CROWN DUELS
NEED TO KNOW
WHAT IS IT?
A beat-’em-up that forces style and substance to make friends
EXPECT TO PAY
£41
DEVELOPER
Arc System Works, EIGHTING Co, NEOPLE
PUBLISHER
NEOPLE, NEXON
REVIEWED ON
GeForce GTX 1650, AMD Ryzen 5 3550H, 8 GB RAM
MULTIPLAYER
Yes
LINK
dd.nexon.com/en/main
A shirtless, phenomenally ripped man with spiky hair and a sword the size of a Smeg fridge-freezer, and a woman who pulls out a bazooka for one of her weakest attacks? Yup, this is another anime-styled beat-’em-up to hurl onto the pile. That said, you’ll want to give this one your attention. The glorious excesses of the character design and attack animations are here to decorate, not distract from the gameplay.
Although it’s based on the MMORPG Dungeon Fighter Online, you don’t need to know anything about that for this (and not just because BlazBlue and Guilty Gear have already taught Arc System Works fans to expect largely impenetrable storytelling). What you need to know is that is built on smart yet surprisingly accessible systems.
