Castle Crashers - 4 Player Adventure (XBLA)

GiantBomb.com said:

Overview

Castle Crashers is a classic beat'em up in the vain of NES classics like Final Fight or River City Ransom. The final game will have 26 playable characters, 40 unlockable weapons, and 23 animal helpers along the way. The game will also contain light RPG elements, such as allowing you to upgrade your characters stats. The entire game will be playable with up to four friends over local play or Xbox live. It will also include an Arena with several player vs player game modes.

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Microsoft.com said:

Features

# Intuitive combo and magic system: Unlock new combos and magical attacks as your character progresses through the game. You have an almost limitless amount of combos to perform alone, or with a group of friends.

# Arena mode: This mode allows players to battle each other head-on with four unique modes to choose from!

# Experience system: As you fight your way through the various levels of Castle Crashers, your character gains more experience points that will in return give you the option to adjust your four main stats -- Strength, Magic, Defense, and Agility.

# Weapons weapons weapons! Each player has the ability to unlock more than 40 weapons.

# Animal orbs: These little companions add enhancements to your attributes. Each pet has different abilities to benefit you, with various ways of unlocking each one. Defeat a boss and steal his companion, dig them up, or buy them at a store.

# Treasure hunt: Unlockable items, weapons, pet companions, and characters are buried throughout the various levels of Castle Crashers.

# Stores: Spread across the various worlds of Castle Crashers, every store has specific items to sell. Collect gold from killing enemies, finding treasures, or opening chests, then take your collected gold to these stores for some weapons, items, character unlocks, and more!

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Wiki said:

Development history

An early version of the title was first shown at Comic-Con 2005 under the name of Ye Olde Side-Scroller with plans to release on PS2, Xbox, and GameCube. At Comic-Con 2006 the official title Castle Crashers was unveiled and the game became was announced as an Xbox Live Arcade exclusive.

In 2007, The Behemoth removed Castle Crashers from the Slamdance Guerrila Games Competition as a protest of Super Columbine Massacre RPG! being dropped from the competition.

The final soundtrack contains user created music submitted to Newgrounds' Audio Portal.

On May 16, 2008, The Behemoth announced that development was finished on the game.

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GameSpot.com said:

E3 2008: Castle Crashers Hands-On

Castle Crashers is a straightforward hack-and-slash in the same mold as Golden Axe that will pit you and up to three other knights against a host of enemies this summer on Xbox Live Arcade. From the makers of the quirky Alien Hominid, Castle Crashers will share the same bold, cute graphical style and add simple but addictive gameplay.

When we played, we hacked our way through lots of knights and archers before finally running into a giant battering ram that had bad guys inside. We leaped into the air and hacked at its planks while avoiding its lethal charges and falling balls of fire. We finally defeated the contraption and moved on, presumably capturing a castle. Later on, we saw four people playing cooperatively, and when they beat that same boss, a princess came out, thanking them for her rescue. The knights did the only thing that knights in that position could do: They fought each other to the death to claim the princess. We've never needed much of a reason to hack up our friends in online battlefields, but we can't wait to see what other lures Castle Crashers will dangle before us when it hits Xbox Live Arcade later this summer.

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IGN.com said:

GDC 2008: Castle Crashers Hands-On
Castle Crashers is one of our most anticipated Xbox Live Arcade games here at IGN. The follow-up to The Behemoth's Alien Hominid HD, this title once again makes great use of Dan Paladin's art. That alone makes the game instantly appealing, but there's a lot more to this game than just visual flair.

On its surface, Castle Crashers is reminiscent of classic arcade games like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or X-Men. There are four heroes on-screen that do battle with a stream of foes in classic beat 'em up fashion. There are two buttons for attack, you can jump and string aerial combos together and double tapping the analog stick in one direction will cause you to sprint. Each color knight has its own special attack that can be done by holding down the right trigger to charge it up. We took charge with an orange guy that could spit out plumes of fire.

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ScarySquirrel said:

Can you play with people over XBL?

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Kyle009 said:

Will try the trial but hasn't it been announced that its going to cost 1200msp?

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Castle Crashers takes the best elements of traditional side-scrolling beat-em-ups and adds lots of flair. There's some great humor here and some nice surprises that will please most. Of course, the most important thing is that it's a whole lot of fun -- especially when you play with friends. While there are some cheap moments with enemies firing at your backside, the bulk of Castle Crashers is an enjoyable ride and one every 360 owner should experience.

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