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Friday Night Fights: Crashing Castles edition photo

What a week this has been. PAX and Castle Crashers coming at us back to back? Talk about a win-win situation -- unless, of course, the former prevented you from becoming intimate with the latter.

While Castle Crasher's netcode remains bothersome, that's not to say it'll be impossible to get a few Destructoid groups going. The key word here is persistence.

If you're eager to tackle the entire campaign from start to finish with a level one character, you've come to the right place. I'm not sure about the rest of you, but I have already invested 20+ hours in CC and I am still antsy just thinking about it.

[Thanks, AgentMOO, EuroFNF, insomnia, Mushman, randombullseye, and Y0j1mb0]

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    sloganpwns's Avatar
    sloganpwns at 08/29/2008 18:44
    im down for some castle crashers but am only lvl 13. not sure how the online works either, will i miss some lvls if i just join online?
    vexed alex's Avatar
    vexed alex at 08/29/2008 18:44
    ;_;

    Hey...I'm hosting too...

    With prizes!
    casualweaponry's Avatar
    casualweaponry at 08/29/2008 18:44
    I said I would play CC earlier, but can't partake tonight. Working overtime so that I can afford all of these games this holiday season :)

    Add me anyway:
    GT: casualweaponry
    PSN: casualweaponry
    Steam: casualweaponry
    pumpy's Avatar
    pumpy at 08/29/2008 18:47
    man, still waiting on my console to come back from microsoft. i got the three rings of death a couple weeks ago. :(
    Danmartigan's Avatar
    Danmartigan at 08/29/2008 18:48
    Wow PAX is cereal. I think I hear crickets... anyway, have some tasty copy pasta I wrote earlier.

    If you want to share weapons in Castle Crashers:

    1) Drop your weapon buy picking up a new one from a treasure chest or loot drop
    2) Have someone else pick up the new weapon and once they touch it, they can access it at the frog.
    3) Repeat step one if someone else wants it, or if you want to give it back to the person who dropped it for you.

    But be careful though if you aren't a high enough level the weapon will just disappear and go back to the frog.

    4) Pork chop sandwiches!

    I'm up for some CC too, GT: Danmartigan
    Fleet3000's Avatar
    Fleet3000 at 08/29/2008 18:51
    be very, VERY careful about playing online. i don't know what i did, but somehow, all my weapons and pets were erased from my characters after playing an online match. my character data was ok, but i have no idea what the F-CK happened to everything else.
    morkuma's Avatar
    morkuma at 08/29/2008 18:52
    i'm up for some because i'm angry at my wifes fellow employees making her work while they go to PAX
    gt: morkuma
    Krow's Avatar
    Krow at 08/29/2008 18:54
    God I havn't played Freelancer in a while. I think I'd be willing to join if we could get a few others.
    morkuma's Avatar
    morkuma at 08/29/2008 18:57
    @morkuma. you forgot to mention that it was CastleCrashers that you wanted to play
    Tino's Avatar
    Tino at 08/29/2008 19:00
    Hey i'm down for castle crashers...when are we playing?

    Gamertag: ItsTheTino
    superbeefy2050's Avatar
    superbeefy2050 at 08/29/2008 19:01
    Supabeef is down for some..... CASTLE CRASHERS!!!
    Yea, no more COD4 (for now). I'll be on around 9 - 9:30 est, so come look for me.

    Gamertag: Superbeefy2050
    Stahlbrand's Avatar
    Stahlbrand at 08/29/2008 19:04
    Hey, OT but, anybody have any good Castle Crasher desktops in the 1600-1680 range or larger?
    Holyetheline's Avatar
    Holyetheline at 08/29/2008 19:06
    Sounds like a good time.
    Krow's Avatar
    Krow at 08/29/2008 19:09
    Also, Castle Crashers GT: Clumsybigfoot
    Starman's Avatar
    Starman at 08/29/2008 19:11
    yeah ill be up for some in a bit
    dunno what happened last time beefy lol...

