Hey, if you pony up some more, you can now buy the full game!

Jim Reilly

@dowingba: It's a big complaint with the game so far. Can be really iffy in that regard.

onidavin

gah. They've done a beautiful katamari....Locked DLC made before the game is released. I would prefer DLC to be something the devs make after the game release. Y'know, so you know you're getting everything when you buy the game.

Ahmunnaeetchoo

I want to play as Tom Fulp and Dan Paladin.

TheHeartless

Whoot sounds awesome.

NightMystic

@Duoae: You can try it for free.

Anyway was anyone else annoyed by the weird hitbox in this game? I realize they're 2D sprites but usually the hitbox in these types of games gives you a little bit of vertical distance so it doesn't feel like trying to line up two pieces of paper to touch end to end.

dowingba

Hmmm. DLC? I'm tempted to try the game but it's not winning me over... what with the ridiculously long development time and release bugs and now DLC that seems like very little and will probably cost at least $5... I'll wait and see.

Duoae

Hopefully their abilities are actually significantly different from the rest of the gang. Crossing my fingers!

onidavin

want new levels no new useful stuff

nemes1s

I've finished the game a few times and levelled up a couple of characters, the only kind of DLC that interests me is new levels. Why bother paying to play the same thing again with a different character with a new sword for like the seventh time? I loved the game, I'd just like to see more substantial DLC.

Verge

Woot. Lovin this game. Can't wait to see what else they release as DLC

@TheHeartless: So true. I'd love to play them. Or, hell, if they'd bring in the actual Players 1 & 2 (alex & ryan, if you will) from River City Ransom, my life would be complete..

WildWon

I can't get past the lava level :(

3inst3in

@Ahmunnaeetchoo: I have no problem with launch-day DLC. From what I'm reading on the blog, it was always intended to be DLC, and quite frankly the game is fun enough and probably wouldn't be significantly more fun had they been included with the game itself. It's a nice touch for people who are interested.

Basically, we already HAVE everything. This is an after-dinner cup of coffee.

LoopyChew

Eh, while I love the game I'm not sure about paying for DLC just for two new characters and a new weapon. I havn't unlocked all the characters/found all the weapons yet as it is. If it's free, well, no complaints. Otherwise there's other titles that I'd rather spend my money on.

deadjesterx

Eh, it's like $15. Seriously this game is AWESOME for $15 just for the offline play. It will be even better when they fix the online.

Caowyth

Aren't the King, Necromancer, and Chainsaw available already? I thought I remember reading about them...

TRT-X

I wanted to love this game so much. It had so much potential and we all waited oh so long to play it. On day 1 myself and a nice sized group of my buddies all snatched it up...only to be slapped in the face by the absolutely unacceptable online playability issues.

I fear now that by the time they release a patch for this we will all be far too burned out on it after being forced to play the single-player/local-multiplayer modes for so long. Not to mention the fact that we'll probably all be consumed with Fable 2, Fallout 3, LittleBigPlanet, Left4Dead, etc.

They dropped the ball on this one in a huge, huge way. And now to announce future DLC (which I'm assuming they will want more of my money for) before they even have the game working-as-intended...sigh...I don't even know what to say about it. Pretty incredible.

Sandvich

I'd like them to put the Alien in as well, since some of us don't own Alien Hominoid (or whatever).

chenry

@Sandvich: "And now to announce future DLC (which I'm assuming they will want more of my money for) before they even have the game working-as-intended...sigh...I don't even know what to say about it. Pretty incredible."

You're making incorrect assumptions. Go read the linked article. The DLC was leaked by an anonymous third party, and they're saying that bug fixing is going to come first.

@Verge: Yeah, I don't have much interest in leveling up every single unlockable character as it is. Fun for a few of them, but more levels would be much, much more desirable DLC to me.

Toasticus

@TheHeartless: Haha me too. I love it when in the beginning of the game their characters give each other a high five.

kojirodensetsu

Unless it's free, a weapon and two characters has no interest at all.

Valshar

@Sandvich: "I fear now that by the time they release a patch for this we will all be far too burned out on it after being forced to play the single-player/local-multiplayer modes for so long. Not to mention the fact that we'll probably all be consumed with Fable 2, Fallout 3, LittleBigPlanet, Left4Dead, etc."

I completely agree.. I've been trying to get my buddies to play but I don't want them to spend 20 bucks on a game when we can't even play online. I bought the game and played it a bunch for the first couple of days, and I've been holding off since I want to finish it with friends.

It's very unfortunate, because considering how many people downloaded this game, it's very bad publicity for the Behemoth that they released the game at this price and it doesn't even have online working, AND they're already talking about DLC.

Also, WAR is coming out in a couple weeks as well :) There goes at least one of my friends.

gfyjo

I really haven't had any problems with CC, 2 weeks ago I played through the whole game 2P and it was fine. A few days ago I played through it 3P and was fine up until the ending credits where the Host & I both clicked the guide button and it ending the session. Other than that the game works very well.

I don't think i'll be getting DLC tho.

Teamwork Takedown

@3inst3in:

You mean the handpuppet dragon boss? That one is tough, I leveled up a little more and stocked up on sandwiches before trying it again. Probably not the recommended way to pass this boss but I jumped and pressed Y a lot to finally beat the dragon (although he'll knock you down a few times with his fire breath).

Didn't help that I played with the Alien the first run-through, no upgrading weapons or impressive magic and such.

