Dynasty Feud Demo

Multiplayer games somehow manage to charm players in spite of their flaws sometimes, mainly because competing with other people can make you forget about bugs, bad gameplay choices or subpar graphics. Such is the case with many MMOs out there, as well as various other games that have a strong community willing to keep playing under non-ideal conditions.

Dynasty Feud is a 2D multiplayer brawler with some interesting ideas in terms of gameplay mechanics, as well as snappy controls, many characters to choose from and decent graphics. Although its main component is the online mode with ranked play and all those nice things, the game can also be enjoyed locally in splitscreen, which is great for couch sessions with your buddies.   Instead of choosing one character and fighting to keep your health bar intact, Dynasty Feud allows you to choose five characters at once, or a dynasty. Hence, you lose one character every time you die, so they are essentially your hitpoints. Speaking of which, the kills are one-shot, so there’s no room for mistakes, which makes the action that much more exciting.

As mentioned before, the online mode allows you to compete in ranked matches, so the competition should be quite fierce the more you manage to win. It’s also possible to customize your dynasty if you choose the All-Star mode, so there are quite a few options at your disposal, especially since splitscreen is part the equation too.   Lastly, the graphics are not particularly impressive in any regard, since they are fairly simple from a technical point of view, and the artwork is nothing to write home about either. However, the low-resolution visuals go along neatly with the overall atmosphere and gameplay style, so it shouldn’t be a problem. The sound effects are nice as well, and so is the soundtrack, especially since it keeps your blood pumping.

Dynasty Feud has a good thing going here, especially in terms of gameplay and the interesting dynasty mechanics. However, the arenas can be a tad too simple sometimes, and you can’t help but feeling that you have already played this a couple of times before.