It's summer finally, so I'll be having time to actually update this. Also so you know, I've gone and messed up the dates for like all of my posts, so today's is for May 13th 2009, just so we're back on track.
Castle Crashers - Xbox 360 (available only on 360, through the XBL Marketplace)
Anyway, today's review is for Castle Crashers, a Xbox Live Arcade game available for 1200 MS points. The cost is negligible - I am telling you, as a fellow gamer, you need this game if you own a Xbox 360. Need. Also as a side note, I've never played this game on my own, and neither should you. The 4 player local multiplayer should keep you and some friends busy for a while.
Additionally, Castle Crashers may or may not provide the best drinking game experience in existence, but I'll leave that one up to you to discover.
Right, so not much of a story here, just 4 goofy characters of your choosing, a couple of princesses in need of saving, and a whole lot of button mashing. Anyone can play this game, all it requires is pressing X and Y in various sequences and, if you use magic, sometimes RT. Oh yeah, and LT is block, but that doesn't really matter, unless you have a friend like me who always makes a magic character.
As you can see, not much involved in mastering the game. However, the game has numerous unlockables and weapons, although you only begin with the original 4 knights and their starting weapons. Some of my favorite unlockable characters are the Bear, the Pirate-Ninja (Pinja, as my friends have coined it), and the Skeleton. There are tons of weapons as well, too many to count, ranging from a lobster to a flaming dragon-sword. There are also Animal Orbs, each of which offer a special bonus to the user, such as extra health or defense, or in the case of my personal favorite, Bi-Polar Bear, mauling enemies near death.
The levels are well designed and rarely, if ever, boring. Each has its own sort of ridiculous humor, varying from crude to clever (mostly crude, though :p) There are plenty of hidden items on each level so be sure to search. Being it that the game is a sidescroller, there's not much else to say about the levels, other than that the entire game was drawn in Flash, a highly impressive achievement.
Other than the addictive gameplay, the game really shines in its 100% original soundtrack. The songs are all great, and i ended up hunting down all of them and putting it on my iPod...really good stuff. CHAOZ JAPAN.
Another facet of the gameplay is the massive boss fights, ranging from a Catfish to a sock-puppet wielding dragon. Each boss is more silly than the last, the final boss being no exception.
After you play through a few times, you may find yourself thinking, "I wonder when this will get boring?" And, miraculously, the answer is, IT WON'T! Despite having about the same 20 levels to play over and over, it NEVER got boring. There's always something new to unlock or find. I have played the living crap out of this game, and i still find myself going back with a friend now and then to beat it again.
All things considered, Castle Crashers is THE best Arcade game available for purchase, so buy it already. 10/10. Seriously, it's side-scrolling perfection.
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