What else to do on a boring Wednesday night but to browse the Xbox Marketplace looking for something fun to play. I’ve seen Dungeon Defenders pop up a few times and just sort of brushed it off. I mean come on, how much fun can playing some miniature kid like characters in a combat arena with waves and waves of monsters coming at you be? TONS!

If you aren’t sure what Dungeon Defenders is, just imagine being put into a room with the sole goal of keep the baddies away from the goodie (the eternia crystal). You have your choice when you first start the game to play as a warrior, monk, mage or ranger. Since I play a hunter in WoW, you can imagine which class I chose. My partner in crime on the other hand went mage. Each class has their own special abilities and gain more as your levels increase. My ranger for example was given some traps to explode things with or gas them to death…and who doesn’t like to watch a chick blow shit up? Other classes get barriers, turrets and other gadgets to use at their disposal.

The game sends droves of mobs at you in waves that increase in number and difficulty with each wave and it’s your job to use your special abilities to keep them at bay along with your friends. Notice I said friends. While you can play alone, you really shouldn’t. Some of the arenas can be quite difficult to complete on your own and the room becomes so completely chaotic that it just overwhelms yo. Besides hanging out at the tavern after a battle just isn’t fun alone, now is it?

The local co-op is actually one of the main reasons we picked it up and it definitely does not fail to satisfy in that department. It kept my man and I busy for hours! But if you don’t have someone local to play with or want a full group of 4 you can join random multi-player matches.

Any complaints? Not much really. The only thing I wish it did offer up was some slight changes to the way you look when you wear new gear. No matter what cap you throw on your head or what chest piece you might be wearing, your character never changes the way it looks. Not a big deal I suppose, but I guess I’ve just gotten spoiled with other RPG games like WoW that changes with every gear slot. But eh, nothing major to report! For 1200 Microsoft points we are getting a lot of enjoyment out of it. You can grab it on the Marketplace if you’re online or get it on their site.