Foul Play (2013) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Foul Play

Play as the daemon-hunter Baron Dashforth in a side-scrolling co-op brawler set entirely on the grand spectacle of a theatre stage that rewards performance over pummeling. Perform shattering takedowns and…

64 18 September 2013

What Foul Play is

Foul Play is an adventure game developed by Mediatonic and released in 2013. It was published by Devolver Digital. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Play as the daemon-hunter Baron Dashforth in a side-scrolling co-op brawler set entirely on the grand spectacle of a theatre stage that rewards performance over pummeling. Perform shattering takedowns and reversals!

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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 30 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Foul Play holds a critic score of 64 out of 100. That places it above 23% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 6 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 3GHz Intel or AMD CPU, 2 GB RAM and GeForce 6200 / ATI Radeon X600 w/ 256 MB. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it launched against

Foul Play launched on 18 September 2013, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto V, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, Rayman Legends and Outlast. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto V, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, Rayman Legends, Outlast.

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