Note: Crashing Castles does not effect your no claims bonus
Well in a time of big releases for the Xbox 360, mine decided to poo itself and die. So the last major game i played was Castle Crashers released on Xbox Live ages ago, back in August during the Summer of Arcade.
Castle Crashers is a cartoon beat 'em up from the makers of Alien Hominid (a super hard arcade style game) and Newsgrounds (a website for posting flash vids on). Using the same art style as Alien Hominid, the team made a quirky, 4 player co op game of princesses, knights, thieves and ... Sandwiches
The plots is the same as every single game made featuring a princess. Oh Noes! The princesses have been kidnapped! So off you to to rescue them. Button mashing is king in this game as hitting the X and Y buttons allow you to kill almost anything, whilst B lets you use power ups like bombs, bows and the sandwiches i mentioned (which make you become super strong for 12 seconds). Power up and combos are mainly used in boss battles to overcome specific problems. Weapons and Animal Orbs add to the tactics as each gives different bonuses.
The games is designed to be played by 4 people, preferably in the same room, so anyone trying to do singleplayer will find later levels nigh on impossible (thus revealing a flaw in Co Op). But the experience is classic one full of ''do you remember the...'' moments. Also the mass of characters on screen can become confusing, as the characters are easy to lose in the mass in a battle.
As well as the campaign mode, there is also an arena mode and a minigame called ''Quaff it All'' which is yet more button mashing
Castle Crashers is excellent value for money. It has a massive campaign, fun minigames and tons of replayability. Its achievements are also a mixture of easy and harder ones so expect to sink a long time into to Castle Crashers.
Note: Crashing Castles does not effect your no claims bonus: Castle Crashers on Xbox Live Arcade gets 85%
Castle Crashers is a cartoon beat 'em up from the makers of Alien Hominid (a super hard arcade style game) and Newsgrounds (a website for posting flash vids on). Using the same art style as Alien Hominid, the team made a quirky, 4 player co op game of princesses, knights, thieves and ... Sandwiches
The plots is the same as every single game made featuring a princess. Oh Noes! The princesses have been kidnapped! So off you to to rescue them. Button mashing is king in this game as hitting the X and Y buttons allow you to kill almost anything, whilst B lets you use power ups like bombs, bows and the sandwiches i mentioned (which make you become super strong for 12 seconds). Power up and combos are mainly used in boss battles to overcome specific problems. Weapons and Animal Orbs add to the tactics as each gives different bonuses.
The games is designed to be played by 4 people, preferably in the same room, so anyone trying to do singleplayer will find later levels nigh on impossible (thus revealing a flaw in Co Op). But the experience is classic one full of ''do you remember the...'' moments. Also the mass of characters on screen can become confusing, as the characters are easy to lose in the mass in a battle.
As well as the campaign mode, there is also an arena mode and a minigame called ''Quaff it All'' which is yet more button mashing
Castle Crashers is excellent value for money. It has a massive campaign, fun minigames and tons of replayability. Its achievements are also a mixture of easy and harder ones so expect to sink a long time into to Castle Crashers.
Note: Crashing Castles does not effect your no claims bonus: Castle Crashers on Xbox Live Arcade gets 85%
