Castle Crashers is one of the most legendary co-op games on Steam. You fight as knights against nasty villains to save the world and kiss princesses. Many of you probably fired it up years ago, but now you have a reason to return. MeinMMO’s freelance author Christos has taken a close look at the DLC.
With Painters Boss Paradise, Castle Crashers delivers a new reason to dive into the world of colorful knights after 13 years. You can now create your own character and have full control over how they should look.
Behemoth, the studio behind the indie title, does not take the conventional route and implement a boring character editor, oh no. You become the editor and create your own hero using an image in any image editing software. This way, you create your perfect knight or protagonist. The possibilities are nearly limitless, as long as you behave and can provide a file in PNG format.
If you are not artistically inclined, you can access a huge collection of custom heroes on Steam. You can choose from various protagonists, including characters from other games. Naturally, I have also selected a new character. I chose the Onion Knight from Catarina, Siegward.
As Onion Through the World of Evil!
Castle Crashers is among my favorite games. The art style, the humor, the fun co-op missions – everything just fits. I had a blast back then on the Xbox 360, but none of the pre-made characters really appealed to me except Hatty.
I wanted to fight with a custom protagonist back then, whose appearance matches my taste, and after almost 17 years it is finally happening… I can now fight as the Onion Knight from Dark Souls – and you must admit, he looks damn good:
The Charm of the Game Remains Intact
Gameplay hasn’t changed much, fortunately. Besides the new character editor of the Painters, the menus and enemies in the respective missions have been adjusted. Everything looks more modern, yet Castle Crashers still retains its charming character in the missions.
The DLC is currently only available on Steam and costs €3.99 without discounts. For me, as a long-time fan who unknowingly waited for this feature, it’s a bargain I couldn’t pass up. You can now design up to 10 individual protagonists and share them with the community or keep them for yourself.
What will delight many fans is how detailed you can design your character. You can not only determine the appearance of your knight, but also the name, character image, icon, chess piece, and the magical powers as well as the weapon with shield. So really everything.
You can theoretically take existing heroes and their designs and give them the powers you’ve always wanted them to have, so they are strong even on the “Insane” difficulty. For my part, I will stick with Siegward. He looks cool, wields a greatsword, and throws flames around.
If I get bored with Siegward, I can simply switch him out. I have already secured some alternatives. These include characters like Ostrava from Boletaria (Demon’s Souls) and Solaire from Astora (Dark Souls). I can assure you: I am having fun with Castle Crashers again, even though I put hundreds of hours into it years ago. Who knows, maybe we’ll even meet on the battlefield for some Jolly Cooperation – I’m definitely in!
Steam has many more co-op games you can play with your friends. One of these games is Mage Arena. Here you can compete against other players in a wizard duel, but in the fights, you need to shout spells through your microphone. You can find out more about it here: In a new co-op game on Steam, you use your voice to cast spells, costs only €3
