Every character also has a number of unique skills to unlock, along with core abilities available for each class. If you’ve played any sort of class focused RPG before, you’ll have little trouble figuring out the appropriate role of each character. The five characters available are also built around familiar class archetypes, such as Tank, Shaman, Berserker and more. You can also access a Twitter like app that displays followers and messages from fans, with the number of followers equating to experience points earned. A lot of menu functions are tied into your in-game smartphone which gives you access to email that conveys story elements along with minor tutorials. Other aspects like stat distribution, or tracking your progress to the next level, are focused on taking the player out of the game as little as possible. There’s even an effort made to distribute stat bonuses on loot that make sense, like boosting Anar-chi (magic) by wearing clothing for your head, while boosting strength with items worn on your hands. Loot can be comprised of jackets, hats, hand wraps, glasses, masks, gloves and more. The gear/loot system is culled from real world items, grounding the reality of the game despite all the otherworldly shenanigans going on. While the basic elements of combat aren’t particularly evolved past the heyday of the genre, Charlie Murder does have a lot of unique elements in place. There are five characters to choose from at the start, a sprawling overworld map with interconnected stages, RPG mechanics including distributable stats and gear, and a whole lot of head stomping fun in this digital release from Ska Studios.

Charlie Murder is a 2D beat ‘em up in the vein of other modern brawlers like Castle Crashers, but with a slightly darker take on bashing dudes in the face. Making an unholy pact for supernatural powers, conscripting a band composed of demonic forces, and bringing about the end of the world is a pretty knee-jerk reaction for being ditched by your best friend in favor of his increasingly popular band.īut that premise sets the stage for the second entry in 2013’s Summer of Arcade promotion for Xbox Live Arcade. But few of us would take it to the extreme that Paul Bitterman does in Charlie Murder. Unfortunately we all know life doesn’t work that way.

There would be no cause for betrayal, no feelings of jealousy or rage that would creep into a lifelong friendship. In a perfect world friends would always stay friends.

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