Classic Game Room - KNACK review for PS4
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
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Classic Game Room reviews KNACK, an action game and launch title for the PlayStation 4 showcasing all of the exciting things the PS4 can do (which includes crashing). Knack is whack! This launch title for the PlayStation 4 showcases Sony's least exciting exclusive character ever, Knack! Knack looks like something the dog threw up and plays like a generic PS2 action game from the bargain bin. Also it may crash your PS4 which requires the power cable to be pulled. What were they thinking??
You can tell a game is bad when Mark trashes it
You know it's probably a bad game when even Mark talks bad about it.
I liked the video, but this is the first time I ever heard this guy talk negative about a game
he talked negative about some games before. the thing is, he will bash a game if it is REALLY boring or downright broken if he doesn't find anything fun about it. Transformers: ROTF was a terrible and repetative licensed game, but he had fun in it. Also, Mark is prone to use very subtle sarcasm.
You should check out the DOA Extreme 2 review lol, or maybe some stuff from the beginning of the CGR, when Mark used to make reviews with Dave. Search for the Dino Crisis review and the old reviews, really funny stuff.
Watch the Classic Game Room Ridge Racer 7 PS3 review, that review if full of a whole lot of negativity!
One of those things I like about Mark's reviews is that if there's something he likes he'll always put the spotlight on that, but if he just doesn't like a game, he'll say it.
Lol I think this is the most negative review you have put out.
I don't think I can remember any instance in that Mark was that bitter about a game. Wow this game must be fucking crap then!
He was angry with the Mattel Hyper - Scan.
I didn't mind Knack but it became very repetitive after a while, but on the higher difficulties it was a real challenge especially in boss battles.
I got my PS4 at launch and feel like I dodged a bullet with this one. If this game was on Wii U, even Wii, it would have been condemned as the shovelware it truly is. Utter garbage and still gets and average metacritic score of 50 odd due to Sony fanboys pretending it is good. Terrible game. A true tragedy of the modern gaming age that the sheep gamers purchased this in bigger numbers than Super Mario 3D World. I honestly believe they could have released a turd in a box and it would have been snapped up, and looking at this, that is exactly what happened!!
I played a demo of this in a shop 3 weeks before the PS4 launch and liked it from what I played of it but after watching the reviews and the amount of copies of Knack in the pre-owned section already I don't think I will get it when I get a PS4. It looks like it could have been a really good platformer if they spent more time on it, made a better looking main character and called him something like Magno.
Seriously, as much as I love Mark reviews and I entirely respect his opinion (in fact, this is the only game that he bashed on that I actually like), but this game is great.
The gameplay is fun and the fact the you grow and shrink is really cool. The thing is that the scenario is laughable, it feels really really amateur, the story itself isn't that bad, but man how the characters interact with each others is so lame, and Knack isn't really likable and the game isn't as funny as Jak or Ratchet and Clank, in fact, I only laughed one or two time in the entire game.
But seriously, this game as an incredible potential and if the developers make a sequel that isn't rushed for the release of the PS4, and innovate even more the gameplay, actually make a good scenario and good lines for the characters and make great level design, with more gameplay elements and variation this will be a great exclusive for PlayStation.
***** I agree, I have owned many 2 out of 10 games (or games which the media consider mediocre) and got some enjoyment out of them, which is the point right? But CGR are not really what I would call corporate, more for hobbyists and Knack genuinely is utter shit!!
SkullScience77
The thing I don't understand is that you were interested in that game since you said you dodge a bullet. But the game is exactly what it looks like; you run through corridors and kill enemies, like a PS1/PS2 game. I rent it for a week and it was perfect, I finished it, had fun with it but I would have not play it again, at least not in a near future. Seriously I feel like too much people are basing their opinion on reviews, this game is far from being as bad as everyone says it is
***** I dodged the bullet due to the hype. The game is on par with Wii (not Wii U) shovelware. It is a tragedy this game was released for the price it was (and still is) with the lack of quality and almost budget feel it has. I played it (try before you buy, which I chose not to) the same week as I purchased SMW3D on my Wii U. The difference is night and day. The Nintendo effort shows love, care and real skill has gone into its development in a graphically, gameplay and aurally superior product yet Knack sold more due to Sheeples believing the hype! Knack is not the worst game ever, but in contrast to the Nintendo game that came out at the similar time, The Sony title was rushed, glitchy, unimaginative and just plain average in every conceivable way. There is no defence why that game is the price it is and the hype attached to it. It was an after-thought, pure and simple and the gaming public were insulted by it. Worse still for a game of that genre, it is not fun and is simply boring!
Knack is not a game for everyone. I am however enjoying the game. Does it make me a bad person for liking it? No. And Mark is not a bad person for not liking it. It all comes down to personal preference.
I like Knack and he doesn't like Knack. Is that a bad thing? No. It's not. No game is fit for everyone. I just wish people would understand that and not attack others for liking something they don't like or vice versa. Different strokes for different folks and I respect Marks opinion and this is coming from someone who enjoys the game~.
