Kiln Reviews
Kiln delivers a wildly creative and genuinely fun pottery-brawler premise that Double Fine fans will appreciate. Shaping your own ceramic fighter and taking it into four-on-four battles works incredibly well, supported by excellent art direction and intuitive tools. However, launching with only one game mode, five maps, and zero single-player options severely limits its long-term value. Kiln is absolutely worth playing if you have a group of friends ready for a weekend of laughs, but if you are jumping in alone looking for a lasting multiplayer obsession, you should wait for a sale or major content updates.
Double Fine has created a fun multiplayer experience. Creating your own pots is enjoyable and easy and the gameplay is simple yet effective. Unfortunately the game has very little content at launch with only 1 game mode and 5 maps. Without much reason to progress beyond new cosmetics, the team will need to quickly add content for Kiln to have any staying power. With how fun the game is, here’s hoping they can.
As usual, Double Fine’s games feature some truly interesting ideas. Kiln is no exception, drawing on the party brawler genre while incorporating deep character customization. This customization affects not only the characters’ appearance but also the gameplay itself, altering the stats of the ceramic characters. Unfortunately, the launch content is still too sparse, leading to a rather pronounced sense of repetition.
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Kiln is a pottery party brawler that is filled with humor and chaotic gameplay. Never in my life did I think that a pottery party brawler would be so much fun. This is the type of game we'd see on Xbox 360, and it's great that Double Fine brought this style of game to life. What holds it back from being even better is the lack of other modes and better maps. There are no complaints about its customization options and its chaotic gameplay.
Kiln is, more than anything, a fun, frenetic, and maybe a too chaotic work-in-progress. With something in the spirit of old Xbox Live Arcade titles there is a real ‘hidden gem’ feel that harkens back to an older style of Double Fine titles, seen through a multiplayer lens.