During one of our game days (not the most recent, which by the way, my problem was resolved with little problems thankfully) I brought it my Xbox and had some of my classmates play the game Castle Crashers. Castle Crashers is a downloadable game from the Xbox live arcade, it is an old style "beat em' up" side scrolling game. the story is very simple, your king's four daughters and his jewel of power were stolen by an evil wizard, and it is up to the Castle Crashers to rescue the girls and retrieve the stone. You get to play as one of the four Crashers, each with different powers based on the elements, and can play them four different ways (Offense, Defence, Magic, Speed and Archery). The game takes you on an adventure, fighting barbarian hordes laying siege to your castle, exploring through a dark forest filled with bandits and wildmen, treading volatile volcanic lands, facing off with a fearsome dragon and evil warlord, assaulting an enemy wizard's fortress of ice, and eventually challenging the evil wizard himself for the king's gem, saving his daughters, collecting weapons, items, and treasure along the way.
The game allows for up to four people to play at a time, each with a different Crasher (the blue one is my favorite). The game has a great cartoon-esk art style that is reminiscent of older games, but is cleanly drawn and crisply animated. Castle Crashers is very humorous and silly (one villain is thrown into a pit of lava and gives a thumbs up on the way down, similar to the ending of the movie Terminator 2), something that I feel is lost in a large amount of the new, popular games such as God of War and Call of Duty. Due to its 4 player capabilities, Castle Crashers is a good game for cooperative play.
Castle Crashers has become one of, if not is, my favorite downloadable games for Xbox 360. The vivid color and style, as well as the cartoon violence and comic relief make this game something that I have anticipated since its announce and was extremely impressed and delighted to play. I would highly recommend Castle Crashers to anyone looking for a lighthearted, silly, and exciting gameplay experience.
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