for mac download Knight vs Giant: The Broken Excalibur

It feels more unrefined than the best of the genre, but the underpinning mechanics are satisfying. Some I-frames and attacks from off-screen can feel a bit cheap and due to the cluster of colourful animation effects, I sometimes couldn’t even tell what was damaging me.ĭespite these issues, I had a good time playing Knight vs Giant: The Broken Excalibur.

You’ll dash and hit a lot, until everything in a room is dead and then move on. Just like how reproducing a picture leads to a loss of quality however, so too is the gameplay diluted.Įnemy AI is fairly basic and while there are a few different creatures, they all fundamentally approach the player in the same way. Once again, it’s almost impossible to escape the Hades comparison, as Knight vs Giant plays almost identically. Dashing is abundant, hammering the attack button is rampant, while death and retrial are constant.

Soul Excaliburįirst and foremost, Knight vs Giant: The Broken Excalibur is an action rogue-like. There is a certain childish charm to some of the story and the idea of King Arthur resurrected and fighting across space is… cool? However, it’s not the main driver for being here, that’s for sure. There’s no meaningful relationship system and the interactive options with characters is limited to one set of dialogue per person.Īs such, the characters are a means to an end, as they’re nothing more than glorified vendors (and even that’s at a push for some). NPCs and Merlin in particular will drone on with mindless abandon, to the point I was half-skimming most dialogue before skipping. Unlike Hades, Knight vs Giant: The Broken Excalibur is as porously written as its title. Which is about as exciting as the story gets. Thus begins your journey to eradicate the threat of the giants and become a hero once more. Now of course, in this fantasy world, there’s an Astral Plane and a Void Giant, who unceremoniously booted Arthur from existence. As a hero of yonder times, his mission in the present is to restore a now-decimated Camelot and return the citizens to their homes. King Arthur awakes, incredulously, from death, thanks to the sorcery of his loyal wizard Merlin. Knight vs Giant: The Broken Excalibur is based on the myth of the legendary King of Britain himself.

For mac download Knight vs Giant: The Broken Excalibur