There’s a chapter in PS4 platformer Knack titled ‘back to basics’. It’s ironic, really, as that’s a phrase that actually relates to the game in general in many, many ways. While console launch games rarely excel at innovation and originality, Knack is disappointingly uninspired in its design, presentation and mechanics.
Sony might be gearing to launch a new Knack game, a franchise that has had received quite a polarizing reception from the community.
While I did actually enjoy the Knack games, and found the reviews overly harsh, I do feel 2 games were enough unless the series was revitalized in a major way. For me, that would be a new Knack game for PSVR2. With the increased hardware power, those HD particle effects would be pretty awesome, surrounding the player at times. Astrobot proved that platformers can be amazing in VR, so let's hope that's where they're going with this, if real!
Translation: the next best game of all time is coming soon! Show me the money, Knack!
Surprised to see them continue this but considering how invested they are in the IP and the wider appeal, there must be some commercial sense to continue with a 3rd title
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Loved locoroco and legend of dragoon. Never played gravity rush or even ape escape but I heard good things.
Beyond the memes, Knack is just a solid platformer that deserves a new home on the PlayStation 5.
I'd rather they make a new platformer IP. With Sackboy and Astro's Playroom PS5 looks very good for the platformer genre so far
I think it would be great if they rebooted it, keep the visual style, but change the tone of the story and voices to match. This game looks like it should have a semi mute protagonist with a silly professor and his rebellious apprentice. Instead knack sounds like a brainwashed soldier, the professor like an angry divorced dad, and the kid is such an average joe. And the story takes itself way too seriously, it's so clashing with it's art style
It's time for Ape Escape PS5, Dual Sense Enhanced.
Give me that first. Then whatever.
It's really not.
The first really didn't deserve a sequel, and the sequel, itself, was nothing special.
Jaded reviewers be damned! I enjoyed the hell out of this game!
Generous score.
It's a fun game, certainly not one of the best platformers, but if you like old school platformers like Crash Bandicoot it will feel familiar.
It's fun if you like that kind of games, I certainly do, but it's not everybody's cup of tea.
Knack seems like a game that you buy because it's one of the few launch games and to give it a shot. It's probably a nice game nothing spectacular and I think the scores are fair for an average game which is what it looks like an average game. I'm hoping it ends up on PS+ really soon. I don't feel like it's worth the 60
this game is way better than these troll reviews suggest... and let's not kid ourselves, here - the only reason this article has even been posted is because there was a positive review of the game posted earlier today.