    GT: Boshiz
    FiveStar's Avatar
    FiveStar at 08/29/2008 19:12
    Castle Crashers sounds great.

    GT: Afrodium
    Druid 01's Avatar
    Druid 01 at 08/29/2008 19:13
    sign me up for some castle crashers. GT:DiabeticWrath


    also, if we have a lot of people playing who already beat the game maybe we can set up some people to go through on insane made together. idk
    ZekeThePlumber's Avatar
    ZekeThePlumber at 08/29/2008 19:13
    I'll be around for Castle Crashers and possibly Warhawk:

    PSN: ZekeThePlumber
    GT: Zeke7hePlumber (note the seven)
    Sharpless's Avatar
    Sharpless at 08/29/2008 19:14
    Um, excuse me, have you even TRIED to play Castle Crashers online? Don't even bother. Seriously. It won't work. Just go play CoD or something.
    ZekeThePlumber's Avatar
    ZekeThePlumber at 08/29/2008 19:53
    I think I'm beginning to see the irony of the name of Castle Crashers.
    aj2good4you2's Avatar
    aj2good4you2 at 08/29/2008 19:55
    @ sharpless

    it just depends on ur luck i guess. i couldnt get any games to work on launch day but i havent been kicked out of a game all day,just got finished playing 3hrs straight. so it is possible just not very common it seems. :/
    Sharpless's Avatar
    Sharpless at 08/29/2008 20:12
    That said, I want to play Castle Crashers now. Adversarius. Hit me.
    michiyoyoshiku's Avatar
    michiyoyoshiku at 08/29/2008 20:16
    any game where animals shit themselves in fear is awesome
    SR388's Avatar
    SR388 at 08/29/2008 20:46
    I am up for some castle crahing!

    GT- Metroid SR388
    sloganpwns's Avatar
    sloganpwns at 08/29/2008 21:03
    Ah forgot to put my GT... sloganpwns

    I'm definatly trying to do some coop too cuz soloing is starting to get hard.
    Satans Garbageman's Avatar
    Satans Garbageman at 08/29/2008 21:20
    I'd be interested in a Freelancer server.
    KMCC's Avatar
    KMCC at 08/29/2008 21:27
    RRoD...
    AgentMOO's Avatar
    AgentMOO at 08/29/2008 21:44
    AMMO Launchin'
    BonfireAg03's Avatar
    BonfireAg03 at 08/29/2008 21:53
    "Have fun storming the castle, boys!"

    GT: BonfireAg03
    GrumpyTurtle's Avatar
    GrumpyTurtle at 08/29/2008 21:54
    I'm playing right now if anyone is interested

    GT: GrumpyTurtle
    Alexradl's Avatar
    Alexradl at 08/29/2008 22:46
    COD was fun. Also, Ron sucks. Yeah, that's right, Ron, you suck.
    The-Excel's Avatar
    The-Excel at 08/29/2008 22:51
    SteamID: TheExcel

    How does Team Fortress 2 work around here?
    fetusmilk's Avatar
    fetusmilk at 08/29/2008 22:58
    i need castle crashers but dont have a gold membership. so gay microsoft. charging for online game play. pc has done it free for years, ps3 does it. gay. just gay.
    Unicorn's Avatar
    Unicorn at 08/30/2008 00:12
    fucking castle crashers online is fucking broken. i can't get on. wtf
    randombullseye's Avatar
    randombullseye at 08/30/2008 00:43
    We came so very close to doing a full play through of Castle Crashers. Made it all the way to the final level. We gained and lost people along the way sure, but for the most part it was the same four guys.

    Once these server issues are resolved Castle Crasher's is going to be even more amazing.
    Tubatic's Avatar
    Tubatic at 08/30/2008 01:41
    Castle Crasher awesome confirmed! Best tip is to start a room and invite people you know. That will at least start you off moderately well.

    Might even be good to go back to the map between level, to make sure things get saved.

    Happy Crashing!
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