Yes, a few smash hits have snuck in, but these are games we believe are true classics: the best of the best. Rather than being a somewhat predictable roster of massive best-sellers, the games on this list are personal picks from the USgamer team - games chosen not for their popularity or success, but simply because we believe they deliver the most enjoyable gaming of this generation. Simply put, The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile is one not to be missed and should definitely be part of your co-op library when it releases on April 6th.Mirroring our article in which we listed the games that we believe represent the very best the PlayStation 3 has to offer, this feature does the same for Xbox 360. On top of all that content there’s an arcade mode (playable in co-op) for challenge style rooms, a scoring based challenge arena, speed runs and more. Graphically the game looks stellar with several new effects and animations, the new weapons are a blast to use, and the co-op mode is exactly what we were wanting in the first game. If it wasn’t for a few minor bugs and annoyances this would be a near perfect experience. Overall The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile is one of the tightest original co-op beat em up experiences on consoles to date. That brings this two player co-op experience up to four. Basically each pair of local players can control the pair of characters: Yuki/cat or Dishwasher/raven.
This twin stick shooter form of gameplay is just an assist, but it’s a nice addition to get a casual player involved in your game, best of all, it works both locally and online. One thing we saw in our PAX East 2011 Preview of the game was the addition of a BYOB mode in which another player can take control of Yuki or Dishwasher’s little pets a cat and a raven. The campaign and arcade sessions you participate in are saved, regardless of which person initiated the play session, so you can change characters mid-way through the game if you wish to get a taste for Yuki or Dishwasher and their individual weapons. When starting up the co-op campaign you’re put in a lobby that can switch which mode (arcade or campaign) you wish to participate in. So if one player went down, the other needed to make sure they stayed alive for a certain amount of time before the downed player would come back. One other minor issue we had with the co-op was a lack of a revive mechanic, instead, it was a timed based revival.
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Latency was never an issue through the campaign, even with a screen full of enemies and a lot of speedy button mashing, weapon swinging going on.
Stopping the game to heal was only really a problem in the co-op, as it interrupted both players flow. Seriously, who doesn’t love a good Squid Chip snack? I’d like to have mapped those items to a hotkey on the controller, but having them (again each item with a clever name) was appreciated all the same.
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Abilities range from added damage when your health is low, slowly regenerating health, or resistance to certain weapon damage.Īdditionally you can upgrade each of your character’s stats, weapons, and buy health items to assist you through some pretty hectic battles. The beads were a really cool edition to Vampire Smile, as each bead can be worn in one of four slots in your inventory, and each bead has an ability. Other things you unlock as you progress through levels are a few new weapons unique to Yuki or Dishwasher, and some beads. In the heat of battle it didn’t really matter since you were basically mashing buttons as fast as possible for the best combo anyway, but it would have been nice information to know. But, it doesn’t tell you which magic is mapped to which button. As you progress through the game you unlock different types of magic which get a clever name and brief description.