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"The Most Boring Game Ever"
i bought this game from ebgames. i played it for 20 minutes and took it back to the store. i was playing the tutorial and i had to take it back. this game really gets boring. this game is not even worth renting. you will get bored with this game. if youre the type of player that likes arcade style. then "rent" this game. its not worth $60. and when you do rent it. you will take the game back. this game is a shocker. i want to meet the people that rated this game 5 stars because these people must get amused easily. i cant even rate this game. it just sucked. even the "hacking and slashing" was bad. it was just a major killer on the 360. i cannot rate this game because of boredom

"Well...I'll never get that hour of my life back."
I've made fun of trendy hipster MAC using tree-huggers in previous reviews...but on this game I must agree with them.

For shame the amount of pollution that was released into the atmosphere because of this game. How horrible that it will all be in the landfill someday where it belongs.

I rented this Jewel of the Vile for free (thank God) from my little brother's game collection. He handed it to me and said, "Here...this one isn't...uh...it isn't really my thing."

"Thing?" He's only 16 so hasn't really mastered the use of the English language, so I can't blame him for being unable to eloquently describe the putrid nature of this game. Therefore, I will help him voice his opinion.

I was only able to sit and play this for about an hour. I kept waiting for the game to improve...but it never did. What accent is that on the vampire character? I suppose when it came to the voice acting that they couldn't afford a guy that sounded Transylvanian...they had to go for an American guy who -Vas taulkinguh like he vas an eeeevil scienteest goinguh to blow up zee vorld!-. The best part was when he called the idol of greed "fatty".

Also...what is wrong with this world's populations' pelvises? Leonardo stood like he was in a permanant state of humping or was beginning to bloat. Do the undead bloat in this world? I kept waiting for him to spike one giant chunk of his hair and say, "It's time for a little demon cleansing, I MUST SAY!" (Old Saturday Night Live reference for those of you too young to remember Martin Short's character Ed Grimley.)


I have never played the other Kingdom of Fire games...but (if I've heard correctly) they were more strategy-based. The makers should really have stuck to strategy...because whatever style this is simply sucks.

You run around...trying to find monsters to train your skills...which never happened for me. I got one spell but after that single spell (Heal) it seemed impossible. The vampire character (Lenny...or Lactate...something) is trying to mutate to become as strong as Rufus(...or was it Randy...?). It was fun in an oldschool Gauntlet at the arcade kind of way. After pegging the upteen-thousandth little scorpion with my Kunai of Frost and Wounding and Shrieking and Making Toast, however, I simply lost interest.

Basically...if you can get the game for free then have at it! It will at least fill up a little bit more space on your shelf so that when people come over they look at your games and say, "Wow! You've got a lot of games!" Other than that...get something else.

"Fun at first and then...."
The games seem good for a while and then it just never changes. The spells are almost Impossible to get and if you do theres no needed the whole battel system is not needed, its just hack & slash. Overall the game just gets boring

"Nice graphics and Co-Op, Poor Gameplay and Story"
This review was written by my son, James Shea

A radical departure from the rest of the Kingdom Under Fire series, "Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom" changes the series from a RTS game with some hack-and-slash elements to a pure hack-and-slash.

First, some history: Kingdom Under Fire started as a PC game that was basically another Warcraft clone. Later, it moved to the Xbox with KUF: Crusaders and KUF: Heroes, which had a really unique system - most of the time it was strategy, used from a third-person perspective from your different platoons, but when you got into melee with your leader's group you would take control of your leader and hack-and-slash your way through the crowd. This helped you win battles that would otherwise find you outmatched.

In Circle of Doom, the series has moved entirely to that Hack-and-Slash mechanic. There are six characters, all of whom are from previous KUF games (4 from the Xbox titles, and 2 from the original PC one). These characters differ in their speed, their strength, and the types of weapons they can use. In the beginning, five characters are available, with one more being unlockable. Their storylines mostly revolve around their disappearances at the end of their respective games - now they are in a new realm, devoid of humans besides themselves. The only characters in the "real world" are the three idols that you encounter at rest points. These act as the game's merchants, selling you different gear depending on which idol is there (the bubbly Idol of Love, the dark and shrouded Idol of Death, and the Buddha-like Idol of Greed.) Furthermore, you can fall asleep at rest points, and in your dreams you will be transported to the Realm of Darkness, a subdimension that holds the dead spirits of the game's other characters. These spirits are also recognizable from previous games. They assign quests, teach abilities, and provide general story information. Other than those two minor sources, there is almost no story or interaction in the game.

The gameplay should be at least the redeeming part to the game, but for the most part it's not. Swinging a weapon requires "SP", or "Stamina Points", which recharge naturally. This means that most of your hack-and-slash actions will be punctuated by waiting for your stamina to recharge. This really takes you out of the game and is downright frustrating most of the time. There are lots of magical abilities to be learned, and this requires not just leveling up but also doing quests (most often "kill X number of this type of enemy"). For the most part, the gameplay lacks a lot of the combo attacks and excitement that the Xbox games held in their hack-and-slash sections. It's also possible to do a co-op mode with up to four people over Xbox Live, using head

The graphics are without a doubt the game's best part. The characters - friend and foe - are all really detailed and textured, and all the effects are really fantastic. The lighting, especially, looks fantastic. The environments - including a forest, a ruined city, and an underground area - are all rendered impressively, with lots of little details and side parts. Blood - which can be turned on or off - is shown as artistic sprays of color. The music is also very haunting and beautiful, conveying the sense of a dead, empty world. The voice acting isn't great, but it comes up so infrequently that it doesn't matter.

As a whole, this game has a lot going for it (the graphics and the co-op option being the main two) but also a lot more not going for it (the gameplay, the lack of story, the comparison of this game to other KUF games). Even as a hack-and-slash, it's not a whole lot of fun. It seems like a lot of wasted effort on the parts of the development team.

Rating: 6/10

"A blast with four friends!"
This game is just average, or OK if you go it alone through campaign, but where the game shines is its CO-OP gameplay. This is similiar to what Oblivion could have been had you been able to unite with friends online. If Oblivion etc is not your bag, then not for you.