If you thought steampunk couldn't mate with adorkable, think again. Spiral Knights, Three Rings' lobby-based action-MMO, delivers both in the consummate concoction of clockwork and cute, and the company recently launched an update bringing new dungeon content to the game. The haunted Candlestick Keep, "all that remains of the once prosperous Owlite Academy," is crawling with undead monsters like Grimalkins, but fortunately, players can make use of colored ward candles to protect them from spookats and open pesky locked doors. The update also adds challenging new Danger Rooms, a revamped Crash Site, and cash shop tweaks.
Our own free-to-play guru Beau Hindman took a stroll through the game way back in March, deeming it "repetitive but really fun." It is currently available for download on the official site and as part of Steam's F2P offerings.
Reader Comments (3)
Posted: Sep 7th 2011 11:44AM Azules said
My friends and I enjoyed this so much when it first launched on steam, now none of us play it at all.
without spending money, you can only play for a very short time per day, I was ok with this. Then I realized crafting required more energy than a free player could accrue at maximum. in short, the only way I could craft new gear for myself was spending VERY regular cash.
It's so restrictive it's criminal, I'm fairly confident playing this game properly would cost you much more than even an eve sub.
It's a real shame too, since the gameplay is genuinely fun, old school action dungeon crawling.
without spending money, you can only play for a very short time per day, I was ok with this. Then I realized crafting required more energy than a free player could accrue at maximum. in short, the only way I could craft new gear for myself was spending VERY regular cash.
It's so restrictive it's criminal, I'm fairly confident playing this game properly would cost you much more than even an eve sub.
It's a real shame too, since the gameplay is genuinely fun, old school action dungeon crawling.
Posted: Sep 7th 2011 10:52PM NeverDeath said
Candlestick Keep?
Is one of the bosses Joe Montana?
Is one of the bosses Joe Montana?







