A mysterious illness plagues the realm, spread by the likes of goblins, minotaurs, and the restless undead. As a brawling Fighter, a sword-swinging Slayer, or a pistol-twirling Gunner, your job is to sally forth into this side-scrolling beat-'em-up adventure and end the blight.
Dungeon Fighter Live's vivid assortment of seemingly hand-drawn environments pop off the screen, and each is stuffed with colorful critters. As you brutalize crowds with up to three friends, you'll earn skill points to spend on inventive special attacks. You can summon a whirling blade to windmill through a throng, launch goons into the air for a little melee juggling, or just keep crowds at bay with powerful kicks. Meanwhile, damn near every foe seems to drop something, whether it's a pile of gold or new gear.
Grinning minotaurs look fierce, but they're actually complete pushovers.Unfortunately, flashy moves and shiny loot aren't so exciting when most monsters drift lazily about like they've got something else on their minds. Heck, against a full squad of four heroes, most enemies barely have a chance to make an entrance, much less attack. The chaotic comic-book visuals are entertaining to watch for a while, but only once you're midway through the campaign will you face any kind of challenge. All the while, unimaginative fetch quests make you scour the same areas repeatedly until you're sick of them.
Some folks might've relished lining up creeps for extended combo attacks, if such efforts weren't constantly interrupted because the attack button also retrieves items from the ground. Even at the best of times, nabbing goodies is a poor substitute for engaging action.
Hit the shops to sell the piles of unwanted junk you'll gather from each battlefield.PUBLISHER: Microsoft Studios • DEVELOPERS: NEXON Korea/Neople/Softmax • ESRB: Teen • MULTIPLAYER: 4 locally or on Xbox Live • ACHIEVEMENTS: Reasonable • COST: 800 Microsoft Points ($10) • RELEASE DATE: July 13, 2012
+ Pretty characters, monsters, and environments; lots of skills to learn and equipment to find; frenzied co-op.
– Dopey monsters give you little reason to call upon your arsenal of attacks.
– You’ll hate breaking combos and taking damage because the attack button also grabs loot.
? Why can't we name our characters?
CrypticGamer
July 15, 2012 at 12:22pm
I am sure you've played this game less 2 hours, and never played multiplay more than 1 hour. Nowadays so many reviewers judge game as they like or not. This game has strong feature in network play. I am sure that you've never played enough to find game's good and verdict. If you earn any money to write this article, don't you think you need to play game enough to write review?
darkguardian1314
July 14, 2012 at 5:47pm
I seen quick views for this game and the animation and game play looks really dated during fight scenes. I was around in the 70s and a 80s and for a paid game a 5.5 is too kind.
CrypticGamer
July 15, 2012 at 12:15pm
Have you played trial? I don't think you have right to judge this game good or bad just QUICK VIEW the screenshots and video. This game has descent online features and very good and deep gameplaying features. Just you don't like the picture so you hate it and treat it bad? Well, I think your id darkguardian1314 seems like 13-year old juvenile, so I think you're boy gamer or idiot. That's the same.
Sanoichiro
July 15, 2012 at 2:47pm
I agree. Kids grow up on Gears and COD, and they see any game with 2d graphics or less than HD quality as obvious crap. Did anyone stop to think that both the artistic style AND the gameplay are meant to appeal to those who can value it? I downloaded the trial, and knew within a few minutes I would buy it. Great music too BTW. Feels like a classic RPG.
