The Cursed Crusade

1. ClassicRPM

   May 16, 2015

   10

   This game is extremely underrated. It was great fun.
   Story: Nothing special, but it is decent enough to want to know what happens next. TheThis game is extremely underrated. It was great fun.
   Story: Nothing special, but it is decent enough to want to know what happens next. The character Esteban Noviembre is pretty much a stereotype... But he's funny, and you don't mind.
   Gameplay: A very nice swordfighting game, with many kinds of weapons (long sword, short sword and shield, double sword, axe, maze, etc.) and combos (many combos for each style of fighting). It has a very nice split-screen coop, one of the most fun of the generation, in my opinion.
   Sound: Quite decent soundtrack, it even includes a link to download the music of the game online. That's a very nice detail! Sound effects are nice, the voice acting is credible (english voices only).
   Length: Around 7-8 hours, with three different difficulties. It also has collectables, and you improve your character with combos and other features, which enables customization and tricks you to keep playing to improve your character to the 100%.
   
   The only negative point I found was that it ends in a cliffhanger, since a sequel was probably going to be developed but it never came out. So it makes the player wonder what would happen next (e.g. Shenmue II...)… Expand

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2. Paramorp45

   Apr 14, 2023

   9

   Ich denke dieses Spiel hat seinen schlechten Ruf verdient, ich meine die Technik ist ein graus, es ist ein super hässliches Spiel und dasIch denke dieses Spiel hat seinen schlechten Ruf verdient, ich meine die Technik ist ein graus, es ist ein super hässliches Spiel und das Gameplay ist total repetitiv und trotzdem gebe ich diesem Spiel eine 9, warum? Ganz einfach, es macht mir, persönlich, unfassbar viel Spaß. Anfangen tue ich mal beim Gameplay, dieses bittet nicht wirklich viel, bis auf Kämpfen und das ist der Punkt, denn das Kampfsystem gefällt mir einfach nur. Es ist jetzt nichts Bahnbrechend neues und klaut sich eigentlich alles nur von anderen Spielen und trotzdem funktioniert es auf seine Weise gut genug um mich bei der Stange zu halten. Jetzt die Technik, und das ist glaube ich der Punkt wo sich nicht drüber streiten lässt wie schlecht diese ist, doch ich kann es ignorieren, da das für mich kein wirklich wichtiger Punkt, doch für viele andere scheinbar schon, da ich manchmal das Gefühl bekomme das, dass Spiel nur aufgrund von dieser schlechte Bewertungen bekommt, doch da verstehe ich Kritiker einfach nicht, da bspw. Pokemon Scarlet/Violet eine 72 beim Metascore hat und dieses Spiel auch abseits von den ganzen Bugs Technisch einfach furchtbar ist und repetitiv ist es auch, ach Entschuldigung ganz vergessen ist ja Pokemon, also 10/10, beste Spiele die, die Welt je gesehen hat.
   Und jetzt kommt glaube ich der größte Hottake dieser Review, ich mag die Story...Ja ich weiß sie ist nichts besonderes, doch ich mag die Chemie der beiden Hauptcharaktere sehr und auch ihre Reise die sie durchleben. The Cursed Crusade wird den wenigsten gefallen, beziehungsweise hat den wenigsten gefallen, doch ich finde das wenn einen die oben beschriebenen Sachen nicht stören sollte man es sich noch einmal ansehen, vor allem weil man es Heutzutage für sehr wenig Geld erstatten kann.… Expand

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4. StarLord6713

   Jun 14, 2015

   9

   This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I dont agree with the other crtics.I play alot of co-op games and have seen my share of them.I own 72 Xbox 360 games.The combinations and with the Templars curse is crazy cool.You able to upgrade skills which greatly effects youre game play.I read one guy's weapons kept breaking,lol if you upgrade youre weapon mastery it wouldn't be a problem,but for any others that enjoy co-op games you should get this game.All the finshing moves will keep you hooked.I'll be first in line when the second comes out.
   P.S. more checkpoints wouldn't hurt… Expand

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5. SpartanEdge

   May 7, 2014

   5

   The game has an interesting concept, that of a Co-Op enabled third person action fighting story based game set during the Crusades. It alsoThe game has an interesting concept, that of a Co-Op enabled third person action fighting story based game set during the Crusades. It also has the foundations for an interesting combat mechanic, but unfortunately the application doesn't realise the concept well enough. While it plays quite well, there's an odd mechanic where when you block an opponents attack, you both go into some weird frozen pose with them while the game waits for you to press a button prompt. This might have been okay if it was occaasional, but it happens ALL the time during combat and gets old fast, and is certainly not the better for it as it destroys any flow of the fight. While its great that there's so many weapon and shield varations and combos, such as single handed, single handed with shield, duel wielding, two handed weapons, crossbow etc, the method of selecting weapons using the D-pad, including the diagonals, isn't ideal and ultimately a bit hit and miss, that can have you literally floundering to get the weapons you want equipped in the heat of battle..
   
   There's a couple of other apects to the game that let it down a bit, such as the dreadful music and buges that were never fixed, such as everytime you load the game, you have to turn all the music and sound effects up, because they always revert to zero when you turn the game off, it never saves your preferences or even has them turned up by default, which was very poor.
   
   There is some enjoymant to be had from the game. I like the fact that in Co-Op it's split screen(Online Co-Op is also available),and there's some nice/satisfying touches, such as when you and your partner perform a joint finish move, the screen goes full screen while you perform them.
   
   There will be people who enjoy this game, and i can see why they would, but the game could have benefitted more time in development and a bigger budget to see the concept polished and properly realised, but as it is, despite its ability to give some degree of entertainment, for its faults and imperfections it gets a 5.… Expand

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6. Kermie

   Apr 25, 2012

   2

   Aside from some interesting concepts and interesting character progression, this game is a mess. Laughable dialogue, absolutely ridiculousAside from some interesting concepts and interesting character progression, this game is a mess. Laughable dialogue, absolutely ridiculous and incoherent story, stupid characters, totally broken combat, abominable effects...This game is just in shambles. It has some interesting ideas, but the execution is just...oh man...terrible.… Expand

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7. Basem101

   Aug 24, 2013

   1

   unplayable game in every way the graphics are not good the camera and game play are so terrible i don't know what were the developersunplayable game in every way the graphics are not good the camera and game play are so terrible i don't know what were the developers thinking when they were making this game… Expand

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8. Nghtnm

   May 2, 2022

   0

   Игра плоха абсолютно по всем параметрам: графика, сюжет, геймплей, гейм-дизайн, система прокачки и , самое главное, «потрясающая» камера.Игра плоха абсолютно по всем параметрам: графика, сюжет, геймплей, гейм-дизайн, система прокачки и , самое главное, «потрясающая» камера. Сразу видно, что была проделана скрупулёзная работа над тем, чтобы играть с каждым шагом хотелось все меньше.
   Игра может заставить играть в себя исключительно ради того, чтобы доказать, что в ней подразумевался геймплей в принципе.
   Вообщем, плоская, однообразная, абсолютно лишенная всякой уникальности, собранная на коленке поделка, не способная называться игрой.… Expand

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