Knack

 PlayStation 4
  • Publisher: SCEA
  • Release Date: Nov 15, 2013
User Score
6.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 1369 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 666 out of 1369
  2. Mixed: 353 out of 1369
  3. Negative: 350 out of 1369
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  1. fatheroftearsx
    Nov 22, 2013
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game stinks! With graphics that make PlayStation two look like a next-gen system and the storyline so ridiculous you actually have to wonder if the developers who created this game were high! Avoid this game or Tri City And buy something better!… Expand
  2. MasterChief500
    Feb 9, 2014
    2
    What can be worse that new Killzone? Only this. One big plus of the game-it's very difficult. Dark souls for children. Green goblins, heart-kind Knack-it's nice but authors doesn't know about sense of humor. That's a pity, friends
  3. Taka33
    Mar 18, 2014
    2
    Knack is one of the worst games I've ever played. At least Killzone was fun for the first 2 to 3 hours. Knack on the other hand was a blah-fest from the first 5 minutes. I really hope the next game by this development team is better than Knack, because it was pretty awful.
  4. srestr3270
    May 24, 2014
    2
    The saddest part of this game is that I liked it for the wrong reasons. The only thing I like about this game was that the fun level design and quirky characters brought back memories from the time that I played Jak and Daxter, Sly Cooper, Ratchet and Clank, and even Crash Bandicoot. What is bad about that is that it caused me to see what a bad game Knack really was. After removing myselfThe saddest part of this game is that I liked it for the wrong reasons. The only thing I like about this game was that the fun level design and quirky characters brought back memories from the time that I played Jak and Daxter, Sly Cooper, Ratchet and Clank, and even Crash Bandicoot. What is bad about that is that it caused me to see what a bad game Knack really was. After removing myself from my PS4 after playing about 4 hours of the game, I sat back and realized that I had wasted those four hours on the monstrosity that is Knack. Look, I appreciate what the developers of the game were attempting to accomplish with this game, to make a game a kid could enjoy. The problem is a kid couldn't possibly enjoy this game! I handed the ps4 controller to my younger sister and she lost interest, the game is soooo repetitive (I mean there are only three, yes THREE, punches Knack executes in the game) also this game is too difficult for children. Also, this game has a huge identity problems, its trying to be too serious, once again this is a game directed towards children and children at heart. This is a game I should be able to play without having to experience a story of betrayal and loss, it is meant for kids! I thought this game would be fun, thank god I didn't pay full price on this. Knack is just a game of punch, dodge, and hook. If the game doesn't understand itself than how can I?… Expand
  5. njja02
    Jun 17, 2018
    2
    One of the most unbalanced piles of crap I've ever played. Boring combat, boring story, boring level design, almost everything is bad. If I'm being honest, I thought the first couple of missions were a little fun. But I think that mostly had to do with the so-bad it's good nature of it. But it eventually got super old and repetitive.
  6. HTGamer
    May 18, 2018
    2
    Knack is a cartoony version of the old God of War games, only it comes with a bad story, a barely basic level design, forgettable enemies, and very repetitive gameplay. Knack is supposed to be aimed at children, but its unforgiving challenge and lack of balance (even at the Easy difficulty setting) means only hardcore and relentless gamers will ever play this game. Getting constantlyKnack is a cartoony version of the old God of War games, only it comes with a bad story, a barely basic level design, forgettable enemies, and very repetitive gameplay. Knack is supposed to be aimed at children, but its unforgiving challenge and lack of balance (even at the Easy difficulty setting) means only hardcore and relentless gamers will ever play this game. Getting constantly one-shot from every mob is not fun. I played Knack on the Hard difficulty setting through to the very end, and the game was brutal even for someone like me who enjoys Dark Souls and Bloodborne. The final boss fight in particular can be BS even though it's based on patterns, just like the old school games.

    Knack reminded me of the 1st Crash Bandicoot game which was a notoriously hardcore 3D platformer back in 1996. There is a connection between these games because Mark Cerny (the brilliant software engineer, and lead architect of the PS4) had a hand in the design of both. Maybe he's not the best game designer, possibly he's still stuck in the '80s arcade era of unfair games, but I still expected more and better from him.

