The Knight Witch

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  • Summary: The Knight Witch is a metroidvania adventure game with fast-paced, shoot 'em up combat set in a beautifully hand-drawn world.

    Cast devastating card-based spells, forge close bonds, and make moral choices all in your quest to save your home and discover who's behind the War Golem invasion.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. GamingTrend
    Nov 28, 2022
    90
    The Knight Witch is an endearing tale that perfectly blends fast paced shooting and satisfying spell casting. From the sensational artwork and score to clever game design, the entire experience was remarkable.
  2. PSX Brasil
    Dec 21, 2022
    85
    The Knight Witch is a pleasant surprise. Its interesting combat engages with its challenge and the simple story makes you want to see Rayne's journey to its conclusion. The game has its problems (such as difficulty spikes), but it's certainly a recommendation for those who like bullet hell with a touch of exploration.
  3. Screen Rant
    Nov 28, 2022
    80
    Rayne will ultimately overcome them and be greeted by a lovable cast of characters. Rayne's power increases over time by helping these characters who will then form a link to her, each one bringing her closer to her highest level and most powerful cards, collected like Pokémon. It's a charming mechanic that fits into this world perfectly and adds a little extra investment into the inhabitants of this world. Overall, The Knight Witch is a charming and well-balanced experience that occasionally dips into unfair territory, but ultimately leaves players invested in the home they are fighting for.
  4. Vandal
    Nov 28, 2022
    75
    The Knight Witch is yet another metroidvania but at least this one attempts to do something original with the addition of fun shooter mechanics.
  5. COGconnected
    Nov 28, 2022
    75
    The Knight Witch is an intriguing amalgamation of genres. Flying through stages and battling foes feels great. The unique approach to special attacks and the Metroidvania style progression work extremely well. While the narrative intrigues and includes some innovation, its presentation is simple. Regardless of this, the game is a blast and freshens up the shmup genre.
  6. GameSpew
    Dec 5, 2022
    70
    The Knight Witch is a game that has a lot to offer both fans of twin-stick shooters and Metroidvanias. Its moment-to-moment action is enjoyable and exciting as you avoid enemy bullets and try to counter them with your own attacks, and there’s a great sense of exploration. It’s a shame that some systems perhaps don’t quite hit the mark as they should, but anyone who can appreciate a game that takes some risks will very much enjoy this quirky adventure.

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  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 1 out of 3
  1. Dan_e_Van_jogam
    Dec 11, 2022
    10
    Primeira analise minha impressões do game The Knight Witch

    Game bem frenético desafiador, gostei bastante relação do gráfico design desenho    Primeira analise minha impressões do game The Knight Witch

    Game bem frenético desafiador, gostei bastante relação do gráfico design desenho a mão. Bem interessante proposta que tem pra oferecer com uma mistura metroidvania, o que me lembrou bastante game semelhança Hollow Knight. O que destacou achei jogabilidade legal questão controla de cartas mágicas e você fica tempo todo voando .

    PONTO POSITIVO

    ➡️ Gráfico bonita de mais
    ➡️ Trilha sonora
    ➡️ Jogabilidade
    ➡️ Localização Pt-Br
    ➡️ Perfeito se jugar no modo Portátil Nintendo Switch
    ➡️ Perfeito para aqueles amante metroidvania    … Expand
  2. Txustra
    Dec 21, 2022
    9
    Una gran sorpresa de juego, tremendamente adictivo a la par que entretenido. Muy bonito visualmente y con una duración más que aceptable. UnaUna gran sorpresa de juego, tremendamente adictivo a la par que entretenido. Muy bonito visualmente y con una duración más que aceptable. Una vez empieces, no dejarás de jugarlo. Si os gusta la combinación de metroidvania con bullet hell, no dudéis en haceros con él.

    Puedes ver mi análisis completo aquí: https://www.vidaopantalla.es/2022/12/analisis-the-knight-witch-ps5/    … Expand
  4. natgreystar
    Dec 7, 2022
    4
    Like usual critic reviews fail to give you any of the negatives. This is a bullet hell light shmup mixed with adventure type gameplay exceptLike usual critic reviews fail to give you any of the negatives. This is a bullet hell light shmup mixed with adventure type gameplay except it feels like it was made by people who never played a shmup. I'm serious when I say this, I think Silver Surfer is better than this.

    It's slow to start. Really slow. Your character moves at a snail pace and control is anything but tight. You'll play this expecting a stick shooter experience but get a loose wobbly adventure of barely flying. The hitbox on most shooters is confined to a specific part of the main character but here, like in silver surfer, it's all of you. Your hat, your toes, all of it. The hitbox is gigantic and the bullets are too. You get hit at a radius that extends beyond the bullets. You are also slower than the bullets and dodging requires moving really far so the spread can allow you through only you move so slow that barely ever works.

    In most shmups if you stop shooting you speed up. There's a strategy of when to fire and when to maneuver. Not here. Same speed always. Also bullets don't slow when they cover the screen. You eventually get abilities to help but thei main focus is in your card management. That's where it gets annoying. You're spending a good chunk of the game managing your card load out to deal with the next few rooms. It gets to eat up a lot of your time. I feel like I spend very little time playing a game.

    Then there's enemy repopulation. I can't figure out what triggers it but sometimes you'll backtrack for a heart and the enemies are still gone. Other times they all came back. It's frustrating and inconsistent.

    I like the story and I enjoy aspects of the game but this feels like it was written by really creative people then developed by a bunch of brogrammers who will laugh at you and tell you get good bro. They put cheats in the pause menu instead of adding difficulty. They made it so cheats disable trophies so they could insult you for not being a super pro gamer. This became a huge turn off. I can't believe so many high rated reviews just failed to cover any of this. With some tweaks this would be an 8 but I'm being nice putting it where it's at. It feels unpolished. A good story let down by bad mechanics.    … Expand

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