- Castle Crashers Review

Count Vyers Review and impressions from Castle Crashers

Story
Castle Crashers starts you off with a little knight, dancing in the living quarters. Until the kings magic stone crystal got stolen by a wizard. They/He then chase him down. Through Barbarians to Killer Corn.
They will also try and save 4 princesses. All split apart by certain boss/enemy. You fight your way to save the Kings daughter. You then receive a Kiss.
Objective: Fight your way through swarms of enemy, Saving the princesses and trying to recover the magic stone crystal that was stolen by a Evil wizard.

Story is a bit cliche~, Not that much depth.
The story goes hand in hand with flash animation website stories made by artists.
Basically, I wouldn't recommend this game if your into stories. But then the gameplay makes up for it!




Music
The soundtrack is amazing. The music makes the game more fun. It also gives you a "Arcade-ish" feel.
All I can say is the Sound Quality is Top-notch..

Action-RPG Genre for the music.
They did a great job. :thumbup:


Gameplay
Gameplay is similar to River City Ransom (GBA/NES)
You move through a 8-Directional way. Magic, Slash, Block and Item.
This game may be a little hard if your gonna play solo. So i recommend Co-op. Or Live Co-op. It's really fun and interactive.

Your magic damage/ Regeneration/ Distance/ Rand of new magic increased when you increase the Magic Stats.
Your Weapon damage increases when you add Attack stats.
Your Health and Resistance to damage increases when you add the Defense stats.
And your Bow speed, and movement speed increases when you add the Agility stats.

The stats system per level up is pretty good. It gives more variety to the game. There's also ALOT OF BONUS CHARACTERS.
You get new characters by beating arenas SOLO, and finishing the game with certain characters.
It just adds up to the replay value. It gives you alot more opportunity to finish the game again, heck even 3+ more times!
The replay value totally makes up for the story value. :thumbup:

Length
The game from beginning to end may last to 5-6 hours.
Some people reclaim that they finished the game Solo in 2 hours. But I highly doubt that since this game is a bit challenging.

If your achievement hunting. It may take awhile. And some might not be accessible at the moment.
Ex: Win 30 matches on All you can Quaf game
You can't really get it for a while because their servers are kind of crashing. (10/7/08- Problem still going)

But once the servers are fixed, achievement will add on the game length! Contributing Factor = B



Graphics
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Graphics. 2D Sides-Scrolling. The Animation is a masterpiece. 2D arts and renders are top-notch. What do you expect from The Behemoth? They make one of the greatest Side-Scrolling game animations ever.



Conclusion.
Pro:
-best Side-Scrolling animation/Graphics
-Arcade style game.
-VERY HIGH replay Value
-Very fun and interactive with Xbox Live.
-MUST BUY GAME FOR CASUAL GAMERS!!!

Con:
-DLC may take awhile to be released.
-No story-depth
-Hack n Slash gameplay, it may make your brain numb for awhile. +Magic of course
Mindless fun. Sometimes. :wink:

8.2/10

This game is a Must BUY for Casual Gamers. By the High Replay value ratings. 1200MS points is worth it. :thumbup:
Or try out the demo!.