KUF: Circle of Doom vids hack, slash the tubes

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KUF: Circle of Doom vids hack, slash the tubes

Posted Oct 3rd 2007 3:30PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News, Videos

Hack and slash games are typically plagued by the same problems. Specifically, many such games tone down the difficulty in favor of lots of enemies and epic battles. True, destroying lots of enemies with a single swing of your mighty sword can be satisfying, but it wears thin after a while (see: KOEI) One can only slaughter so many thousands of hapless enemies before getting bored, after all. Judging by these videos of Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom, the developers at BlueSide are sticking very close to the typical hack and slash formula. Take the boss battle video above. From what we can see, the boss manages to damage the hero once in the entire video. There is one video that gives us hope, in which enemies actually seem to be posing a challenge. Check it out after the break, and hope that the game can deliver.

Tags: blue-side, kingdom-under-fire-circle-of-doom

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10-03-2007 @ 4:32PM

Michael C. Sherrin said...

Maybe it's the Neanderthal in me, but I love mindless hack-and-slash. I liked the first Xbox Kingdom Under Fire games, though I hear this one will be more action RPG than strategy game, which I would be happy with.

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10-03-2007 @ 5:26PM

Jack the Ripper said...

The loincloth! It hides nothing!

10-03-2007 @ 5:36PM

DemonGSides said...

What the hell? You want a hack and slash that doesn't let you... hack and slash?

Isn't the point of Hack and Slashers the mindless violence that is associated with them.

Name one hack and slash that isn't mindless in any way, and I will admit defeat.

10-04-2007 @ 2:25AM

Anticrawl said...

I agree with you Demon, but I'll be waiting for Ninja Gaiden 2 for my fix of mindless violence. One of either this, DMC4, or Ninja Giaden 2 is plenty to satisfy anyones appetite.

10-04-2007 @ 2:27AM

Anticrawl said...

In any case one could argue that a shooter is mindless and repetitive because all you do is well shoot. Same thing goes for driving games, all you do is drive, the only thing different is the road and car. Just because you happen to not get off on this type of game Richard doesn't mean others won't find it satisfying.

10-04-2007 @ 10:29AM

Richard Mitchell said...

I do like this kind of game, actually. But I prefer the possibility of dying once in a while. Ninja Gaiden and DMC are excellent examples. Hell, God of War is a good example. Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, and almost any old school beat 'em up / hack n' slash are good examples.

The driving and shooting analogies don't really work, because it's not the mindlessness I take exception to, it's the lack of difficulty.

Honestly, leveling up and getting new weapons is compelling in a hack n' slash game, but it's even better when paired with intelligent enemies.

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