Knack is a Playstation 4 launch title developed by Sony’s Japan Studio and directed by the PS4 system architect himself, Mark Cerny. It offers a nostalgic experience, similar to those of classic platform games.
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.
Knack can get good review. Maybe i should try it ? is it wort money ?
Very slept on game....if you like old school platform games, you must play this.
I got Knack on eBay for £23 and I like it. It's a fun game and one I will play again after I've completed it.
I love it.
Sure, it's simple but it's great fun.
Thanks everyone for commenting. I think the general consensus is that this game is faring much better with gamers than most reviewers have said. As I said in my review, I found it to be terrific fun, so, I gave it a good score. I think its been put down a lot more than it deserved and I think Cerny did a great job for a launch title. I did three playthroughs in one weekend to get the platinum, one on normal (for diamonds), one on hard (trophy) and the final on very hard (trophy and platinum). I've enjoyed it so much and I've spent over 100 hours on it. Its definitely one of the launch titles that's been ignored by far too many people; it is a brilliant platformer. Sure, look what Nintendo can do with Mario; they get 9-10/10 each time with only adding a few new elements. Knack is, in my opinion, as good as Mario, but, for some reason, it has been rated quite badly.