    I got Knack for free through the Playstation Plus subscription, but I'd advise everyone else not to spend money on it. If you have nothing else to play, you may give Knack a try.    … Expand
  7. Ishi123
    Feb 8, 2018
    2
    It took me about an hour to deduce that this was probably the worst game I'd ever played. It's a complete disaster. No other word fits this game better. Just a total failure of a game. I'm glad I got this game for free on PS+, otherwise I'd be calling up Sony to get my money back for this.
  8. RepentantSky
    Mar 8, 2018
    2
    This game is an absolute mess. It's not always easy to tell where you are, the camera works against you far more often than it should, and despite gaining more health the bigger Knack grows, you take more damage, so the extra health isn't really extra health so much as it is a way to increase your attacks damage, while making you feel weaker. The story is also laughably bad, and I refuseThis game is an absolute mess. It's not always easy to tell where you are, the camera works against you far more often than it should, and despite gaining more health the bigger Knack grows, you take more damage, so the extra health isn't really extra health so much as it is a way to increase your attacks damage, while making you feel weaker. The story is also laughably bad, and I refuse to call the doctor character, The Doctor, because that's insulting to any Whovian past or present. The combat is also horrible as all hell as all Knack can do when fighting is punch, and use supers, of which only one super is really useful. The acting is also horrible, and don't inform characters enough. The game is simply bad. However, because it works, and because I have played worse, I can give it a 2/10, but no more. This game was free this month for PS Plus members, which is why I got it in the first place, but even if price affected my choices, I would still say don't bother. The game is horrible in just about every way possible. Games on PSone play better.… Expand
  9. Aool
    Feb 9, 2023
    2
    Story, combat skill, 2p play and the like, all suck. Besides difficulty is too difficult! Enemies are even stronger than knack. Kanck's 2p play is even worse than Kirby's Return to Dream Land.
  10. hiddenpheonix
    Sep 27, 2014
    1
    The works game is the one positive. The levels and enemies are the same just with different paint which is where they spent the majority of the time. The game would work for young kids.
  11. Martinn
    Nov 15, 2013
    1
    Knack is a game that could bring much and much more than it eventually became. I don't really mind the graphics which are not really next-gen, but the overall gameplay and story. The gameplay is simple and very bland, which could have been way better. The story is boring and short, I finished the game in like 8 hours or so. Definitely not a day one buy!
  12. Ghost_RJ
    Sep 4, 2014
    1
    Bad and boring game, the only thing that save here is the Knack itself, he is pretty cool, all other points level design, story, characters, gaming balance is bad. How can Sony launch this game for PS4?
  13. Rubius25
    Mar 25, 2014
    1
    Knack is awful, it's seriously one of the worst platforming games that I've ever played. Stay away from Knack if you own a PS4, because it's a waste of money.
  14. dubloon7
    May 26, 2015
    1
    This game is utter garbage. AVOID at all costs, to you, to your PS4 and to your Dualshock4 controller.

    The primary issue with this heap of crap is the problem with a 1 or 2-hit death. this game was designed for children, but is so difficult even on the "normal" difficulty the game restarts every 5 minutes. Knack will die in 1 to 2 hits, whereas the enemies EACH take 3-5 hits; health    This game is utter garbage. AVOID at all costs, to you, to your PS4 and to your Dualshock4 controller.

    The primary issue with this heap of crap is the problem with a 1 or 2-hit death. this game was designed for children, but is so difficult even on the "normal" difficulty the game restarts every 5 minutes. Knack will die in 1 to 2 hits, whereas the enemies EACH take 3-5 hits; health restoration is practically non-existant; trophiues are locked unless you play Sony's retarded iOS shovelware game.

    graphics are more for PS3, sound/music is standard, voice acting is sub-par, story is standard

    AVOID AVOID AVOID!!!!!    … Expand
  15. ieatdirt
    Sep 8, 2015
    1
    I was looking forward to playing this game since i love platformers but it was horrible! The score i give is very deserved and i am very disappointed. I thought this would be a very good game with all the hype it was getting but it seems i was wrong. 1/10
  16. Esfar
    Nov 28, 2013
    0
    I cant believe that this is a next generation game.Not to mention a bad platformer.They should have made jak 4 or some thing like that.Bad graphics, story game mechanics..
  17. XzRecolz
    Nov 15, 2014
    0
    Could've been so much more. The gameplay is just boring. This game has way too many problems, too. It sucks when you want to hit an enemy, but instead Knack desides to hit a stupid broken wall, because it's like 'autoaim' -_-...

