Stunning Sacred Citadel (Xbox 360) Review
Watch Iron Man 3 Online : Combos lead to point multipliers, which in turn lead to massive scores – including an amusing bit where you’ll earn an achievement/trophy for getting more than 9,000 in one shot ala Dragon Ball Z. The depth in the system lets you do things like stun an enemy, or set of enemies as the game progresses, then repeat your stun>attack chain until they topple. Beyond enemies, you’ll also have to dodge things like mine carts and falling rocks and the like, and the only way to safely avoid those things is to flick the right stick and roll away.
Watch Pain And Gain Online : You can roll in any non-diagonal direction very quickly, and the responsiveness is key because you’ll often have to roll to avoid boss attacks, and those can easily overwhelm you if you don’t make proper use of the roll. There, you’ve got the giant boss, whatever their attacks are, and a horde of minions to contend with. If you aren’t careful, you’ll die and have to restart the boss battle over – so be sure to keep a steady supply of potions handy and feel free to use them a tad early since damage can build up really quickly if you’re not paying attention.
Watch Spring Breakers Online : Combos lead to point multipliers, which in turn lead to massive scores – including an amusing bit where you’ll earn an achievement/trophy for getting more than 9,000 in one shot ala Dragon Ball Z. The depth in the system lets you do things like stun an enemy, or set of enemies as the game progresses, then repeat your stun>attack chain until they topple. Beyond enemies, you’ll also have to dodge things like mine carts and falling rocks and the like, and the only way to safely avoid those things is to flick the right stick and roll away.
Watch The Iceman Online : You can roll in any non-diagonal direction very quickly, and the responsiveness is key because you’ll often have to roll to avoid boss attacks, and those can easily overwhelm you if you don’t make proper use of the roll. There, you’ve got the giant boss, whatever their attacks are, and a horde of minions to contend with. If you aren’t careful, you’ll die and have to restart the boss battle over – so be sure to keep a steady supply of potions handy and feel free to use them a tad early since damage can build up really quickly if you’re not paying attention.
Watch The Croods Online : Visually, Sacred Citadel is stunning more often than not. The in-game graphics are lush, full of color and life, and animations are quite smooth. Each level looks very distinct, and they’re all heavily bathed in certain colors that really pop off the screen – especially the deep purple and green stages. Environmental details are impressive in the desert-esque area, and really shine in the pirate ship stage where you’ve got a lot going on in the foreground and backgrounds. The cutscenes are even more amazing, and use limited animation and a blue and black color scheme to effectively convey the storyline.
Watch The Big Wedding Online : It’s a shame that subtitles can’t be turned off though, as they obscure some really nice artwork. Sacred Citadel’s audio is a bit less fulfilling than any other aspect. It’s far from bad, but just isn’t as good as other major parts of the game. The music has brief glimpses of greatness, but then becomes generic music that varies in genre, but never sticks with you. The voice work is quite good – things are largely played with a light-hearted tone, and given the kind of bizarre scenarios in the game, it works. The sound effects are fine, but like the music, rarely special.
Watch Olympus Has Fallen Online : Every enemy sounds pretty much the same unless they’re a major one, and then they sound a bit more menacing. The regular work-a-day grunts all sound the same, and you’ll be hearing them a lot whether you want to or not. It’s got some flaws, but Sacred Citadel is a very good game as a whole. It isn’t quite a must-buy at $15 given that it’s also got day-one pay DLC though. If the base game was $10, that would be an easier pill to swallow, but at $15, it costs a bit too much to get the full experience. It’s still well worth playing, though, and most will probably be satisfied by picking up the main game and waiting for a sale on the DLC down the line.
WATCH Beautiful Creatures ONLINE : Sacred Citadel offers up a lot of fun for beat-em-up fans, with a surprisingly high amount of depth in its gameplay making replaying stages with each character type something you’ll come to enjoy instead of dread like it many other beat-em-ups. Take Sacred Citadel. This download-only title is unapologetically clean and uncomplicated, pushing Sacred away from its more traditional presentation to offer up this quirky, feisty brawler. Whilst it might not quite strike the perfect balance owing to some sequences falling on just the wrong side of fun, it's well worth a few hours of your time.
Watch The Call Online : The story is... well, nothing new. An ancient evil schemes to take control of the fantasy kingdom. Good Guys swoop in to try and stop 'em. Cue a few moderately amusing one-liners and then hijinx ensue, complete with swarms of enemies, boss fights, looting and plot "twists". The classes won't feel unfamiliar, either. Take your pick from a warrior, mage, ranger, and shaman - you know the drill - all of which bring their own unique twist to combat proceedings. Yeah, there's admittedly little narrative innovation here - but don't hold that against Sacred Citadel.
Watch Jack The Giant Slayer Online : Sure, it's an age-old story of good versus evil with swords and spells and potions and stuff, but the tale's delivered with an unabashed self-awareness that - coupled with an infectious score and deceptively simple art style – is undeniably entertaining. To be honest, the story plays second fiddle to the action, anyway. Citadel propels you through a 2D, side-scrolling world of pleasant but forgettable forests, deserts, ships and swamps that are – very loosely – linked to the enemies about to pounce you. It’s not quite as dreary as it sounds; whilst unmemorable, the backdrops are agreeable enough to carve carnage against, even if the 2D perspective occasionally messes with your ranged attacks. Add in the interactive environmental factors – think pounding stone blocks, swinging logs and puddles of toxic goo – and it all serves to dampen the monotony … which is just as well, given how repetitive the gameplay can be.
Controls are crisp, clear and pleasantly simplistic, although you’ll undoubtedly find yourself recycling the same old combos over and over again. And it’s here where things start to feel just that little bit same-y. The greatest frustrations crop up at the beginning of your journey. As you get to grips with the gameplay and combos – all of which unlock with satisfying regularity – you may find yourself stumbling into an end of level boss fight unaware and ill-equipped to take on what’s waiting for you. Unfortunately, not even death helps your odds; use up your potions and they don’t come back, even after respawning, and enemies rarely drop anything of value in the boss arena. You’ll either have to slog your way through the battle slowly and steadily in the hope of besting the boss, or . . . well, exit out, stock up, and then replay through the (mercifully short) level again.
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