Oh, don’t get me wrong, this is still plenty of fun, and the bonuses bestowed by random pickups, the alternate playable characters, and multiplayer all add extra variety and content to be explored here, but none of it really captured me the way I want a good Puzzle game to do. Honestly, I found this back-and-forth needlessly tedious, and it made it difficult for me to feel like I could get “in the groove” here like with some of the better Puzzle games out there.
As enemies lower the player’s health, they must head over to the potions that fall to restore that health, alternating between taking damage in fights with enemies and clearing potions to heal that damage. Enemies damage the player back though, so players must be efficient at trying to take out as big a group of enemies as possible when they attack. The gameplay here has players striking at blocks (mostly enemies) as they fall, with connecting blocks all taking damage from a strike. In fact, at least some of the songs here are decent but not great remixes of the tunes from that game. The synthesized music here is similarly decent, though not nearly as memorable as Shovel Knight’s soundtrack. Players move through enclosed areas in a manner similar to traditional Roguelikes, with randomized power-ups appearing throughout a run, but rather than navigating mazes or fighting enemies in a traditional sense, players clear away enemies in a Falling Block Puzzle game.Īs you might expect from a Shovel Knight game, the presentation here is solid, with the series’ iconic characters depicted in a colorful pixel art style that’s slightly more cartoony than the mainline Shovel Knight games, with characters shaking to the beat of the music (this isn’t a Music-Rhythm game per say, but blocks do fall in time with the beat, so rhythm does play a small part here). Or rather, a new fusion of genres: Falling Block Puzzle games and Roguelikes. Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon, released on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch in 2021, is a spin-off of the popular indie Platformer that brings the character to a new genre. You might be able to draw a dotted line back to the retro puzzler, but at the end of the day, Yacht Club and Vine just went and took the idea and ethos of Shovel Knight and paired it with the puzzle style that would make for the deepest experience.Genre: Falling Block Puzzle Game / Roguelike What I found in the final package was something bigger and bolder than I anticipated. High intensity, combat-driven gameplay, oodles of replayability, a cute art style, and a surprising amount of depth make this one a ridiculously easy recommendation. Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon is a smartly designed and truly delightful revitalization of the falling block puzzle genre.
There are a variety of modes you can play on Shovel Knight Pocket dungeon the classic Adventure Mode, the 2 players competitive mode for local couch play only, and the daily challenge for your daily dose of handcrafted challenges.Equip yourself with a treasure trove of items and equipment you can find during a run, don’t forget to swap out your loadout to prepare for different kinds of encounters.A new type of puzzle game that has never been seen before, other blocks that you can get on the map are keys, power-ups, and potions to regain your health. The world is a falling block puzzle game, bump into enemies to damage them but be careful you get damaged as well but if you manage to chain enemies of the same type, they all take the same damage.Take in a tale with many twists and turns, go on a quest with your favorite heroes, and even challenge a friend in a fast-paced one-on-one competition. Shovel Knight Pocket dungeon is a wonderful combination of action-adventure and tile-matching puzzle game mechanics developed by VINE and Yacht Club Games, join your mysterious guide puzzle knight and delve into the depths as you shovel through scads and foes, get new equipment, battle familiar and new bosses.
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