Want more Guacamelee!? Dumb question. The correct answer is "yes, of course I do." DrinkBox's breakout Metroidvania/tribute to Dia de Muertos is one of the best, most endearing games of 2013, and it is only fitting that we should get more of it before the fall rush of big-budget triple-A titles begins. Guacamelee!: El Diablo's Domain does not play around: it is under the impression that you have mastered the skills of everyone's favorite agave-farmer-turned-dimension-jumping-undead-luchador; if you haven't, you probably didn't finish the game, and therefore cannot give El Diablo's Domain a proper go of it. If you managed to launch yourself past the incredible difficulty spike in Guacamelee!'s endgame, you might be willing to see just how good your skills are. To that end, El Diablo's Domain is your huckleberry.

The first question you need to ask yourself before accepting the challenges of El Diablo's Domain is how big a fan of borderline-masocore games you are. I'm not talking about the now-infamous examples of moronic and sadistic game design such as I Wanna Be The Guy and Cat Mario, but rather something a touch more fair in nature. El Diablo's Domain is comprised of the types of challenges you are only allowed to complete by the skin of your teeth. It doesn't matter how good you are at Guacamelee!: when you succeed at these challenges, it will essentially boil down to a lucky near-miss. If you're not a fan of this kind of fare, El Diablo's Domain is not for you. However if you are, you'll eat this stuff up and revel in the rewards it showers you with.

So in Guacamelee!, Carlos Calaca turned El Diablo into a rooster and basically took over his realm. Yes. That totally happened. So naturally, being the champion of the worlds of both the living and the dead, it is up to our dear hero Juan to purge the corruption from El Diablo's towering base of operations and put the right evil back into power.

So Juan tarries onward and tests his mettle in 17 unique challenge rooms, each of which changes the rules up a bit. Some of these rooms pit him against a legion of Calaca's most vicious minions, while others force Juan to execute a long stretch of precision platforming. It starts relatively easy, but quickly ramps up into "WTFBBQ" levels. Combat rooms always change things up by imposing certain limitations on Juan's abilities or forcing him to perform in a certain fashion. It's here that the flexibility of Guacamelee!'s combat system really shines, and with enough practice, you'll find your combo meter going places you never thought it would. Personally, I find the platforming challenges to be far more ruthless. One look at some of these levels might have you staring, jaw agape at the screen. These levels are winnable, I assure you. However, it will take you a great deal of practice and time to get through them. If you're always wanting to be on the move and can't stand getting hung up in a certain spot, El Diablo's Domain will infuriate you, possibly to the point of madness.

Again, your feelings on Guacamelee!: El Diablo's Domain will heavily depend on your answer to the question posed two sections up. If you can only stick with a game if you're making steady progress, this expansion might not keep you smiling for too long. However, if it's a rough and tumble challenge with harsh demands of precision you're looking for, you can't do any better than this. Also, it's three dollars. So there's that, too.