    It's a weak launch title. I expected a real story with some interesting gameplay. I tried to love this game, but nope. Can developers, for once, put some    Could've been so much more. The gameplay is just boring. This game has way too many problems, too. It sucks when you want to hit an enemy, but instead Knack desides to hit a stupid broken wall, because it's like 'autoaim' -_-...

    It's a weak launch title. I expected a real story with some interesting gameplay. I tried to love this game, but nope.

    Can developers, for once, put some effort in their games? Would be nice, like old times.    … Expand
  18. Hly
    Nov 18, 2013
    0
    Terrible, terrible game. The art style is beyond awful. It requires a special kind of "talent" to make a game this bad. Shallow, uninspired and monotonus gameplay. Do yourself a favor and stay away from this game.
  19. NoelKreiss
    Mar 10, 2015
    0
    This game sucks... how someone can give an mixed or an positive review for this sh*t ? The graphics of this game sucks the same way the gameplay do , the game is childish , RIDICULOUS
  20. mydinura
    Sep 21, 2016
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. here comes the money uh oh its knack baby yeah you like that **** dont you yeah you like that knack
    unfortunately, knack would only sell 3 copies because it's the worst game of all time    … Expand
  21. GatoxGalacticos
    Oct 31, 2020
    0
    Knack is a pretty bad game, the graphics are pretty meh, the graphics are just made to showcase the capacity of the ps4, and the gameplay is just boring repetitive and frustrating
  22. Reterer
    Feb 4, 2021
    0
    Truly made by bubbling baboons but knack 2 is whear is is at knack is a a joke of a game
  23. EmuGame218
    Jun 4, 2021
    0
    Worst game EVER. Not becase this is PS4 exclusive, but becase this is a bad game
  24. DreamRavy
    Aug 14, 2023
    0
    Played it because it was free on PS Plus, but it's such a clunky game. It looked inventive at first glance, but it's underwhelming in all aspects, the visuals and art direction is so unappealing and everyone looks and act so silly, it was honestly a bit cringe. Gameplay feels like half-done and just not fun to play, it was honestly quite boring. I do not recommend it, not even as a freePlayed it because it was free on PS Plus, but it's such a clunky game. It looked inventive at first glance, but it's underwhelming in all aspects, the visuals and art direction is so unappealing and everyone looks and act so silly, it was honestly a bit cringe. Gameplay feels like half-done and just not fun to play, it was honestly quite boring. I do not recommend it, not even as a free game because it's just a waste of space in anyone's ps4.… Expand
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Awards & Rankings

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#26 Best PS4 Game of 2013
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#5 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2013
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#5 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2013

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Metascore
54

Mixed or average reviews - based on 83 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 83
  2. Mixed: 46 out of 83
  3. Negative: 28 out of 83
  1. Pelit (Finland)
    Feb 13, 2014
    75
    Knack isn't a bad combat platformer, it's just mediocre. It's a kind of God of War for casual players and the fighting works actually quite well. Some boring factory levels should have been cut, though. [Jan 2014]
  2. GameCritics
    Jan 26, 2014
    40
    I have absolutely no idea what caused Knack to be the kind of game that is, because it just doesn't make any sense. Whether it's the case of being a a vanity project that went unchecked or just another could-have-been that lost its way while rushing to meet the PS4's launch date, the bottom line is that it's a misguided title too simple for adults and too difficult for children.
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  3. CD-Action
    Jan 10, 2014
    25
    An awfully boring, repetitive and uninspired game that does absolutely nothing to show PS4’s capabilities but a lot to ruin your day. [01/2014, p.66]
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