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Black Knight Sword
Released On: Dec 11, 2012
66
6.2
All Platforms
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
66
23% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
77% Mixed
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
66
23% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
77% Mixed
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
While the journey may be fraught with peril, one cannot help but marvel at how solid the Black Knight Sword feels overall. The gameplay and the dark fantasy themes complement each other very well. The black knight will travel through burning villages to a desert mutated by missile testing, to a monstrous carnival, to a deprived wonderland and will never miss a beat.
Black Knight Sword is quite an enjoyable and unique platformer that is worth a try - it's short but memorable.
Appropriately priced at $9.99, Black Knight Sword isn't a big threat to your wallet, but it's also not the easiest game to push on your friends. Regardless, this is another capable outing from two great studios that just happen to think alike.
Shortcomings aside the unique visual experience that Black Knight Sword offers up is well worth a few hours of your time. At a price tag of $9.99 you certainly can't go wrong; however, just do not expect an experience you will come back to after you have put the game through its paces.
Black Knight Sword seems unwilling to fully commit to making something fun to play above all else. The unforgiving difficulty will likely appeal to some, but for everyone else, take my word for it: You're missing a lot less than you think.
The overall weirdness and distinctive art style keep Black Knight Sword from being another run-of-the-mill action game. Yet the five main levels can be completed within two hours, and while there is an option to continue playing on a more challenging difficulty setting as well as additional challenge-oriented modes, the level design doesn't encourage exploration and there's little interactivity aside from slashing at enemies.
Had the actual gameplay been less clunky, more well balanced, more challenging and less aggressively abusive, Black Knight Sword's sense of style and unique presentation would have been healthy bonuses on top of an already stable foundation. As is stands though, the game's artistic atmosphere and sense of self are all it has going for it, and sadly that's not quite enough.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 16 User Ratings
6.2
44% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
25% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
31% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 16 User Ratings
6.2
44% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
25% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
31% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
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Summary Black Knight Sword 2D is a side-scrolling platformer from Suda-51's development house Grasshopper Manufacture.
Rated M
for Mature
Platforms:
- Xbox 360
- PlayStation 3
Initial Release Date: Dec 11, 2012
Developer:
- Grasshopper Manufacture
- Digital Reality
Publisher: D3Publisher
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