8/23/2023 0 Comments All battleblock theater cutscenes![]() ![]() This is all in addition to an incredible co-op mode that respecs the single player levels to account for another “inmate” and can be played either on the couch or via LIVE. While each game type has its own unique variation and twist, the action remains accessible, addictive and reminiscent of games like Super Smash Bros. ![]() With more than ten different multiplayer game types (including an amazing “King of the Hill“ throwback that is reminiscent of schoolyard behavior), virtually every gamer to try BBT will find a mode to enjoy with friends, enemies, and frenemies. In addition to the single player mode, BBT also features one of the most unique and comprehensive multiplayer suites to grace the Xbox LIVE Arcade. For those seeking a more psychotic robust challenge, BBT also features an “Insane Mode” which jacks up the difficulty to levels that might make loved ones fear for your controllers, if not your television and the walls of your gaming room. The game does feature frustration peaks and spikes that start around chapter four or five… and that’s on “Normal Mode“. While the difficulty does scale up rapidly, the challenges never feel insurmountable. The same rules of the previous scenes and acts apply, but a rigid timer clocks down mercilessly as Stamper’s comedically excellent commentary urges you on and/or chides your failure. The coup de grace of each chapter is the finale, a time trial of intense difficulty. The in-game store also features a trading room that allows co-op partners and multiplayer combatants to trade heads and weapons. Balls of yarn can be exchanged for weapons that run the gamut from a Frisbee-land mine all the way to a floating acid bubble and a sticky-dart gun. There are four head shape subsets, each stocked with a plethora of different looks which allow you to make your prisoner almost as unique as you. At the end of each three-scene act, gamers are given access to an in-game store where gems can be used to “unlock” other prisoners, allowing for more customization options. As you might imagine, the combination of increasingly-difficult platforming along with the pressure of a final grade can make BBT a nerve-wracking challenge that may leave a controller or two with a few nicks and dents from frustrated outbursts. As scenes, acts, and chapters gradually increase in difficulty, acquiring all of the gems and balls of string becomes more onerous, not to mention doing so in an acceptable time frame to nail the coveted A++ grade. ![]() Bare in mind, three is just the minimum, as each level contains several more that (along with balls of string and the occasional golden hat bonus) can be collected to raise one’s final grade. The goal of each level is to acquire (at least) three green gems to unlock the exit. Each chapter’s three acts (and their subsequent three scenes) present winding and twisting challenges that gradually increase in difficulty and complexity. Throughout the eight chapters of the campaign, your (highly-customizable) character will be put through platforming rigors that will have many gamers flashing back to the days of the video games’ punishing eight and sixteen bit ancestors. Welcome to BattleBlock Theater Achievements, the latest game from the hilariously twisted minds of The Behemoth. You don’t know what kind of chocolates the box holds, but you can guess that there’s going to be those delicious caramel-filled ones of happiness and joy that are chocked full of the chopped peanuts of wonder and merriment and that these precious nuggets of golden sunshine will occasionally be interspersed with the orange cream-filled ones of sadness and despair like a million rainy days and the ooey-gooey ones that contain a mysterious, gross substance of hot, boiling rage that builds inside of you like the earth-ripping eruption of the great Vesuvius, riling your insides until you’re ready to rip the box seam-from-seam, curse the name of the developer, and swear vengeance upon their houses, their parent’s houses, their parents’ parents‘ houses, their children’s houses, but not their children’s children’s houses… children should not be having children of their own… much less mortgages. BattleBlock Theater Xbox Game Studios Online Co-op Review Game review Platformer Jonathan Barnes Every once in a while a developer comes along and gives you a game that’s like a box of chocolates.
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