Gamespot score:5.5(mediocre)
my score:7.3
(+)pros:-zombie concept is interesting,-making and then using zombies is good fun,- quite a few unlockabl moves,- 3 different characters with different attacking styles to play as.
(-)cons:-level concept and design get monotonous later in the game,- gameplay is highly repititive,- boss fights are just cheap large enemies with different designs
gameplay time:10-20 hours( below average)
Undead knights was released around Q3 last year, and I got it ASAP since I was introduced to this, and that there were a few I know who got this same time I did. Expected it to be a good game......well it was, for the first few parts. Anyway this isn't a bad game, its pretty good, the concecpt is interesting. This is indeed the 1st game where I played which consisted of making soldiers into your loyal zombie minions, and then you can command them to remove obstacles in your way. Its really interesting and fun, but it grows dry during the very later stages.
The story for undead knights isn't bad. Romulus blood and some of is peeps were part of this marriage, and if im not wrong, romulus is the groom and sylvia is the bride. Well they got slaughtered by an unknown attack by the empire under the king's orders, for whatever reason which they dont know. Well, stricken with revenge, romulus, among with sylvia and another blood, remus where given....powers, to exact thier revenge for that bloody day. When the empire's many lackeys thought for them to be dead,since they took part of thier slaughtering, its very satisfying to see thier faces when any of the bloods appear before them...and go killing them afterward. The story, as far as I know, is one of the better parts of this game.
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Okay, so undead knights has interesting gameplay and concept. Given the power to create armies of thie own by making them zombies, you play as one of the 3 characters.Romulus, the main character, a big lava-ish guy with a great fire sword. He is the only one who looks like an undead, Sylvia, a smexy and cool young lady that holds a scythe. Remus, the crazy fella with 2 swords that goes around killing people like a madass. All 3 characters have thier own attack styles and unlockable skills so theres a bit of variety here. I chose to play as sylvia since she looks like a badass bitch, and shes smexy too, only profesional ladies hold scythes. :D.
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bPlaying as any of the 3 characters, you advance through extremely linear levels with only soldiers and other obstacles in your way. Many a times you have to clear all eneimies within an area to make the obstacle collapse and go away before you can proceed. Or at times you have to create a number of zombies, by 1st weakening your opponents with a few simple slashes, and then grabbing them and infusing them with undead energy. Then with these created zombies you can cue them to do stuff like from a bridge out of using themselves as planks to walk on, or for them to cling onto a gate until it falls, eventually crushing themselves in the process. Creating and using zombies for such purposes is satisfying. And its really cool to hear sylvia say " Go on, boys" whenever she commands her zombies to do her bidding.
Many a times in the game you will have to come accross large enemis in the game, and the only way to cut them down is to throw your fellow zombies at them to weigh them down, until they are totally powerless, then you can deal the final blow to them. Well its sad to say bosses are like this too, you throw zombies at them till they are weakened then you endlessly land blows on them until they die. Its lame, since taking down bosses and large enemies are the same, why did they bother making the bosses? All they have as extras, are one or 2 exclusive attacks. Lame.
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Happy gaming.
