At the price of 1200 MS points this game is a steal.
The Bad: -Insane Mode is a little too difficult alone -Too many of the characters you unlock feel the same - Side activites aren' t very fun
Crashers is the best XBLA game you could possibly buy and you' ll fell great that you bought it. The game is a great old school beat em up developed by Behemoth, the developers of the fantastic Alien Hominid.
You' ll start the game off as one of four knights as your castle was raided your treasure was stolen and the princesses were kidnapped. Each of the four knights have a color and a power that corresponds to that color. Red can cast lightning bolts, Blue can freeze enemies in place, Green can launch posionous clouds and Orange set enemies on fire.
After the prolouge you' ll go from level to level as you beat up baddies pick up loot and level up. Remember the old school days of beat em ups, well if you enjoyed that you' l love Castle Crashers you' ll be able to hack, slash juggle and cast spells on enemies, for every hit you inflict you gain xp to level up. After you finish a level and have leveld up you can insert points into strength, speed, magic or defense.
The story is relativley lengthy lasting about 6-9 hours but you' ll enjoy every last minute of it whether your beating up the challenging and memorable bosses or watching one of the many hillarious cutscenes that are rendered on a zany art style.
Once your done beating the game you' ll definetly want to replay it over again with another character, go back to unlock stuff, play side activites, play on insane mode.
However the stuff you unlock is mostly characters and alot (ALOT!) feel waaaayy too similiar to each other and you unlock a few threw arena battles which are boring and drag on for too long. Insane can be great to play but it' s too difficult by yourself but difficult more in a frustrating, let' s just say when you reach a certain farm mill expect to spend a good ten minutes taking an boss to only HALF HEALTH!
Now the main attraction of CC is the four player co-op which is frantic and fun you and three other friends can all teamup and go through the game and boy is it fun. he best part is that the game supports both four player local and online multiplayer so if your at a party and want to play with people next to you go for it if you wat to play online do that also.
In a nutshell: Castle Crashers is definetly worth the 1200 MS points as soon as you get the chance BUY THIS GAME!