Deciding when to use each weapon is a big part of the strategy, but a bigger part is blocking.
While on the battle field you have an arsenal of three different weapons that you choose before each match, these consist of a short-range weapon, a medium-range weapon, and a long-range weapon. The first thing you'll notice is that you lose a lot of health when you get hit, and it makes sense that you should because it's unlikely that you are going to get bludgeoned 30 times by a horse jaw tomahawk and still win a fight. The actual combat in the game is a lot of fun, and there is certainly some difficulty in adjusting to fighting. NEVER do this because if you haven't assembled some kind of skill by that point in time you will die immediately and likely become extremely frustrated. I just wanted to screw around so I set it to Deadliest. I was curious to see what other difficulties there were so I went back into the options and realized that they had three to choose from: Normal, Hard, and Deadliest.
I got pumped because I thought it would still be challenging, but it turns out I was wrong - Normal mode is like drowning-kittens easy. The game's difficulty comes pre-set on Hard Mode, so I went into the "Help & Options" option and I changed the difficulty to Normal. One huge thing I realized when I booted up my first match was just how badly I was getting beat by the CPUs. One thing I found odd about the campaign was the fact that the same warriors would eventually fight each other, I mean doesn't that defeat the purpose of fighting to see who the "Deadliest Warrior" is? I mean if a Ninja and a Ninja square off that just means that 100% of the time a Ninja will be the Deadliest Warrior, but you quickly overcome this minor inconsistency because you unlock new armor when you kill him, err. Beating these different challenges unlocks new weapons, but if you screw up on one then tough deal, you will have to go through with the same warrior to try again. There are also bonus challenges along the path to become the Deadliest Warrior, such as "Cut up all the pig carcasses" and "Slice this guy's limbs off" which are based off of the show's testing methods. There are different fighters at different symbols placed on the map and you continually progress until you kill each warrior. This mode is laid out in a fashion similar to that of Super Smash Bros. Yeah, the stages are pretty great, but there are only five of them! You start off with four stages including The Ampitheatre, Jungle Temple, Castle Courtyard, and Bamboo Sanctuary, while you unlock the Fight Lab by going through the campaign.Īfter I got my bearing I went into the Arcade Mode. The Bamboo Sanctuary has bamboo that you can cut down and the Fight Lab features rotting pig carcasses that you can chop in half or knock off of their meat hooks. The stages included in the game are beautiful and some even have different key points that players can interact with. However, you certainly won't think the classes are that balanced when you first start playing because the Ninja and Apache will take you to school and have you swearing relentlessly at your television and maybe some unfortunate family members. Characters that carry shields are slower but take a lot less damage when they block, armored warriors can take a considerable amount more damage, and warriors that have no armor are incredibly fast and as a result can tear off most of your limbs before you hit the ground. All of the warriors have different strengths and weaknesses and for the most part the classes are pretty balanced. There are a total of eight to choose from including the Ninja, Spartan, Viking, Knight, Pirate, Samurai, Apache, and Centurian. The first thing I did when I booted up the game for the first time was check out all of the different warriors.
I was - and still am - a huge fan of the show, and a game based on the premise of famous warriors throughout history killing each other to see who the strongest sounded like a lot of fun - I wasn't wrong. Short Version: Deadliest Warrior: The Game is one of the most gruesome and thoroughly enjoyable games on the Xbox Live Market Place, but the game is overly simplistic and doesn't stir up enough variation to keep me playing it into next week.Īfter a hands-on with Deadliest Warrior: The Game at E3, I was genuinely excited for the title.
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