Portal Knights

 Xbox One
User Score
6.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 19 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 19
  3. Negative: 4 out of 19
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  1. ubernat
    Jun 2, 2017
    10
    Fantastic! Visuals most similar to Minecraft, but gameplay much more comparable to Terraria/WoW/Diablo. Fun leveling and bossing with friends, exclusive loot drops, 3 classes, and unique worlds give the game a lot of exciting moments.
  2. G4BE
    May 25, 2017
    9
    Game similar to Starbound, where each planet has different features, challenges and civilizations. The crafting system is similar, where we can evolve the tables and tools. Very beautiful, pleasing to the eyes and ears. Anyway, excellent as Starbound, incidentally, better, for bringing very beautiful 3d.
  3. aarone2
    Aug 18, 2020
    8
    Surprisingly fun game. Feels like a mix between terraria (items/bosses), and Minecraft (landscape/worlds). Some quests are a little boring, but overall it was pretty addictive and fun.
  4. taw5022
    Sep 2, 2020
    8
    It's a sandbox game like Minecraft with RPG elements for your characters. Let me break it down:

    Pros: Yes there is mining and building. There is a creative mode in the base game. This isn't a giant open world but rather a large collections of different floating island biomes. The game isn't over hard and rather enjoyable. The characters are cartoony and fun. There are plenty of items    It's a sandbox game like Minecraft with RPG elements for your characters. Let me break it down:

    Pros:
    Yes there is mining and building. There is a creative mode in the base game. This isn't a giant open world but rather a large collections of different floating island biomes. The game isn't over hard and rather enjoyable. The characters are cartoony and fun. There are plenty of items to craft and things to collect. There is an expansion to the game and it's reasonably priced. There are skills and talent trees to help customize your character and it's class to how you'd like to play. There are quests, bosses, and mini dungeons to explore. I was pleasantly surprised by what the game offered. There are tons of things to collect and movement between zones through the use of portals and your map is actually nice considering the alternative forms of transportation they could have implemented.

    Cons:
    Camera angles get weird sometimes especially when locking on to an enemy. Building is not as refined as in Minecraft and you often will awkwardly place a block or item. There are some glitches in the game such as getting stuck while flying in creative mode. This is easily fixed by teleporting back to the portal pad but shouldn't be in the game. Local multiplayer won't save player 2's character progress which make playing local multiplayer a bit of a let down. There are plenty of quests but most are easy to complete as any item can be collected or enemy found extremely close to the quest giver.

    Overall, it's a fun enjoyable game. Controls are intuitive, the visuals are colorful, and the music is very fitting. With the exception of some minor bugs there are hours of fun to actually be had whether you're doing the story mode or creative.    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#74 Best Xbox One Game of 2017
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#77 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2017
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#91 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2017

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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. SomosXbox
    Jun 14, 2017
    70
    Portal Knights is an interesting proposal that combines crafting, exploring and good RPG combats in a large sandbox. When RPG meets Minecraft you could find Portal Knights, to give a funny experience alone or in cooperative multiplayer.
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  2. ZTGD
    Jun 13, 2017
    80
    Portal Knights certainly takes inspiration from Minecraft, but does enough different to stand on its own. It’s procedurally generated environments and visuals impress the most, which make for a nice laid-back adventure.
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  3. GameSpew
    Jun 8, 2017
    50
    Portal Knights deserves credit for attempting to blend two distinct genres… it just does so little to distinguish itself, resulting in an unrewarding title that doesn’t draw you in.
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