Castle Crashers (XBLA)

Save up those Xbox Live points, the people that brought us the sublime Alien Hominid (the game not the forum member) are back! Once again Behemoth are taking an old school genre, adding funky visuals and a whole lot of their own damn quirkiness to make a game that’s all about fun.

Setting off with up to three other players, Castle Crashers plays out similar to games such as Golden Axe. As characters progress through the game, they will level up and learn new skill sets. Each character has different attributes and battling through the game co-op looks to be a huge amount of fun. Oh, and did I mention there’s all kinds of medieval weaponry?

If you feel like a break from the main game you can always have a 4-player all on all. These promise to be absolutely frantic; it may not be Super Smash Bros, but it promises much merry calamity with your buddies!

Much like Alien Hominid, the visuals in this game are super polished and have a huge amount of character. The animation is crisp and although everything looks cute at first glance, there’s some pretty gory violence. Again, anyone that has played Hominid knows what to expect here.

Sure, Castle Crushers doesn’t feature bump-mapped rag-doll physics and real time lighting in a sandbox environment. What it does promise to have, however, is more old-school gameplay than you can shake a controller at and a heap of character to boot.

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