# The Curse of Issyos — user reviews

> 33 indexed App Store user reviews of The Curse of Issyos by Abylight S.L., rated 4.60/5 from 92 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-curse-of-issyos/id1500724078/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-curse-of-issyos/id1500724078.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 75 · 4★ 6 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 4

## Newest reviews (11 of 33)

### 5/5 — Awesome game

*2021-01-30*

This is one of the best games I’ve played,but it would be a lot cooler if the armor gives you extra health and if you can get the armor more often,but it’s still a awesome game

### 5/5 — 5 stars. Now please port to Switch!

*2020-12-15*

I bought the game to show my support. Now please port this to Nintendo Switch! Thanks

### 5/5 — A++++

*2020-11-07*

Love the overlay, controller support, not to mention it's a fantastic retro styled game. Hope they make more love letters to the past like this!

**Developer response:** Awwww, thank you so much for the kind words! 
Check out Cursed Castilla and Super Hydorah - they're also like the good old classics, but even better! :)

### 5/5 — With an MFI this is a classic

*2020-11-01*

If you have and MFI controller than this game is effectively a masterpiece of 2D platforming. Borrowing elements from great games like Castlevania and Metroid  (especially Castlevania), and yet avoiding the mistakes of those games, means that this game is essentially “perfect”. Good writing, good level design, and fantastic boss fights. The only downside is the length. I didn’t want it to stop haha. 

Great soundtrack as well. If you love old school games from the 80s and 90s then this is a must play.

### 5/5 — The Curse of Issyos !!!

*2020-09-16, version 1.0.0*

⚔️ 😀👍 ⚔️

### 5/5 — Bastante entretenido

*2020-09-09, version 1.0.0*

Solo me gustaría pulir un poco el control por lo demas va muy bien 
Saludos

### 5/5 — good ending

*2020-06-21*

クリアしました。面白いです。
クリアにはgamepadは、必需品だと思います。
gamepadを手に入れて是非挑戦してみて下さい。徐々に上達するのが分かります。

**Developer response:** The controller surely adds another layer of comfort, yes :) Glad you've enjoyed your retro adventure in Ancient Greece!

### 5/5 — Une vraie merveille indépendante

*2020-05-20*

Je joue et surveille un peu les jeux de Locomalito depuis quelques années maintenant. Un plaisir que de voir cette pépite portée sur iOS. Merci au distributeur et à Locomalito pour avoir entendu ses fans.
Le portage semble très réussi sur iPad Pro. 
Le côté rétro compatible avec manette, voilà une valeur sûre.
Ce jeu mériterait une plus grande visibilité !

**Developer response:** Aww, thank you so much for the support! Glad you've enjoyed The Curse of Issyos this much! :)

### 5/5 — 大好物

*2020-05-08*

縦持ちにするとゲームボーイ風にボタン配置変わったり何気に細かいところが好き。操作のしやすさとか置いといて。ファミコン世代には大好物なゲーム

### 5/5 — A Great Old-School Game

*2020-05-01*

If you love classic games such as Castlevania, give this a shot. It controls well, has great retro pixel graphics, and authentic sound. I played this years ago on the PC where it is free but purchased the game for iOS to support the developer.

### 5/5 — Pépite

*2020-04-30*

Jusqu’ici c’est du très bon. J’avais préco, je suis pas déçu, graphiquement, musicalement, l’ambiance est là. Controles parfaits. Quality game

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — 👎👎👎👎👎

*2025-02-01*

👎+👎=👎

### 1/5 — Much too difficult

*2023-08-24*

Much too difficult,it would be good if there would be levels of difficulty but after two goes i have deleted it as i find it impossible to progress through the first level.shame

### 2/5 — Boring and difficult

*2025-12-22*

The worst game I've ever played

### 2/5 — A celebration of everything that sucked about retro platformers

*2024-01-22*

1. This is unplayable without a controller and there’s no reason for that to be the case. 

2. A common trope in reviews is to designate the reviewed media as a “Love letter to …”. Conversely, this is a Hate Letter. The art/aesthetic is great but, in terms of gameplay, it’s the worst aspects of early console games collected in one place. It’s like a satire of early video games - bad level design, bad hit detection, luck dependent progress, enemies with movement patterns that don’t match the limitations of player movement, worthless power ups and illogical allocation of health/lives.

