The gothic beauty of these surroundings stands out in stark contrast to their gruesome inhabitants – like rotting arms that reach out from the earth looking to hold you down for a fanged head that soon emerges in pursuit of flesh, or the sword-brandishing skeleton, plump organs still bulging from its rib cage, that mocks you with an outstretched finger bone. The light isn't quite so distant when traversing a thick forest that suddenly bursts into flaming ruin, and the heat is only ramped up in the ornate cathedral where hateful harlequins crash through stained glass windows, even as miniscule imps fire massive crossbows from above.
The eldritch environments are nothing short of breathtaking right from your initial emergence in a misty graveyard, with a haunting organ to accompany your smashing of shrouded ghouls and diabolic statuary by the wavering glow of distant torches. This is a damned shame, for the abyssal awesomeness of Demon's Crest should have made it a darkly glittering jewel in Capcom's crown rather than a jester's cap of bells. Judging by the quality of that title, some fates truly are worse than death. Hence a formerly promising career was instantly buried six feet under and the luckless demon vanished into the night, never to be heard from again save for an unexpected cameo as a secret boss in the equally unanticipated SVC Chaos. Yet despite such a prominent position in the Ghouls 'n Ghosts hierarchy and subsequent stardom as the protagonist of Gargoyle's Quest, when Firebrand's adventures were logically continued on the Super Nintendo our hero was met with a reception so cold it was as if the blazing bowels of Gehenna had completely frozen over. Long before being thoughtlessly cast aside in favor of ravenous zombies and fireball-flinging karate men, this deadly Red Arremer enjoyed years of success bedeviling incredibly fragile knights as they traipsed through haunted graveyards in nothing but their underpants. Here lies the once mighty fiend known as Firebrand, felled not by sword or lance but heartless indifference. Not only can you expect a stylish showcase of the macabre, but an unconventional formula that's best described as "Mega Man from Hell."" "The abyssal awesomeness of Demon's Crest should have made it a darkly glittering jewel in Capcom's crown rather than a jester's cap of bells.
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