Dungeon Knight Reviews

Could only make it to level 14. :(

I'm Just getting started, but I like it, not many mechanics, all timing and precision. Not very forgiving collision-wise, but that's fine for that type of game.

My favorite genre is big dumb side-scrolling dudes hitting things with swords. I was kind of hoping for more combat based on the videos, but there's only one super easy boss fight at the end. You don't get any kind of sword until then, but after 49 levels of tough as nails platforming it was only a mild letdown. I had a ton of fun! The controls are very smooth. Your only ability is a double jump, although you're able to jump on most projectiles or spiders you encounter to propel yourself higher and reset that jump. Eventually there's also midair pick ups that enable one more jump, leading to some crazy segments where you never touch the ground as you barely miss a bunch of big scary buzz saws. Later on a platform that switches gravity a la Metal Storm is also introduced, which definitely upped the challenge in a gratifying way. I would totally buy and play another sequel that has more boss battles.

Very generic prevision platformer. What it does it does fairly well, but there is no horizontal momentum or run button. So then all the obstacles rely on tight timing since you don't have much ability to vary your character's speed.