BTW, make sure you level up all you want before the patch. I'm sure the boomerang exploit will be fixed.

Tyrannical

@Barbara:
@Kytano-Skorpius:

You guys both suck balls, can you really only play a game for a week? Go back to your "addictive" multiplayer games while I enjoy this still.

flukielukie

I hope they patch it soon. I LOVE this game. Most fun I have with a title in months. Just have to fix those issues.

Figcoinc

On that note, local play is much more fun anyway.

Kytano-Skorpius

Too bad they couldn't have been on that, I dunno, a WEEK ago when I actually cared about online play in that game?

Kytano-Skorpius

Castle Crashers is so last week.

Barbara

Considering this is a fast working team, I say before the 720 hits streets.

VakeroRokero

Fun game, bad coding. I know it's probably a coincidence, but this game RROD'd my system, and that of someone else I know, within 5 minutes of each other...so hopefully, y'know, the patch will fix that.

Because I don't think I'm gonna ever play the game again, as much as I liked it before it killed my system. =/

Archaotic

LOL love that cartoon.

jelloman581

@flukielukie: You misunderstand me. I still play and enjoy the game to this day, but I stopped caring about the online component ages ago.

Kytano-Skorpius

@Tyrannical: ...Boomering exploit?

Mister_Jack

Played the demo and it's fun. I kept jumping in the air and repeatedly hitting guys. :D

kojirodensetsu

Maybe V8 Arcade will fix that though.

Murderdolls

@flukielukie: I can only play an arcade game for an hour...

Murderdolls

You know this got me thinking. A few articles back the creator of Braid was bitching about the Microsoft Certification process and hinted that it stifled his game. I've also heard from Arstechnica's Opposable Thumbs that many developers have raised concerns about the process specifics and time it takes to receive a certification.

So my point is, if Microsoft is sitting there dorking around with a checklist, how the fuck is this shit happening? What VALUE does their certification process bring to the developer and more importantly us the consumer? Obviously there's no real process oriented testing of the game's operation. Otherwise this immensely blatant failure wouldn't have squeaked through. I understand system certification or "soakes" as some call them. Which is the process of determining whether the system or software actually works as spec'd. But in light of this recent pooch screw in Castle Crashers I've come to suspect Microsoft's Certification is more akin to a bullshit nitpick fest.

ex.
1. Is this game using our trademarks appropriately
2. Are all the words spelled correctly
3. Is the user license displayed at startup

Lots of small things which are certainly important but really don't check if the game fucking works as intended.

All I know is Microsoft Certified the game for whatever the hell that means. And it doesn't work entirely as promised. So what the hell good is their certification and why as a consumer should I care if a game is certified or not?

LanciePants

@VakeroRokero: Thinking about your "720" thing, I wonder if the next Xbox console will be backwards compatable with our DLC, and downloaded games. It'd be a real kick in the balls if it isn't.
Likewise for the PS3, and I'd hope the next Nintendo Console can carry games over from the Wii.

toejam316

@Mister_Jack: Effectively, you can throw the boomerang and get it stuck behind the hitbox on certain bosses. The sheer amount of hits per second the boomerang does when it's stuck there gives you a lot of experience very quickly.

@LanciePants: Pure assumption, but I'm guessing the certification process is more for the sake of making sure the changes made won't crash the console or cause spontaneous combustion, etc. Many PC games have released updates that can seriously compromise certain computers under certain conditions. Considering the need for a more 'user friendly experience' for consoles, I imagine the cert process makes sure nothing will cause the end user to hate their console due to a certain update wrecking their system. Could be completely off base, but that's the only reasoning I can work out.

SilentSeraphin

@SilentSeraphin:

No man, I hear ya. My whole rant is based upon assumption as well. If someone can point to a website and say there Lanciepants, this is what certification brings to the table I'd love to see it. When I think of certification, it's usually an accreditation that the software does what it's suppose to AND won't blow your system up.

I guess my jist is with developers giving compliant to the certification process. And the certification process obviously not catching goofs like this, then what does it do exactly?

