The Cursed Crusade is an action hack and slash game[1][2] developed by Kylotonn and published by DTP Entertainment for Europe and Atlus USA for North America.

While defending the Krak de Chevaliers, fellow Templar Martin d'Algaïs tasks him with escaping the fortress with a prized relic.

He does not return home to France, so his treacherous brother lays false claim to his castle, land, title, property, and murdering Jean's wife.

Helpless to reclaim his family's land from his uncle, he is pursued by the Angel of Death whose job is to claim the souls of those who bear the curse.

In 1202, the army falls under the command of Montferrat and Flandre but is unable to pay for Venician ships for transport to the Holy Land, so the Doge Enrico Donaldo makes a deal with the Crusaders to conquer Zara, a Croatian harbor city.

Denz and Estaban pursue Montferrat to Syria and the antiquated Krak de Chevalier, which is full of undead soldiers summoned via portals to Hell, which they are forced to purify and close.

Rather than use the relic to redeem their souls, Denz and Estaban depart for Cairo, Egypt, following Jean's instructions, but not before seeing "hell draws near" written on the Krak's walls with fire.

[5][6][7] Game Informer criticized the Xbox 360 version's slower combat and its "simple boss fights, brain-dead puzzles, and infrequent set pieces.

"[17] Metro gave the same Xbox 360 version a score of two out of ten, calling it an "Embarrassingly poor medieval brawler that seems completely oblivious to its own absurdity and incompetence.