The Knightling Reviews

The Knightling is quite reminiscent of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in terms of game flow: you have your main quest line and a vast world to explore, with plenty of side quests to help improve your abilities. The only sticking point I had was that combat can be a bit rough when multiple enemies are involved, and enemies have a habit of popping up behind you without warning. Aside from that, The Knightling definitely helped me scratch my open-world adventure itch.

Even with its blemishes and missteps,The Knightling is not bad, or even totally mediocre. Its combat is weak, its story underwhelming at best, and its open-world design is nothing to write home about, but traversal and atmosphere save the day. Indeed,The Knightling is worth recommending on the grounds of its movement abilities and soundtrack alone - it's just the rest of the package that isn't up to snuff.

Putting up a brave effort despite all odds, The Knightling is a valiant effort and is far more endearing that you might think. Like the protagonist itself, The Knightling is a small open-world adventure, but it is packed with meaningful quests, bouncy platforming and simple-yet-satisfying combat. Yes, The Knightling lacks new ideas and could be seen as too short and insignificant - but for a fleeting five or so hours, The Knightling is a small delight that deserves your attention.

The Knightling is a lovely open world adventure game that stands out from the crowd with its focus on shield-based combat and traversal.

The Knightling is a wholesome and beautiful action platformer that hearkens back to the PlayStation 2 era. Great humour, amazing movement controls, and fun combat make this a title you won’t want to miss, though there is still room for a few QoL updates and patches.

True adventure isn’t that easy to come by, but perhaps if you’re a squire to the world’s greatest knight, things are just that little bit easier. It sure seems that way at the opening of The Knightling, the latest third-person action adventure from the team at Twirlbound. Out on patrol with Sir Lionstone, you’re ambushed by an Earthborn creature, nearly dying at its hands were it not for Sir Lionstone throwing his shield, Magnustego, in front of you. As your liege gives chase and disappears, you’re faced with a trek back to town, heavy shield in tow, and the slight sinking feeling that he’s not going to be back for a while.

The Knightling is this year's next sleeper hit and a game that should really be on your radar if it wasn't already.

The Knightling has a lot of charm and some fun ideas, but simply can't compete with the larger titles it wants to be compared to. The fluidity of movement is the true standout here, along with a solid, nice-looking open-world that doesn't feel like a chore. Unfortunately, the combat is fairly boring, the puzzles aren't memorable, the platforming feels off, and a handful of quests don't seem to function as intended. I like this team's heart, and I am looking forward to seeing them grow from here. For me, The Knightling sadly just wasn't all the way there yet.

The Knightling is the perfect end of summer action adventure romp, with great combat, a colourful world to explore, and shield surfing.

The parry-based combat style isn't going to be for everyone, but The Knightling has plenty more to offer to make up for it. This whimsical adventure has won me over thanks to its clever puzzles and its seriously enjoyable traversal — sledging down a big hill on the back of a big shield has no right being this much fun.

The Knightling offers a charming mix of exploration and combat that combines to create a very unique game, but technical hindrances, a lack of enemy variety, and some difficulty spikes prevent it from reaching its true potential.

It’s kind of weird how infrequent it feels to see a big, 3D platformer, especially ones not made by Nintendo. In the same year as Donkey Kong Bananza, you’d think the runway would stay as clear as usual. But that’s not the case, as The Knightling has appeared from developer Twirlbound. Despite being a “smaller” game (whatever that really means), Knightling is big and full of color, charm, and adventure. It’s a little rough around the edges in terms of combat and mechanical polish, but younger gamers with a budding interest in more complex action in games may have a new entry point to the more hardcore stuff out there.

It's a knight's night tonight