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Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom is an action RPG in which players will explore vast and randomly generated maps, while battling groups of monsters attacking from all directions. As the game progresses, the heroes will find increasingly advanced and spectacular ways to defeat enemies using new weapons and learning new abilities. Players can even create their own arsenal by combining existing weapons and enhancements.
In Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom gamers will travel through dark and twisted alternate dimensions. The beautifully detailed environments in this innovative action RPG include: a forest, a lava cave, and icy wastelands, a European palace, and inside a large creature. Players can also access each character?s dream world to add quests for new abilities and discover more about the alternate dimensions. This surreal fantasy set in ever-changing environments pits players? characters against swarms of demented creatures from the depths of the Dark Dimension. New characters offer unique weapons of choice:
Choose from a cast of six unique characters with different combat styles and abilities. Experiment with more than 50 abilities, 60 enhancements and a vast combination of weapons, abilities and spells. Characters will evolve and mutate at the hands of the Dark Dimension as the game progresses:
Learn each individual?s strengths, utilizing the numerous different types of weapons, and find, perfect, craft, and trade hundreds of weapons, accessories and abilities. Unique gameplay modes provide variety of action:
Single and multiplayer co-op modes are seamlessly merged and integrated into the story line. Gamers have the option of playing alone or recruiting additional players to continue their quest, without switching modes, via Xbox LIVE. Gamers can join their friends at any time, view their progression, and trade items. Xbox LIVE Gold account required for online multiplayer.
Product Description
Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom is an Action RPG game based on the universe of Kingdom Under Fire series. Where as the previous Kingdom Under Fire series were Action RTS titles that recreated realistic fantasy battlefields of massive scale, Circle of Doom focuses on the development of one character with easy-to-learn game system and control mechanics.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:31 am
2.0 out of 5 stars
like watching paint dry
The gameplay of KUF:COD is so slow that it makes it incredibly boring. Seriously, had the designers just doubled the pace of the fighting and ground covering alone, it would be…
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:41 am
2.0 out of 5 stars
Feels like a dumbed-down version of Dynasty Warriors
I’ve been a fan of the Kingdom Under Fire series since I played The Crusaders when it came out. As a fan of strategy games, I loved the fact that you had so many different units,…
June 3rd, 2009 at 1:55 pm
If you are looking for some co-op fun with some friends over xbox live this is a pretty good game. If you are looking for a deep and involving rpg, or the old KOF action rts forumula this isn’t the game. To me it feels like a mix between Gauntlet and Diablo.
June 3rd, 2009 at 5:03 pm
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good price, works great
Always wanted this game since I played the demo. It didn’t get high scores so I knew the price would drop like a rock so I waited.
June 3rd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
3.0 out of 5 stars
ahm…..cool….i guess
well it’s fun at the beginning but in the middle of the game u’ll feel bored cause there’s NOTHING NEW in this game ,story is soooo slow ,game play not the best “makes u get bored…
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:22 pm
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
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:21 pm
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
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:33 pm
1.0 out of 5 stars
COULD have been good….
I wanted to like this game SO much. There are a lot of things done right in KUF, but ultimately, it was not enough.
June 4th, 2009 at 2:55 am
1.0 out of 5 stars
What the heck were they thinking?
I bought this game thinking it would be like the previous “Kingdom Under Fire” games. Alas, that was an idiotic assumption.
June 4th, 2009 at 8:21 am
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Graphics and Good Story…a little boring.
I bought this for my husband because I read the reviews of the game.
We love the graphics, the ability to search for items (armor, coins, health potions, etc).
June 4th, 2009 at 11:13 am
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great game
This game is actually really fun once you start playing it online and pumping your hero up. Most people that put a bad review about this game has no sence of mind.
June 4th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
1.0 out of 5 stars
Complete garbage
I can’t believe that this is the second game in a series. It seems that a group of incredibly lazy developers fished this out of their toilets to cash in on a popular first…
June 4th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
2.0 out of 5 stars
Well…
It seems to me that the realm of button mashing games is coming to a halt, (not an end) and this game is exactly that.