King Arthur's Gold - a uniquely designed multiplayer experience

Looking into my favorites list on Steam for something to write about, I ran into this bad boy.

Simply put, it is a game of two teams of [up to] 20 players, engaged in fast paced, creative siege warfare, where each team has a home-base that they must develop, maintain, and protect with their lives.

And these are the fellows that will be dying to protect it:

The Archer

This pixelated bowman is what will be scaling enemy defensive towers, swinging from tree to tree like an old-timey spiderman via totally sweet grappling-hook, and launching volleys of deadly arrows from on high.

His main purpose is getting to high places and picking off enemies from a distance, but don't think you can get close for an easy kill. By charging up his bow, he can shoot three arrows simultaneously, which has a devastating shotgun like effect.

A second, more versatile purpose is to abuse the use of an assortment of arrows; the water arrow for putting out fires like a good little fireman, the fire arrow for living out your medieval pyromaniac fantasies, and the bomb arrow which is just as awesome as it sounds.

images courtesy of www.wiki.kag2d.com

Knight

This boxy swordsman might not slay dragons, but he is definitely equipped to.  He has the strength to lift most anything in the game, such as explodable kegs, boulders, and can become a make-shift stepping ladder by holding up his shield and letting other players climb on top of him.

He is the kind of guy that gets stuff done. A booby-trapped wall infested with archers giving you a headache? He'll have sympathy on you and blow up the front door with a keg, then massacre everyone inside at close range, blocking arrows from every direction with his shield, cleaving foes in half with a mighty swing of his sword.

Playing as the knight really makes you feel like a super hero. You can jump from high places and parachute down using your shield, then slice and dice anything alive...then blow it all up for good measure.

images courtesy of www.wiki.kag2d.com

Builder

The title might be simple but the job that comes with it is not. This poor fellow has the privilege of making, rebuilding, and developing the castle that the other archers and knights are so busy fighting to protect, as well as constructing new front lines when his team has successfully pushed forwards.

But there is much fun to have within this responsibility. Just as builders are essential to creating defenses, they may brew up inventive and efficient traps wherever they please. This includes building ladders that abruptly end in spike pits, false floors and false doors that lead to inescapable pools of water, and switches that will drop boulders or whatever they please onto victims heads.

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To top it all off there are trampolines, catapults and war-boats to be built and used for the pleasure of anyone who enjoys the idea of destruction while bouncing up and down. All the while, as a builder, you may thrust your automatic drill suggestively, drilling holes in the hearts of your enemies and their castles. 

...also there is gold, wood, and stones, that flesh out a unique crafting system, which all games nowadays must have [for some reason], but this game has simplified it and made it, arguably, very good.