Six reasons you should be VERY excited for Castle Crashers.
It’s been a long time since I’ve written an original article, it feels good.
This article will now commence on giving you six good reasons why you should definitely give the game Castle Crashers another look, or possibly even a first look. This, in all logical assumption, is going to be a fantastic game.
1. It is a 4-player cooperative game.
Everyone in their right mind, or anyone with real-life friends, knows that there can never be too many games with 4-player co-op. I hold in firm belief that EVERY game should attempt to incorporate co-operative into it’s campaign mode and when a game gives four people the chance to all kick ass together? Well, that’s just fantastic of them. n+ being the most prime example of epic 4-player action on the XBLA so far. There is nothing default in the human psyche that dislikes comradery and hence slaughtering barbarian hordes with 3 knightly friends has no inherent problem, but is in fact quite awesome.
2. It is made by The Behemoth, producers of glorious win such as Alien Hominid.
Anyone who has not played Alien Hominid, in it’s roots as a flash game on newgrounds or in it’s last-gen console version or even in it’s beautiful HD re imagining on the XBLA should be playing it right now. Alien Hominid is the closest thing I’ve ever had to a favourite game, it had everything going for it: fun, addicting gameplay, humour, co-op and a phenomenal art style. You know that because these are the same people behind Alien Hominid that the game is going to have just the right feel; and the developers know how to make killing lots of dudes with a relatively simple combat system incredibly addicting and stylish as fuck. Even though controlling 4 element-wielding knights with swords would be fun enough as is, this game boasts over 20 characters and a fucking slew of awesome weapons (40 weapons), also, helper animal orbs ranging from adorable to terrifying. Alien Hominid had only one playable character, only six or so upgrades to your gun and only one kind of melee attack and because of how well it worked, it still never got old. Just imagine how well this will turn out given the content.
3. The art style is phenomenal hand drawn work. And will look fantastic in HD
Here are links to some choice pieces of artwork. Not only is the art style colourful and very cool looking, it is often hilarious. Alien Hominid was a very funny game and manage to slide something “lulz-worthy” into just about every element of scenery or animation it provided to the player, and the screen shot gallery for Castle Crashers proves that we can expect the same level of cleverness hidden in every nook and cranny of the game’s design.
4. The videos and trailers make it look just as good as you would expect.
The developers provide a plentiful development blog to keep everyone’s interest and in doing so, numerous videos have been released regarding the game. Here is a link to some very interesting videos showing the creation process that goes into the game. Below I have put up the two trailers available with actual gameplay footage.
This is the old trailer, really old actually and technically the only trailer.
Castle Crashers Trailer (Old) from The Behemoth on Vimeo.
This is a short trailer of “Beefy mode” a high-damage form you can achieve with a sandwich.
Castle Crashers - Beefy Mode from The Behemoth on Vimeo.
5. It has been in production for at least two years and honestly, The Behemoth cannot afford to botch this release considering it is only their second game.
Castle Crashers has been in production from at least 2006 when it was announced and likely even before that.The Behemoth so far has a spotless record (having released only one game prior) and it would be in bad taste to proudly release and hype a game that they knew was terrible. Given the quality of Alien Hominid and the necessity of this release being all that it looks to be, we can give The Behemoth excitement purely on faith even if one were to ignore all the conclusive evidence that it will surely kick ass.
6. The merchandise is incredible. (Not really a reason to buy the game but it’s really quite cool.)
Awesome shirts, awesome hats and possibly the best thing of all; figurines! Every game should have figurines! I personally already own an Alien Hominid shirt and a set of AH figurines but I am physically restraining myself (well, my wallet is) from ordering Castle Crashers figurines! God-damn those things are cool.
I hope this list has enlightened you to the release of a game that really does not deserve to be over-looked. And if you already knew it existed then I hope this article helps you decide to buy it, I really think these guys deserve the money. So that they can make some more games. Castle Crashers releases August the 27th 2008, if you have Alien Hominid HD already downloaded you unlock Alien Hominid as a character in the game, it’s The Behemoth’s little way of thanking the fans.
i frequent their devblog and i have to say that this is a wonderful addition.
thank you so much for the list. im sure anyone on the fence after seeing this will definitely purchase it.
thanks!!
Wow Dan Paladin actually comments on my article! Im so very honoured and thank you both for the nice words! and I also just noticed you mentioned this article on the dev blog, im so very blown away by this awesomeness thankyou very much.
W00T! the hype for this game got me to stop playing halo.
yea good information about castle crshers!!
dude, seriously This game is going to be soo Awesome, the Art style is awesome, ever since i saw A.H.’s artwork (reminds me a little bit of Invader Zim) I’ve been a fan, I waited till recently to buy the HD version though, I look forward to Castle Crashers,Ironicly, there is 4 Knight’s and I have 3 Brothers, the only problem now is Deciding who is going to play as Which Knight, I personally Like Lightning and Fire as a Elements, but from What i’ve seen I’m kinda liking the Blue Guy. There’s 40 Weapons? That is awesome, All in all I expect alot of awesome from this game. I think they should make some more wallpapers though cause I like them. Castle Crashers FTW All Hail Behemoth!
This game is awsome. In addition to relecing it onto the xbox arcade they should make an internet version or a demo single player version for free play on their website or others such as x gen or ugoplayer
Wow this game is awesome would have buyed it if it had a wii version but sadly it’s only x-box and this truly is the only good x-box game exept halo 3!
please make a wii version!
Nice job on the article. Should definitely use this to show to all the popular gaming web-comics, like CAD, VGCats, Penny Arcade, etc.
Very exciting indeed. Nice article.
Castle Crashers is what video games are all about.
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Not to jab a hole in your pride balloon but you misspelled “definitely”.