Castle Crashing "The Beard"
Genre: Action, Platform
Game Review
Castle Crashing "The Beard" is an incredible and yet short action game, which feature a ridiculously over-the-top arcade boss battle that is well worth your time. This is just one of those flashes that freaking spectacular! What a beautiful idea with an awesome follow through. The object of the game is to play as a Castle Crasher and destroy Tom’s beard before it destroys you. It’s a simple one-versus-one boss battle, you versus the beard. You can either choose to attack at close range, or charge your attack if you have MP and shoot a deadly semi long ranged attack. Each hit earns you some experience points to level up your character, which gives you better attack, combos and a sweet new look.
I have fallen in love the levelling up system, especially the Level Up cinematic left you feeling like you achieved something worthwhile. Overall, the game featured a very well-balanced and easy to understand the mechanics. The difficulty is challenging for me, although the boss AI follows a simple pattern similar to all classic arcade games did. However, dodging some of the attacks require some slight preparation beforehand, making full use of the delays in between.
Deep inside me after I tried this game twice, I'm like "WJ, it's going to be easy. Why am I not beating this?" I constantly repeat to myself: "Just avoid his eye beam and watch for his tongue to stick out for beard attack. He's repetitive and predictable." Eventually, took me 4 rounds to beat it, what a shame! Definitely a good game, it's a flash game that will take you between 5 minutes or an hour. It’s enjoyable for what it is.
Accumulate your combos! The last one... It might be pink but its hella strong! :)
Castle Crashing "The Beard" Guide
Weapons in Castle Crashing "The Beard"
Rubber Plunger - Starting weapon
Morning Star Mace - Require 100 XP
Fire-fighter Axe - Require 250 XP
Spiked Javelin - Require 650 XP
Lollipop Candy - Require 950 Xp
Defeating "The Beard"
To win the game, you want very high combos so that you can level up quickly. First jump onto the higher platform and stick close to him, attack him until you see his beard move, then dodge his attack. When he moves to the side, he will laser the top row, then the bottom row. During this time, attack from bottom, then attack from top. (Note: The middle platform is not high enough to dodge the bottom laser.)
When he exits the top of the screen, he will throw bread down at you. Stand under a platform, then let the bread bounce and dodge after. He also has an attack where he rotates his beard and chases you, although he seems to use it randomly. The skull only has one attack, it will shoot fireballs in all 8 directions on the left, right, then middle of the screen in that order. If you stand on the bumps on the lower levels, his fireballs can't hit you as long as you're not next to him. You can use this time to fully charge your magic. Stay away from his attack, then attack during his cool down period.
