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Platform, Adventure, Action, Science fiction
OpenCritic58IGDB60
From Mark Cerny, one of the greatest minds in video games today, Knack is a fun-filled adventure of colossal proportions that invites players to wield fantastic powers and discover a unique and vibrant world.
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Unpretentious, epic, raw and plot-driven.
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KotakuStephen TotiloNov 2013Play it to enjoy the next-gen graphics moreso than for the throwback PS2-style gameplay.
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Game InformerMatt HelgesonNov 20138.3/10Knack offers up a fine adventure, with gameplay that slowly reveals its strength
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Cheat Code CentralMatt WalkerNov 20134.2/5With all this said though, Knack is a game you need to have. I say "have" because you will want to keep playing Knack. Much like Jak & Daxter, which I have gone back and played numerous times since originally completing, Knack has that same allure. It is an accomplishment not many games can tout. If you picked up the PlayStation 4, you owe it to yourself to pick this game up: You owe it to the kid inside you and the friends you know who don't know how to have fun anymore. Knack may not be the most revolutionary game, but it is yet another promise from team Sony for what the company plans to achieve with the PS4. A promise I am glad I experienced. You will be too.
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ForbesDave ThierNov 20133/10Knack does have that one good idea — the character gets bigger, the character gets smaller — which is enhanced by the idea of making him big with other materials like wood and ice. But it's never really explored. You're constantly being forced to shed all of your collected relics to activate an elevator, or something, or receive a large cache of relics before a big fight. Size is controlled by the situation, not the other way around, and so this system never feels as fluid as it could.
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Metro GameCentralDavid JenkinsNov 20133/10A poor quality video game by any measure, but what this joyless throwback is doing being a key launch title for the PlayStation 4 Sony only knows.
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IGDB rating 6.1/10 from 97 ratings.
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