Cally’s Caves 3 Dives Below the Surface (Again) July 21st

Two things are inevitable in Cally’s world: Endless caves, and a need to rescue her kidnapped parents from the twisted Dr Herbert. Cally’s Caves 3 brings both inevitabilities back around for another go.

Like its predecessors, Cally’s Caves 3 is an action / platforming game with some light Metroidvania elements (e.g., backtracking to previously-explored areas with new weapons and abilities in order to access new corners and corridors). Cally must pursue the bad doctor over, under, and through a network of caves crawling with enemies like direwolves, robots, and knife-wielding bandits, and slime critters.

Luckily, one of the best features from the previous Cally games makes a return: Weapons. Tons of them. Cally has an enormous arsenal at her disposal, including a dizzying array of guns and pointy options for melee combat. The more she uses a weapon, the more proficient she becomes at it, and the more damage she can dish out.

Your enemies will stare down the barrel of a shotgun wielded by a little girl with blonde pigtails. And then they will know fear.

Look for Cally’s Caves 3 on the App Store on July 21.

Nadia Oxford

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In the early aughts, Nadia fell into writing with the grace of a brain-dead bison stumbling into a chasm. Over the years, she's written for Nerve, GamePro, 1UP.com, USGamer, Pocket Gamer, Just Labs Magazine, and many other sites and magazines of fine repute. She's currently About.com's Guide to the Nintendo 3DS at ds.about.com.