LanciePants

@sandal-hat17: Make that 5 games at most.

sandal-hat17

@toejam316: You know what I hope the next Ninty system can do? Actually store more than 10 fucking games (wii-ware games for the record) on its internal memory. But yeah, bc would also be a plus for all systems.

sandal-hat17

Well they won't see $15 from me until this is fixed, and only after I get confirmation it actually works. Glad I was busy that week and didn't auto buy it.

MSUHitman

@flukielukie:

In no way was any of that necessary. I award you no points and may god have mercy on your soul.

I've lost a few save files and it pissed me off to no end. And now I'm just leaving the damn thing on. *insert RROD joke* okay now that that painfully unique and in no way tired pony is beaten I can say the following;

fuck the problems, this game is still gold, buy it and don't bitch out. Anyone who doesn't buy Castle Crashers is a...TERRORIST!

Tietsu

Only strange problem i got so far was a very strange bug that froze the game... I played the game localy with 3 friends and just after the sunken temple section my friend saw an X an thought he should dig it up. Well the moment he stuck his shovel in the ground, the game froze :p
dunno why though, I'm positivt we'e dug up that X before. Anyone had a similar problem?

phiranaplant

Good news.
Even though my system RRODed this sunday.
And yes, CC is the only game I have been playing these days.

What a coincidendce.

Well I'll just wait for my xbox to come back from germany.

Kairne

"We just got off the phone with Microsoft and we had a great talk about updating Castle Crashers, YES!!"

Is he really making a victory speech about how Microsoft will let the developer patch a buggy game? The news would be if it was the other way around. YES!!?

Fisketryne

Kytano-Skorpius: "You misunderstand me. I still play and enjoy the game to this day, but I stopped caring about the online component ages ago."

Ages = 7 days.

Just to clarify.

Sandvich

There is also an issue with the boomerang glitch and the catfish boss where upon beating the boss, the entire screen turns into a series of horizontal brown lines. Doesn't reset after you get taken back to the map either.

I'm starting to get annoyed with all these major bugs with arcade titles. SSFIITHDR beta also had multiplayer that didn't work either. AND it would hard lock your 360. How does something this major slip past their exhaustive, months-long certification process?

megahurtz

Castle Crashers is the first game in years that my wife is actually interested in playing with me. I'll take all the glitches you throw at me as long as you create something that interests my wife.

Thanks Behemoth. You deserve a gold star. (and my cash)

KK

KittenKiller

@Mister_Jack: yah, the game works by giving you exp by the number of hits you do, not by how many enemies you kill. so getting a boomerang suck behind a boss, constantly doing 1 damage, allows you to level up very quickly.

CloudHiro

@SilentSeraphin: So is that how some people get to level 99? Or can you still grind your way up there probably by doing Insane and Impossible as well without using any such glitch?

Pudgey

@Pudgey: Not that fast. I saw people at level 99 by Friday after the game was released. All boomerang.

Lame.

FrigidAir44

I hope they fix the boomerang and the infinite air combo exploit. Those and the people who exploit those bugs defeat the fun of competing and Arena play.

FrigidAir44

I am ranked number 401 in the world in this game, boomerang, I love you.

Muahahahaha...

Its too late now, I am already lvl 99... Kickass.

RocketChump

I was playing this local co-op and at one point it seemed like we lost our characters. After logging out of our 360 profiles and logging back in they re-appeared, though. Bizarre.

Absolutely fantastically amazing and hilariously fun game, bugs aside. The combo of RPG elements and crisp beat-em-up gameplay is sublime.

Toasticus

@FrigidAir44: Arena play...doesn't the game equalize everybody down to the same stats anyway?

kftgr

@RocketChump:

cheater

dunetiger reads kotaku, seems pleased

I was gonna buy Castle Crashers this weekend, but now I shall wait for the title update. I wanna see those Spore reviews though cause that might make me visit Walmart Saturday night at 12:01...

Skinney

I was about to buy some MS points for Castle Crashers this weekend, but hearing about the problems, I'll just wait for the update. I will see how the Spore reviews turn out though...

Skinney