The latest title from Grasshopper Manufacture has received very little attention in the run up to release. Indeed, for a developer that is widely considered to be one of the most consistently innovative of all those working on current-generation consoles, Black Knight Sword has been practically ignored. Even more of a shock is this when you consider the fact that Black Knight Sword is a side-scrolling action-platform videogame; the kind of production that in the modern age is considered the forte of the strictest core demographic, and few others.
Hardcore Gamer: Starting April 16, the game will be half-off on XBLA, and only cost 400 MS points, or $5, instead of 800.
Black Knight Sword is a sub-par, boring, and repulsive game that fails to be the throwback it was made out to be. Insane graphics, flying on giant chickens and being molested by melon-headed perverts aren’t substantial enough ideas to save what is otherwise a bare-boned action platforming experience.
munkimatt says:"It’s necessary to approach any game by Suda51 with an open mind. The Grasshopper Studio auteur has created some of the most downright bizarre games of the last few years with killer7, No More Heroes and, more recently, Lollipop Chainsaw being the most recognisable of his works. Black Knight Sword marks his studio’s second collaboration with Hungarian developers Digital Reality after 2012’s well received shoot ‘em up Sine Mora."
