Kingdom Under Fire spreads to 360

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Feb 8, 2006 9:36 am PT

Blueside departs from series' action RTS roots for dungeon-diving action RPG in Circle of Doom.

Korean developer Blueside Studios is trying something new with its Kingdom Under Fire franchise. Its next game for the Xbox 360, Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom, isn't just taking the series onto a new platform--it's taking it into a new genre.

Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders and Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes were lauded for their mix of action and real-time strategy elements, but Blueside is deviating from the formula by making Circle of Doom an action role-playing game. Instead of taking to the field of battle in command of an army, players will explore randomly generated dungeons, learn new abilities, customize their weapons, and stave off enemies "swarming the screen in thousands," according to Blueside.

One thousand-on-one doesn't sound like a fair fight, but players will be able to better those odds by forming a four-player party through Xbox Live to hack their way through Circle of Doom together. Blueside is promising that players will be able to take their solo characters online for the multiplayer action or form a party of new characters that may have more complementary skill sets.

While the developers are taking a new tack for Circle of Doom, Kingdom Under Fire purists can take some solace in that this is not a direct successor to the series. Blueside has said that it is merely a link between the previous Kingdom Under Fire titles and the next, still unannounced, proper installment of the series.

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BringTheBlood
Posted Jan 3, 2008 10:28 am PT

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jelloed420
Posted Jan 15, 2007 11:13 am PT

this sucks, what the hell are they doing? they are destroying the series with this action rpg stuff, go back to what made kuf different
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leo_rpgman
Posted Jul 8, 2006 12:14 am PT

Kingdom underfier series rock all games are quite good i think this one will be even greater cause its an rpg, all are quite hard and are quite a challenge, its the kind of games i like challenging, not easy like lord of the rings as cyprus646 likes lol, cause he cant end challenging games like this ones.
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PackersRock
Posted Jun 19, 2006 9:27 am PT

I don't likie this, the only reason I liked the two on x-box was because of the action/rts formula. But as long as the next game is more like the previous two, I guess i'll buy it anyway.
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lsantos
Posted Feb 9, 2006 9:33 pm PT

so its like a next gen diablo, only in the KuF universe? might be cool, might not.
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Thailfish
Posted Feb 9, 2006 7:56 pm PT

finally something a little more inovative, can't wait to play it
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zero11111
Posted Feb 9, 2006 1:28 pm PT

hmm......yes this something that i really wanna try
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Terminator14
Posted Feb 9, 2006 6:50 am PT

Oh my God I have the game, so I think this is going to be one the best type of RPG and hack and slash game maybe besides that nights game I forgot what it was called, but I know that this game is definitly going to be good.
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Kruza
Posted Feb 9, 2006 12:52 am PT

Cant wait for more info.
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azizrulez
Posted Feb 8, 2006 9:19 pm PT

the chick in the screenshot is nice
thats all i have to say
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NERDSFOREVER
Posted Feb 8, 2006 9:00 pm PT

doesnt this game sound alot like Gauntlet?
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chibi-acer
Posted Feb 8, 2006 5:59 pm PT

Sweet. KUF is cool, but after a while I find the strategic elements too much hassle. I just want to focus on slaughtering the enemy. This sounds right up my alley.
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davahsa
Posted Feb 8, 2006 5:16 pm PT

I trust these guys to nail this! Can't wait!
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cyprus646
Posted Feb 8, 2006 3:27 pm PT

To me kingdom under fire series has always been mediocre at most its sort f a lord of the rings ripoff mixed with kingdom of heaven hope the 360 version is good.
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dru26
Posted Feb 8, 2006 2:49 pm PT

The last 2 games were pretty cool, I can't wait for this one, hopefully with less heavy metal. This should boost sales in Asia, which is good for MS.
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Luciaphile
Posted Feb 8, 2006 2:40 pm PT

Sweet! This is one I'll definitely be watching for.
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gmoney20xx
Posted Feb 8, 2006 2:36 pm PT

The Koreans are really showing the Xbox 360 some madd love!
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Espurs117
Posted Feb 8, 2006 2:30 pm PT

nice.
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Titan_BG
Posted Feb 8, 2006 2:04 pm PT

Microsoft will see this through, they are the best comeback company, look at windows ME for example, can you still belive we still run windows despite that horrible edition
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noxian
Posted Feb 8, 2006 1:34 pm PT

the 360 won't get forgotten cause MS is still willing to toss huge amounts of money into it.
anyway, it always did seem like MS garnered more korean dev support than Sony did. not that thats bad, i liked the kuf games, and magna carta. hell, i even dug lineage for a bit. i'm just saying
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