Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Nov 30, 2021

  It looks like it should be a fun beat em up. But it's actually very boring. Go play something else.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 7, 2014

  It's a fun game, especially coop. One thing that irks me though. It's a console port, the move list is explained in controller signs - "A" "X" etc. even if I select keyboard as my primary controller. Other games are intelligent enough to list the moves in "space" "shift" etc. One major annoyance. In Play 3 game crashed to desktop and after I restarted it all my progress was wiped. I had to start from the very beginning. Very very annoying. Otherwise it's very funny and fun game.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 15, 2014

  Picked up this game and it seemed ok, started the first level solo but then it felt kind of empty so I decided to play it with my little brother. We haven't had that much fun playing a game in a while, it really is a great co-op experience. If you purchase this game make sure you play it with a friend, otherwise it just won't be the same
• SCITUS

  Dec 25, 2022

  amazing game, fun achievements, great gameplay
• gamedeal user

  Mar 9, 2015

  My my, glad I got this - a very funny platformer. If you have previously played Castle Crasher, this game is similar but more action-oriented. So what, we control a character that's supposed to perform a... foul play. While we're performing our play on the stages, we move forward, beating enemies and pleasing our audiences with good performance. The campaign is divided into five acts, each acts have five levels, each levels is approx ten-fifteen minutes long, a bit longer if you're into boss battles. The objective is simple, you just need to beat each enemy waves with style - be it by performing chain combos to fill and maintain the meter gauge (audiences' mood). Don't let it get too low or the curtain will close and game over. A bit lacking aspect, though, is that the campaign is incredibly linear - you have no option to do anything else and can only follow the direction the game wishes you to. You can, however, replay earlier stages from main menu to achieve higher scores. The combat mechanic is very simple, chaining normal and powerful attacks while deflecting the enemies or throw them against each others. And this what differentiates from Castle Crasher, it offers more lively battles and flexible ala Devil May Cry DMC but in 2D. By chaining you'll be increasing your scores and earns stars that'll be calculated at the end of each level. As you progress, you'll unlock more abilities/perks to use in game. Use these to... chain more enemies. Heh. And of course, playing coop is much more fun than alone. It's hilarious, really, to have a messed up battle on the stages. Graphic wise I'm incredibly amused. It really is that great - suitable for this game - colorful and innately bunch sense of humor drawn into the art and character designs. Special effects don't distract you from the battles and carefully blend with the stages, movement and attack animations are not sluggish and feel natural. FPS throughout the level is stable enough even during chaotic battle. Some minus points though, there are no deep customizations like AA or refresh rate and some commonly supported resolutions are not supported. But overall, I'd say the job well done. And lastly, controller support is great - and I expect it so much because this is a platformer. I wouldn't even give the game a damn great review if it had poor support, but this Foul Play is just apt at adapting controller support. Dinput and Xinput are both supported, moreover each buttons can be customized in game. No complaints from me on this aspect really. Funny thing is, metacritic user score gives this 69/100. Don't listen - it deserves more. A recommended game from me.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 13, 2015

  What you have stumbled upon, Gentlemen, is a most nefarious plot of chivalry and woe, fit only for a stage whose grandeur and acoustics are rivaled only by the spectacle that will unfold within it. Speaking of spectacles, your monocle'd mainstay, Baron Dashforth, will awe you with athleticism, respire you with reveries, jaunt you with jocoseness...well you must understand by now, chap. The ballast of the Act teeters precariously, as unfathomable daemons, a clumsy custodian, and ghastly ghouls will relentlessly chase the utter annihilation of the prodigious protaginist. Procure yourself this gentleman's guide. If not for yourself, my languorous lad, then for the feeble scamp in the front row! 9.2/10
• gamedeal user

  Aug 15, 2015

  Funny beat-em-up made in theater setting with humorous storyline. It's nice in co-op but boring in single.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 16, 2015

  This game looked really fun. It was recommended because I was playing castle crashers and I love castle crashers. So I was kind of looking forward to playing this game. I played it with my best friend when he came over. We played around the first 2 missions trying to make it as fun as we can with combos and voicing over the characters but we both realized something after the 2nd mission. It was really repetitive. all you really do is go around the screen and punch people around in the same environment. No power ups, lives, extra moves just punching the same people around the same environment for that level. This was a really big disappointment for me. The game play is there it's just I can't recomend it.
• gamedeal user

  Apr 8, 2017

  While Foul Play is a fresh concept with some unique aspects, it fails to execute completely. The first hour was fun, it initially drew me in with some cool artworks, funny moments, cheerful audience, and some nice combos, that was the only pros for this game, otherwise, it's painful. The gameplay is very repetitive and shallow, there is no progressive system unless you want to count some new useless new combos as progressive, I couldn’t feel rewarded at all. It’s extremely easy, you can beat the game without dying once, the difficulty comes from the three challenges each act gives you, most of them are tedious, you have to beat the three challenges to get some charm (useless perk), for example why can’t I be rewarded if let’s say I finished two out of the three challenges in each act? There is another major problem with this one, the enemies have a ridiculous amount of HP for no obvious benefit other than more button mashing, it seriously hurts my thumb, and there is no strategy in it, just to make a longer gameplay time but a very boring and annoying one. It took me around 4 hours to reach the final boss (which I didn’t bother to beat because of the ridiculous HP with no fun at all), I could have beaten this game in less than two hours if the HP was of a normal level, I don’t recommend this game, it’s at most a painful 3 out of 10.
• gamedeal user

  Apr 14, 2017

  This game reminds me of a bad castle crashers. It tried to be unique with your character's "health" but i think that was a pretty bad blunder. I think it may be impossible to "die." The combos are pretty shitty too. Like, I didn't find any that used the two buttons that didn't end up hitting the enemy across the screen before i could get a fat combo going. The parry button is easily spammable and I don't think I was punished for doing it once. There doesn't seem to be a reason not to unless your "health" meter is about to run out because the audience is bored. I didn't find this challenging in any way other than how much I could play this without falling asleep. I would not recommend this game, especially at $15. However, I think it is worth maybe $5 AND playing with a friend. I never got to try the co-op so that might elongate this game.