ rogue lite game with typical roguelike side-scrolling platformer action and multiple rooms to win your way through. Over and over, sometimes, but that is all part of the fun. About the Game The player (you!) takes on the persona of Skul, a demon powering or possessing a skeleton. Inverting the usual hero versus demon trope, in this game you are the good guy, trying to rescue the Demon King who has been attacked and taken prisoner (along with all the other demons save Skul) for no other reason than the heroes wanting to prove that they are heroes and can do hero stuff. The Demon’s King unwonted removal has seen the kingdom left in disarray, and the lack of anyone left to keep things running smoothly threatens to create major upheaval. Skul arms himself as best he can, and goes off to try and take on those ‘heroes’ of the Carleon Kingdom who mistake noise and bullying for bravery and chivalry... Skul, on the other hand, is small and untrained, having to learn as he goes along, and shows what true heroism is, by trying to rescue the Demon King, not to prove anything or gain any reward, but simply because he was the only one left to make the attempt. Tips to – ha! – Get Ahead! The game is hard, especially at first, but if you pay attention to how the enemies act and fight, you will soon learn the best way to dispatch them or avoid their attacks which tend to be fairly formulaic. Skul’s best weapon is his head, literally in one case as he can take it off, throw it at an enemy and then teleport to the head to pull himself back together. But that’s not the only head game in town: you can use different skulls to harness unique and diverse modes of combat and the wide range of weapons they offer (see below for some