Quirky genre mash-up Cursed to Golf utterly charmed us when we first set our sights on the game. Now, publisher Thunderful Games has confirmed that the golfing roguelike will be hitting the Switch fairways on the 18th August.
Developed by Chuhai Labs, Cursed to Golf isn't out of bounds of its proposed summer release, and it brings a new twist on the ever-growing roguelike genre. We're not sure we are ready to golf with all of these creepy undead settings, but we'll give it our best shot!
In case you need a reminder, here's a summary of the spooky, silly game from Thunderful's press release:
In Cursed to Golf, you play as a would-be golf champion who tragically dies just as he’s about to win a tournament. Instead of making it to heaven (or hell), you find yourself in Golf Purgatory. If you can golf your way through the ever-changing 18 hole course spread across four biomes (Purgatory, The Oasis, The Caverns and Hell), you’ll be able to ascend back to life. Prepare for dungeon-like holes, often with multiple paths to the flag, littered with Grave Grabbers, deadly spikes, explosive TNT boxes and all manner of other traps and hazards.
Fear not, cursed golfer. For all the hazards that stand in your path, consider Chuhai Labs your friendly caddy, handing you a host of helpful tools to give you a chance of overcoming them. Shot Idols are a blessing from the golf god, awarding you extra shots for smashing through them, teleporters will take you closer to the flag, even TNT boxes can sometimes hide shortcuts, should you detonate them properly! On top of that, ACE CARDS offer you awesome single-use abilities that you could never use in real life. Rewind time with a Mulligan, freeze water with the Ice Ball, guide your ball to its target with the Rocket Ball, get out of sticky situations with a Portal and blast your ball into three with the Scattershot. These are just a few of the over 20 power-ups you’ll have access to.
In between holes, you’ll be able to drive around the map in your Golf Cart. You might discover some treasure chests, card packs, or come across a totally-not-shady-at-all guy who will meet you at forks in the road and help you choose a path to take. It’s always a good idea to stop by the Eterni-Tee shop to buy card booster packs, switch up your outfit, or store a few special cards in your binder so they can survive in between runs.
Sounds like the most dangerous game of golf we'll ever play, but we suppose this is what you need to do to escape the underworld nowadays! Remember when it was easy and you just had to fight demons?
And look, if courts have ruled that "Chuhai Labs makes Legally The Best Games", who are we to judge!? (Its words, not ours!)
- Further reading - 'Cursed To Golf' Tees Off On Switch This Summer
Cursed to Golf tees of on 18th August on the Switch eShop. Let us know if you'll be grabbing your iron clubs and heading for the undead fairways in the comments!
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Thunderful published this, eh? Mmm, here's hoping Super Rare are considering this for a physical release.
I'll be grabbing this assuming the reviews are decent. Tried the demo on Steam and it was good fun.
@AlanaHagues Game looks great. Might check it out.
I think I also caught a typo:
Quirky genre mash-up Cursed to Golf utterly charmed us when we first set our sites on the game. Think you got autocorrected, should it be 'first sights'?
if roguelike is becoming the next big thing I'm ending myself
@DarkFighter "Becoming"? It's already been. Look at some of the biggest names in indie games recently. Hades. Dead Cells. Slay the Spire. Deathloop. Risk of Rain 2 (okay, that one's just me). Then you've got classics like Rogue Legacy and Binding of Isaac. So no need to end yourself, your nightmare is already here! You wanna see something "becoming" the next big thing, look to retro styled PS1-looking games. There's more and more of them recently.
Looks great and I'm very much interested! Definitely an original take.
Looks kind of interesting. Almost has a bit of a Peggle quality to it. Could be fun in a weird way.
@DarkFighter and nothing of value was lost.
I'll wait and see if I can get it as a physical release.
Should be "set our sights," not sites. Like gun sights.
@DarkFighter I hate to break it to you, but...
I love golf games, but I never understood the appeal to side-view versions. This one, however, has my attention, the pixel art is gorgeous and appealingly smooth and I've always had a soft spot for rogue-likes. Still waiting for a modern take on Ninja Golf though, I love the idea of having a beat-em-up between strokes and as I said before, something not like a 2D platformer.
@Magician Was thinking exactly the same thing.
Will definitely get it if physical comes out later.
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