JakeDunn

The IGN guy who did a video review of CC is shown using the chainsaw in the video. hahaha.

CCCombobreaker

@Toasticus: I see. Point taken. Their hand was forced by a leak and they had to announce this DLC prematurely. They still announced it on their blog so my comment stands.

I'll admit that the whole Castle Crashers fiasco has left me pretty bitter so I'm probably a little quick to the guns. But really, they still haven't even apologized that their game didn't work.

I know how silly it sounds for me to bitch about it. I'm a grown-ass-man, and it's only $15...but because I'm a grown-ass-man with a house payment and two car payments and insurance and taxes and blahblahblah bills to pay, I don't buy/play very many games...I'm really picky. So when I'm taken by a bad game it stings even more. They came back from PAX and basically said "Sorry our blog was down. Thanks for buying our game. Some people said it doesn't work but it works when we play it. Oh, and by the way - we broke a bunch of XBLA sales records!"

I know the game is fun as a single player game but that's not why I bought it, and that's definitely not how it was marketed.

Anywhoskis...hopefully they will get it fixed in time for me to squeeze a few more hours of joy out of it before the flood of games hits this holiday.

Sorry for the rant. I love you all.

Sandvich

@LoopyChew:
i dunno, the fact is that they're going to charge for this 'extra' stuff when they could have just released it with the game. It's prob not worth buying but it's the thought that sucks. imagine if all future games decide to split their game up to create 'DLC' (actually just a way of unlocking stuff that is already on the disc), like fable 2 for example. so way pay £40 for the game and then like £5 for every other bit....

Ahmunnaeetchoo

Is it confirmed that they will be charging extra for this new content? I was under the assumption that new stuff for XBLA games would only be directly patched into the game as a mandatory update, free of charge.

BulletzBill

@3inst3in: Try the sandvich! These ones don't come with 120 health but they'll make quick work of the boss. You also need to use them on the mini-boss to do any dmg.

@Ahmunnaeetchoo: Castle Crashers was completely completed way back in May and from what I can tell they started working on the DLC after the game was complete and going through MS cert. It was discovered by IGN I believe on the test servers and leaked while said DLC was being tested.

@BulletzBill: Uhh they haven't said if they're charging yet. And DLC for arcade games is nothing new. It typically costs money as well so I don't know where you got the free DLC for arcade games theory from.

cheesecake000

@BulletzBill: There has already been paid DLC for XBLA games. Uno, for example.

Kazzahdrane

Ah, I did not know paid DLC existed for XBLA games, guess i don't browse the marketplace enough. But if the Behemoth charges for this I doubt I'd pay. Think the only thing I would pay for is new levels/map additions or game modes.

BulletzBill

I just spent about 4 hours playing, so I think it's safe to say that I want as much of this game as I can get my hands on.

TrjnRabbit

Ah so maybe now we will get the lollipop weapon as well.
Getting bored of CC a little, perhaps once they fix online I'll find some buddies to help go through the rest of Insane. Killing the troll alone was a pain in the backside (3-4 hours worth), that made me karate chop my 360 so hard the 'O' out of 'XBOX' on the top popped out.

Pudgey

Ahh, so that screenshot circulating a week or so ago wasn't a photoshop?

copyboy

@TrjnRabbit: I definitely agree! I can't stop playing. I'm excited about the chainsaw. Totally cute =P

terraziracer

I downloaded this because of all the great reviews it was getting and the fact that my son and I love Alien Hominid. He played Castle Crashers all weekend and when I asked him if he liked the game he said "No, I adore it!" Needless to say he's gonna freak when I tell him about this new DLC.

GeeBee

@Ahmunnaeetchoo: XBLA games arn't allowed to release DLC as a standalone update, the DLC has to be finished before the game is published on live. For retail games it doesn't matter when the DLC is added.

Cyborgmatt

I want them to fix the save bug. I've lost progress twice now and I'm not playing anymore until they get that fixed.

notoriousEIC

Not sure I'd pick up a new character. I'm pretty attached to the orange knight.

hagridore

@dowingba:
I have the same issue when I play the demo.
Thought it was me, but it was mentioned here on the site a little while ago. Now I'm happy it's an issue with other gamers and not just me. Not that I'm bathing in other people's problems or anything...

Oh, and I'm not going to purchase until they have the bugs fixed. Besides that, great game!

JimJD

@Cyborgmatt: Uh, no, you just made that up....take the N+ DLC for example. That was certainly made After the game was released. It was a response to how people found the original levels.

Ahmunnaeetchoo

Finally! i own this game and my 360 would freeze up when i tried to play online. It is nice to know that i am not the only one!

mr_grimster

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alice0727

Wow so The King, The Necromancer and the Chainsaw are gonna be unlockable content? I actually thought these were already in the game because of all the bullshit artists on forums, i've even seen pics of the character select screen with The King and The Necromancer.

I guess some nerds will go to any length to get their 'internet fame'. Losers.

ugh_the_boot

This is crazy' - when we were playing, my girlfriend did something unusual in the graveyard level at the beginning, and somehow she popped out the chainsaw weapon. She was excited but unfortunately it was unable to grab and it disappeared very quickly...
I think they already had the chainsaw available but decided to keep it for DLC.

King Seafoam

@JimJD: I agree. Game looks great. But I've spent way too much on XBLA games recently and this is where I'm drawing the line...for now.

dowingba