Castle Crashers is the best game for the XBOX Live Arcade that I have ever played. It has an intense amount of replay value, awesome gameplay, amazing music, funny jokes and characters, and much more. This game revived the Beat 'em Up franchise, and I've never had more fun on a Beat 'em Up game since "Turtles in Time" back in 1992! Yeah, I love this game. Made by a small team of game designers, this game is a gem for the system, and like Halo 4, its a great reason to buy and XBOX360. And here's why I think this way.

Humor: Some of the jokes in this game are pretty funny, yet there is some toilet humor. Even in the most serious parts of the game, it made me laugh with the jokes.

Gameplay: This is one of the strong points of this game. You will fight enemies across the entire country, and you will fight some interesting bosses.

 The controls are some of the best I've experienced, not only with a Beat 'em Up game, but with any game I've played. The attacks are  solid  and the combos are easy to perform, its definitely a game you can pick up and play. Running, jumping, and attacking are smooth and  operate well. Y uses a strong attack, X uses a quick attack. Holding down the right trigger makes you use magic, which uses the same  controls. RT+Y uses a magic attack that hits multiple people in front of you does damage, RT+B uses an attack that has infinite range and  does more damage, but can only hit one person. Jumping is done by pressing a, you can cycle through items with RB, and B uses the  item you have selected.

 The combat is easy to do and incredibly fun. You choose from over 50 weapons, each with varying abilities, a bow and arrow, and magic,  to  fight your enemies. As you level up, you get a real sense of change, as each level makes you noticeably stronger in what you choose to  specialize in. You gain more and more combos as you level up that allow you to do more damage in one fell swoop, if you can use them  correctly. The combos are easy to learn and use, the game tells you when you get them and how to use them. You can specialize in  strength, magic, defense, and agility. Strength makes your quick attack and strong attack more powerful, magic gives you more magic  spells and improves the ones you have, defense gives you more health and makes it so you take less damage when hit, and agility  makes you fun faster and makes it so your arrows fly faster, do more damage, and can be used quicker.

Graphics: This game actually looks really good. It has a sort of cel shaded look to it, and I'm a big fan. The characters all have interesting designs. The levels and environments are probably the best looking parts of the game. They have action going on everywhere, and they really took time to make good-looking levels.

Sound: For a fun-spirited Beat 'em Up game, this game has a really epic soundtrack. The music at the title screen is something I turned on while I was playing Two-Worlds, its great to listen to. The music also has some silly songs to play, as this game does have some silly parts. During the levels, the music matches the environment very well, and its great to listen to.

Addictiveness: This games replay value is more than I have ever experienced. There are over 50 weapons, some of which have to be found in game, which encourages you to play more. There are over 40 characters which have to be unlocked, each has their own special abilities, so its rewarding to get them all. The one downside is that the game can be beaten in about 4 hours if you try, though the replay value makes up for it. This game is incredibly fun to play, and I rarely wanted to put it down. There are also extra modes that make a fun multiplayer experience. You can connect four players for this adventure, and it is one of the best multiplayer experiences I have had, get some friends over and the game is even more fun.

Story: This Beat 'em Up actually has a story. An evil wizard has taken the magic crystal from the king and kidnapped the four princesses. You travel across the country saving the princesses. You travel through the thieves forest, the Cyclops's kingdom, volcano land, a desert, and snowy world, and then you face off with the wizard and his cohorts at a giant mountain. You eventually save the last princess and kill the wizard. This leads to a hilarious ending.

Depth: This game has the most depth of an arcade game that ive played. There are tons of characters to unlock, each offering a unique experience, there are tons of weapons to find, each with special abilities, and there are pets you can acquire, each giving the owner a special boost. There are special modes. In "All you can quaff" you race against friends or computers to eat the most food. In "Arena" you participate in special events with player characters that are incredibly fun.

Difficulty: The first time I played this game, I died a few times. Though I did specialize in strength with the character who has the worst strength specialty in the game, so that's probably it. Since then, I might die once during my playthough. But if you have a friend or two over, its very hard to die, as friends can resurrect you if you run out of health.

So that's Castle Crashers, its a great game and I would encourage you to check it out. "Heavy Rain" is a good reason to buy a Ps3, and castle crashers is a good reason to check out an XBOX360, though castle crashers is on the PS3, what I'm trying to say is that its good.

Thanks for reading.

This is a great review, it is really long, and lengthy. I like how you went in absolute detail with it, and you did it with a great passion of keeping the readers entertained on here. This game sounds like it is pretty interesting, but I don't like the xbox 360 that much anymore. I still play it, but if there is a play station 3 around me at the same time. I could care less about a xbox 360. Still though. You thoroughly explained this game to keep us glad with what we are reading, and this review showed it all. It was neat, and over 1000 words. I hope you continue to make more reviews like this in the future. I will be looking forward to it .

I've seen a few gameplays of this, and it looks really creative. I give my props to the guys who made the game. It's a simple game, original, and pretty addicting.

Also, great review again, ender. Well done!