Yet, as quickly as you can find or buy equipment, a new piece will be available before you get any use out of the old piece of equipment. You can buy new clothing at shops with money dropped from enemies or found from destroying the scenery. Players can also deck out their band members in different hats, shirts, and wrist wear, giving stat bonuses and augmenting attacks with different elements like acid or lightning. It's a nice touch that plays off the punk style and helps to mold a better experience. Special attacks are granted through acquiring new tattoos for the character, with each tattoo granting a new attack. Utilizing weapons is a bit awkward, as some of the more heavy weapons like the axe or stop sign are only useful if you can maneuver yourself to the right position in order to attack enemies.
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Combat sees a series of light and heavy attacks strung together for combos, with a decent range of special attacks performed with the trigger and a large number of environmental traps and weapons to make use of. Players can choose from one of five band members (or classes), ranging from Mages to Tanks, with the player being able to enhance their stats as these characters level up. Much like the developer's previous efforts, Charlie Murder is a sidescrolling beat-'em-up that can be played solo or with up to four people both locally and online.
The set up of revenge may be a bit cliched, but the execution is spot on, with flashbacks of the band explaining most of the story that often sees our heroes in a hilariously unsavory light, with bits of Letterman spoof and the tearful revenge rants of the former band member playing into all of the intricacies of the punk scene.Īs with the story, the gameplay also features punk infused style. A former band member of the emo persuasion believes he's been left by the wayside with Charlie Murder's rise to stardom, and how else can one enact their revenge unless they strike some deals with the devil? The whole game bleeds Ska Studios' unique, violently quirky style, from each playable character and fantastic boss, down to every single varied enemy.
Revenge fuels many endeavors, and the end of days is no different. Call up your buddies and get the band back together for some brutal punk rock action against the forces of the underworld.Ĭharlie Murder tells the tragic tale of a widely popular punk band that's lying in the street, seemingly murdered by Satan and his minions. Now, for their fourth Xbox Live release and second appearance as part of the Summer of Arcade, Ska Studios keeps the side-scrolling action going with Charlie Murder, a fully co-op RPG brawler hybrid infused with a totally killer punk rock style. Indie developer Ska Studios has put out a bunch of great titles over the years, with The Dishwasher and its sequel being superb beat-em-up titles and I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MBIES 1N IT!!!1 being one of the most successful Xbox Live Indie titles to-date. By Chris Matulich, posted on 29 August 2013 / 9,616 Views
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