### 2/5 — 다운로드 오류가 떠요

*2020-05-26*

수정해주세요

**Developer response:** Oh no! But we're happy to help!

Please make sure you're using wi-fi connection and not mobile internet, this could also affect the download. 

Another reason for that could be lack of space on your device: please check on it, and delete apps/files you don't need anymore. This should work!

### 2/5 — 内容はいいんですが

*2020-05-21*

なぜ方向キーを固定にするのか。カスティーリャもそうでしたがとにかく誤操作が増えます。十字キーを分けるか、仮想パッドにして欲しいです。
コントローラーは持ってるんですが使わないとストレスが溜まる一方です。

### 3/5 — Los botones son muy pequeños en las pantallas más pequeñas

*2020-10-20, version 1.0.1*

Un control bastante regular, necesita incluir más opciones para ampliar los controles en pantalla.

### 3/5 — Good old time game

*2020-08-08*

The game is great and the music makes u feel like ur playing nes game 
The only problem is the control is to small and most of the time i press down instead of forward and that’s really annoying and makes u get hit from the enemy so please have floated control and adjustments for this fix control and then I’ll say 10/10 is this game worth

**Developer response:** Thank you for the feedback! :) 
Try it with a controller - that eliminates the small buttons issue, and makes the experience even more console-like!

### 3/5 — Retro goodness but tiny buttons

*2020-04-30*

Looks to be a great game but playing on an iPad the the buttons and d-pad are way too small. Please add an option to make them larger and customize their positions.

### 4/5 — Good Game

*2020-05-01*

Please have a option for custom (resize & position) virtual controls. Besides that, this game is really good. Thank You👍🏻

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — I love this game!

*2025-12-08*

This game is Awsome!!

### 5/5 — The final boss could be easy

*2024-11-15*

I beat this game cause It’s so easy!

### 5/5 — Juegazo de locomalito

*2024-02-24, version 1.0.1*

Me encanta este desarrollador. De pequeño, estuve viciado al Battle of Olympus(NES), este me ha recordado, e incluso mejor. Estamos a punto de acabarlo, y nos gusta. Jugado con mando en un Apple TV

### 5/5 — old school castlevania fun with an Athenian twist

*2023-11-09*

i wish more mobile games were like this. small fee, no commercials no gatcha, creative play

### 5/5 — Awesome retro game!

*2021-11-24*

Super cool game! It reminds me a lot of castlevania but in a Greek mythology world:) great graphics for the retro fans and super awesome chip tune soundtrack! I have other games you these developers and have enjoyed them all:) Works decent enough with the touch controls but I personally like to use my Xbox controller for a nice lag free experience :) if you like castlevania then I’d recommend this to you!

### 5/5 — 게임은 재밌어요 game good!

*2021-10-11*

근데 컨트롤이 걧..씨이..뻘.. but controls suck!!

### 5/5 — Exactly what I want from an action platformer.

*2021-06-02*

Love it definitely a fan of Castlevania will enjoy this with a Greek Mythology take instead.

### 5/5 — An amazing game

*2021-05-08*

If you like 8-bit classic arcade games, this one is built on the same fundamentals.  As a player you need to practice to improve, but it takes patience.  The sword and spear mechanics are also well polished, as is the timing.  Highly recommended.

### 5/5 — Locomalito

*2021-04-01*

Locomalito is the new Shigeru Miyamoto. Please bring 8-bit killer also to the app store.

### 5/5 — great game

*2021-03-29*

awesome game that works well. would love hints to finding the secret level !!!

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