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Knack
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An action-platformer from Mark Cerny and SCE Japan Studio for PlayStation 4. Knack was the first game ever shown on PS4.
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"Knack is little more than a tedious slog."
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Knack

Get The Knack, just not this Knack. In a world of humans, goblins, and ancient treasure, Knack is on the human's side. He himself is a relic found in a cave and brought to life by a scientist named Dr… Read more

5/10

+ Neat tech demo: particle effects, reflections, nice lighting -Very basic combat. -Few enemy types. -Basic and repetitive level design. -Uncanny animation: realistic mo-cap with exaggerated cartoon-l… Read more

A Relic of the Past

He doesn't even have that cute platformer look - he's far too pointy / grumpy. Much like the make up of the game’s titular star Knack is a relic of the past. Its an action, platformer which creates th… Read more

Let's get knackered!

From the second Mark Cerny revealed Knack I knew exactly what to expect from it; an old school Playstation game that seemed to recreate a certain type of feel that belonged to specific PS1 platform ga… Read more

Knack is a simple, stripped-down platformer. Sadly it was stripped of the semblance of being good game.

It's unfortunate that the 3D-platforming genre has fallen by the wayside over the last generation. Obviously Nintendo has been going strong in that department, and every now and then a new Ratchet and… Read more

A launch game

Not a perfect game but I did enjoy it for the most part. I think the difficulty of this game has been massively overstated, most levels I only died a few times, one-shoted a few bosses, once you figur… Read more

What happens when you take the platforming out of the platformer?

What is left after you take nearly all of the platforming out of Crash Bandicoot , and instead pump up the combat difficulty unnecessarily? Well, you probably guessed Knack, and you’d be right. Knack… Read more

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