Knights And Bikes

Cute, whimsical, and weird. The messy, scrapbook visuals are a delight and I adore the overall tone of the adventure, but the game is mostly style over substance. We got a little bored after just a few hours. Gameplay starts slow and the mechanics it eventually gains aren’t the most interesting ideas. Music seemed to be missing from plenty of scenes. The absence of voice acting can be felt pretty hard here too. Long strings of silence as both players read the on screen text is a vibe that just doesn't fit a co-op game. Maybe adding voices would've also further emphasized the game's fun Britishisms as well. Either way, the time we did spend with the game was an entertaining co-op romp.

I was looking for a game to play with a friend and this game seemed to suit the bill nicely. It's whimsical and fun, and has both co-op elements and light combat. My friend has not been a hardcore, lifelong gamer like myself and I wanted to start with something easier. I also didn't want a game where we were fighting each other or just clobbering everything. Some of the battles were tough, even from the perspective of someone with more experience, but we muddled our way through. Fighting tends to be more strategy than brute force. I liked that neither of us had been exposed to the game before so we got to explore it and figure it out together. My main gripe mechanics-wise is that the bikes were hard to get going and steer, but eventually you get them rolling enough to careen onward. Overall I found the game fun and it made me laugh quite a few times with its innocent humor. I love that the goose follows you around everywhere. It was a nice way to spend a few nights with a friend. The plot is light and a bit generic, but that leaves more room to explore without any pressure. Also, I had a hard time figuring out how to upgrade the bikes early on. If you hit Escape th…

This is a very sweet, imperfect and charming game. The highlights for me after playing it are the story and the soundtrack. It is a game that feels like childhood: charming and wonder-eyed. It won't click with everyone and it is not an "I liked it 100%" from me, but I enjoyed it a lot and I want to see this dev team make more games. This is the sort of game that you can even play with your children and it has the feel of a children story book with cut-outs and lovely characters.

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Very good game, very fun to play together!!!

Gameplay is kind of boring like Psychonauts 2, I only recommend it if you can get someone to play with you. Everything is more fun with a friend and this is no different. If you don't have a friend, give it a shot solo and see if the story hooks you, if it does, 10 bucks is a good deal imo. But I wouldn't suggest slogging through it for the gameplay if it doesn't. Just not enough going on the gameplay side of things. Combat is over emphasized and with being just a 3 hit combo and the occasional use this attack so the enemy can take damage again from your 3 hit combo, its just not doing it for me. The exploration isn't that fun either especially with how you get around. For being called knights and bikes the bikes aren't that deep. For being restricted from certain zones, they should be a lot more fun to ride around, but they just aren't. Sprinting isn't that much slower either and doesn't require the constant (not even a mash) tapping of the pedal button. The presentation is peak and that might just be enough for you. The characters expressive faces reacting to story, the gameplay, sometimes even the environment like getting splashed with water or something, that kind of stuff st…