Knuckle Sandwich

It's very funny, has a lot of personality, nice gameplay and was overall a fun time. As others have mentioned, the story meanders a bit, but I think if you go in knowing that, it's a fantastic time. This is really clearly a game made by someone who put everything they loved about games into theirs. *You look at the bottom of the review. There is no Big Biscuit.*

There's nothing offensively terrible about this game. The music is decent, the visuals are good, the gameplay is fine, there's no game-breaking bugs... but it's just not worth your time. The story and characters don't go anywhere. There's no development, the tone is wildly all over the place, the ending is a joke. It's a shame, because the first chapter of the game (aka the demo) sets a wildly different vibe up that almost feels like clickbait. The entire game actually feels like that. It sets up something that could be taken as dark or ominous, only to deflate it 20 minutes later, until suddenly there's nothing left to take serious anymore and the game is over.

This game has no chill. Zero. It starts off funny, like "wholesome slice of life job sim" funny, then casually pivots into cannibalism because sure, why not, then swerves into a full blown wacky ghost arc because apparently ghosts also need character development, then somehow makes you best friends with enemies you were just trying to beat the snot out of five minutes earlier. And just when you're comfortable with your new pals, the game goes "actually no, this one's going to be a massive pain in your ass," and throws you into fights where the enemy just refuses to play by the rules. They won't fight you straight up, they fight on their own terms, and you end up getting yanked in like four different directions at once just trying to land a hit. It is chaos. Structured, well written, genuinely hilarious chaos. The combat system is deceptively deep, the boss fights are unhinged in the best way, and every single side character has more personality packed into three lines of dialogue than most AAA games manage in forty hours. Would I recommend this game. Absolutely. Will I be able to explain the plot to anyone afterward. Absolutely not. I tried explaining one boss fight to my roommat…

This game is like the alps, peak after peak after peak

Knuckle Sandwich has outstanding visuals and a phenomenal soundtrack. Many of the minigames you'll encounter are also very fun to play and liven up the battle gameplay. The game has a very strong first chapter and the final chapter is really fun too, but there are stretches between those two that feel like you're mostly dragging yourself along. I was following the game shortly before the Kickstarter and only just got around to beating the full thing. As many other reviews point out, the story does *not* pick up the way you'd expect after the demo/prologue & first chapter, not necessarily in a good way? Maybe? But I still found it very fun how everything comes together in the end, and how many worldbuilding elements start to make a lot more sense after a certain point (things you see throughout the entire game without giving them much thought get recontextualized) Many negative reviews point out valid issues with the game, but this is still a title I'd recommend playing because you can feel how much love & artistic passion Andy Brophy put in the game <3

feels weirdly aimless, despite excellent presentation and a distinct style.