Rocket Knight

 Xbox 360
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  • Summary: [Xbox Live Arcade] Sparkster makes his triumphant arrival on next-gen consoles with Rocket Knight, the newest entry in the beloved 2-D side-scrolling rocket action series. Our favorite opossum hero returns home after 15 years to find the kingdom of Zephyrus in shambles. Use your wits and[Xbox Live Arcade] Sparkster makes his triumphant arrival on next-gen consoles with Rocket Knight, the newest entry in the beloved 2-D side-scrolling rocket action series. Our favorite opossum hero returns home after 15 years to find the kingdom of Zephyrus in shambles. Use your wits and Sparkster's trusty rocket pack to dodge and defeat a menacing wolf army threatening the lives of the people.… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. Game Chronicles
    92
    The gameplay is challenging and enjoyable and I would spend 1200 MS points in a heartbeat for Rocket Knight.
  2. NZGamer
    90
    ocket Knight is one of the best downloadable games available and Climax, and Konami deserve all the acclaim they are bound to get from it.
  3. GameSpot
    80
    Rocket Knight is a retro platformer with outstanding gameplay, even if it is overpriced and a little short.
  4. Digital Chumps
    72
    Rocket Knight is a solid revival of a classic Genesis franchise, but it suffers from a tragically short lifespan and high price tag.
  5. Console Monster
    70
    Rocket Knight certainly bares it's 16-bit brethren well, taking an interesting character with plenty of uniqueness and not spoiling it with a remake and re-visioning.
  6. Meristation
    65
    Rocket Knight comes back with good old school platform moments and nice graphics, but despite the intense rhythm, ends up being too short, and too expensive.
  7. Thunderbolt
    50
    But once those colourful environments are replaced with dull mechanical labs, and the few rocket pack-related ideas presented in the first stage are reused ad infinitum, any initial enthusiasm is dispelled quickly.

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  1. d0x
    May 17, 2010
    8
    A fun game but a little pricey.
  2. VaaskyVeldt
    Sep 20, 2022
    7
    Good yet disappointing

    Rocket Knight is a very creative platformer that has a very interesting mechanic. You literally have a rocket    Good yet disappointing

    Rocket Knight is a very creative platformer that has a very interesting mechanic. You literally have a rocket strapped to your back and this creates very fun opportunities for platforming. It plays and feels like a retro game, especially if you play it on an 8bitdo controller. There are a couple of flaws though, the final level felt like it had a cheap difficulty. There’s this section where you’ll have to rocket boost yourself between two walls that would crush you and grab onto a ledge so you could progress, but I wasn’t able to figure out a consistent way to grab onto it. Took me a total of 15 minutes to figure that one out, kinda. Second in that level there’s this puzzle where you’ll have to push timed switches for platforms to appear. I felt that especially the last set of platforms was difficult to reach due to me regularly not hitting all the switches or just straight up fall into the previous segment. Also, the final boss is a real let down. The boss before that was really difficult (and a bit cheap), where as with the final boss I just needed one life to figure out its pattern. To top it all off, the game is incredibly short, if you regularly play platformers you should be able to knock this one out within roughly 2 to 3 hours.

    I’ll recommend this when it’s on sale. I bought it for 5 bucks and it certainly was worth it, but I’m also really glad I didn’t pay one penny more.    … Expand
  4. Stan_Osbourne
    Dec 14, 2021
    5
    Поначалу, Ракетный Рыцарь вылгядил очень крутым платформером и даже шмапные сегменты были сделано хорошо. Конечно, интерфейс тут убогонький,Поначалу, Ракетный Рыцарь вылгядил очень крутым платформером и даже шмапные сегменты были сделано хорошо. Конечно, интерфейс тут убогонький, сюжет подан крайне скудно и катсцены тут совсем уж не симпатичные, но геймплей поначалу был очень динамичный и крутым - деш с помощью ранца даёт очень большую мобильность, но в финальных трёх уровнях - играть становится невыносимо тяжко. Правда, игра всёравно проходится за часика 2-3, не более. Но проблема главная в том, что в ней супер мало контента - мало боссов, мало уровней, мало геймплейных разнообразных ситуаций, кроме обморожения в королевстве Волков, и всё, когда топливо для ракеты нужно было находить в виде бонусов или у костров регенить. Из бонусов - только 2 скинчика, которые по прохождению аркады были и так закрыты.

    Что могло бы реально спасти игру в моих глазах, так это добавление в бонусный контент трёх прошлых игр серии. Учитывая, что они и так находятся в забвении, был бы отличный повод запихнуть их в эту игрушку как бонусный контент. Но видимо, это бы потребовало больших усилий от жадного издателя. Konami R.I.P.    … Expand