The only way to backtrack is to teleport to the beginning of a certain level at the end of another level. Instead of being one continuous map, because Grim Guardians: Demon Purge is based on classic Castlevania titles, the levels are separated out. In order to get all the best sub-weapons and items, and rescue the students, you have to play each level multiple times. This is just the tip of the iceberg with problems though. On higher difficulties, you have limited lives before you get a game over, though you can get more lives by filling your bar with the same item drops (from destructible items) that fill your purge gauge. Single-player is incredibly difficult though, even on the lowest difficulty which gives you unlimited lives. I can imagine playing in co-op multiplayer would be an easier affair because you could deal twice the damage by using both characters at once. This is usually only an issue for backtracking for upgrades, but it is still obscenely frustrating. If you get halfway through a platforming area and you run out of weapon points, you’re basically screwed because you’ve lost your ability to complete whatever goal you have set. On top of that, just like in more classic Castlevania titles, sub-weapons have “Weapon points” and your traversal abilities (tied to the sub-weapons) consume them.
If you lose the sister that made you able to create platforms to reach higher places, you have no way to get to her to revive her. The problem with this is that when one sister dies, the other sister doesn’t always start in the same room as the fallen sister. Otherwise, you’ll have to restart from the last checkpoint. However, if one of the sisters dies, you have to physically get the other character to the sister’s position to resurrect them. In single-player, this normally isn’t an issue since you can switch on the fly. Maya and Shinobu have separate health pools (Shinobu’s is larger than Maya’s) and only certain abilities become available to each of them. Grim Guardians: Demon Purge was designed to be played either in single-player or co-op multiplayer. Instead of both sisters getting Metroidvania-style upgrades, defeating the boss in each level will get you a new sub-weapon for each character that may open up new traversal options. They also each have their own sub-weapons that perform various actions. Together they can utilize a special art once their purge gauge is filled, dealing massive damage to any enemy it hits.
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