King Arthur

If staying up all night screaming "Die! Die! Die!" at your TV is your idea of a good time, you can't go wrong with King Arthur.

Fresh on the heels of the King Arthur movie comes the hack-n'-slash game of the same title from Konami. Despite similarities to The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, King Arthur boasts new play mechanics that should keep thumb-mashers up into the wee hours of the morning.

Charge into Battle

At heart, King Arthur is a typical medieval hack-n'-slash adventure. You always follow a linear game path, in contrast to some other titles that feature a 360-degree playfield. The graphics are average at best when compared with other games that have come out recently. Your enemies are a homogenous group of savages, which lack variety. The difficulty level isn't exactly intimidating.

Fortunately, none of these lesser qualities keep King Arthur from being an engaging and fun game, because it does more things right than it does wrong. The controls are excellent, and the game never slows down even with hordes of savages attacking you at once. The camera angle always gives you the best possible view of the action, an important factor with this type of game.

Mount Thine Noble Steed

King Arthur shines most in the areas of horseback riding and archery. There are few things in life as fun as killing savages with one swift kick from your horse, while you take on other enemies with your sword or bow. If nothing else, this game gives you a multitude of ways to kill your enemies, and they make really cool/funny savage screams when they die. The archery system is fun, with the ability to lock on and cut down multitudes of savages before going in for the final sword kill. The game always keeps you on your toes and it always seems simple enough?but then you get killed in some new and interesting way.

If staying up all night screaming "Die! Die! Die!" at your TV is your idea of a good time, you can't go wrong with King Arthur.

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