Armed with a stabby multi-directional blade imbued with the magical power of fairies, you guide the titular black knight through some classic 2D side-scrolling platform action inspired by Eastern European animation and Kamishibai, otherwise known as 'paper drama'. Wait! Come back! Black Knight Sword isn't just a weird curio. It's a dark and gory fairy tale from the brainpan of Suda 51 and a throwback to the tough side-scrollers of old, with leaps of faith, inch-perfect platform jumping and plenty of heart collecting.
Hardcore Gamer: Starting April 16, the game will be half-off on XBLA, and only cost 400 MS points, or $5, instead of 800.
Black Knight Sword is a sub-par, boring, and repulsive game that fails to be the throwback it was made out to be. Insane graphics, flying on giant chickens and being molested by melon-headed perverts aren’t substantial enough ideas to save what is otherwise a bare-boned action platforming experience.
munkimatt says:"It’s necessary to approach any game by Suda51 with an open mind. The Grasshopper Studio auteur has created some of the most downright bizarre games of the last few years with killer7, No More Heroes and, more recently, Lollipop Chainsaw being the most recognisable of his works. Black Knight Sword marks his studio’s second collaboration with Hungarian developers Digital Reality after 2012’s well received shoot ‘em up Sine Mora."