Mark hates this game because it won't run on a vectrex
A valid reason to dislike any game. The Vectrex is gaming perfection. If it isn't on Vectrex, it isn't worth anyone's time.
Jimalcoatl
I'm so glad to see people with common sense around. :)
"Why isn't this a Ratchet and Clank game?"
Holy shit, why the hell isn't it? That'd be a hell of a launch title!
Well from Mark's review, this game has the potential to be on the Game.Com
I'm surprised that Knack didn't just break after putting that game in the HyperScan!
To be fair, with the Hyperscan, you can't break what's already been broken
The HyperScan is the best! lol
Legit review. Looks like all you do is fight waves of enemies.
Do you know what's better than Knack, anything else.
Play it on hard. Makes it much more fun.. not to mention theres hidden relics around each level that you collect and you get different knacks.
Works for me.. But I like hard games.
LaserActiveGuy
Fortunately for the majority of people willing to give it a chance it does work.
I don't think that would have made Mark like it. When you say it was harder do you mean that the enemies dueling AI was harsher or do you mean that there was more enemies to fight?
Mark is into instant gratification or easy rewards leading into challenging victories.
He's also bad at games that require platforming and only mediocre at fighting games or games involving combat.
The only thing that would have saved this game was having an interesting presentation and being really showy and making more apparent use of the processor power.
That and not freezing.
I challenge you if you haven't already, play 'Catherine' on hard difficulty, that includes all Babel stages too! I've just spent a month trying to and finally done it
Why is Knack fighting against a bunch of Shreks?
why not?
To stop them from appearing in more movies.
To get to the other side, duh!
It's weird... I don't find the game all-in-out terrible... but at the same time I can agree with Mark's review.
But I never experienced crashes. Not a hiccup. And I'm about to platinum it. I remember getting the Wii U at launch and it'd crash, freeze, make this "EEERRRRR!!" noise and then the disc drive broke.
Then I got a black one and its been fine. My advice? Avoid white Wii U's.
Insert immature joke about racism here.
I played the demo of this at GameStop and it was amazing! I almost bought a PS4 on the spot! Unfortunately, they were sold out.
dodged a bullet there lol
Damn, you don't hear about CGR disliking a game often, the game probably is crashing since you put it in the hyper scan, it's angry it got put into such a device and wants revenge!!
That's... amazing. Knack broke Mark. Mark Cerny, this is an achievement in of itself. Congratulations.
"knack is wack" Amazing
THE HYPERSCAN
TAKE IT AWAY!!
TAKE IT AWAY!!
I thought the E3 demo was a very early beta and that it'd look and play much better when it came out but turns out that public beta-looking game was the one they sold for $60. Very dissappointing.
Wow... I'm glad I watched reviews for this, because this would probably have been the first game I got once I decided to buy a PS4. Even Mark didn't like the game. :s
this channel has a knack for good reviews
So the mission in this game is to kill as many clones of Shrek as possible?
I liked Knack. It wasn't the best character based platformer but it laid the groundwork for a potentially good series.
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AtariMachine Liking the game doesn't mean that he must be gullible or a moron.
One of the things I love about Classic Game Room (other than the fact that if I DON'T love it then Lord Carnage would feed me to his army of robotic alligators) is that Mark is always completely honest with how he feels about whatever he's reviewing.
This game needed a LOT more development time.
This game must really suck for mark to dislike it this much.
I wonder what Mark thinks of the announcement of Knack 2?
I liked Knack. But I'm glad to see that it was not my Ps4 that froze but Knack. I would describe Knack as being a Harder Kid Friendly God of War title. It need work and it need to be more complex, but it's fun. A 5 or 6 out of 10 for me.
Knack is very innovative in the way that it proves that a videogame doesn't have to be fun and with all the flashy graphics in the world, it can still be excruciatingly boring.
He looks strangely like the IrateGamer
Not really
Why not RATCHET AND CLANK!!! Exactly!
because infinite sequels is not a good idea
Killzone is just as shit.
Repetitive waves, little to no intuitive level design or mission objectives...another wasted potential.
Knack is whack XD
You know, I don´t think we are in a "new generation" of games , the new console is very powewrful, but the ps3 was already HD, and more Hd than Hd...what is it? Yeah, more sharpness, better rendering, more realistic graphics, like in an animation movie ,but the difference is not like between night and day like in the jump from ps2 to ps3 or from ps1 to ps2... I think It is a good moment for developpers to focus on playability and gameplay, exploiting all the good ideas from 35 year to now and make good games without the limitation of the machine, and remember something, everything called "new" or "neo" is never really new. The fact is that 2d games are a big tendence these days...Why? Because they are great. There is a biiiig demand for remakes and remasters from great old and not so old games, and this is gonna be (I hope so) a strong point in the ps4 history.
That is exactly how I feel about the new consoles. They just don't give me this I-never-thought-games-could-look-like-this-moment.
you sound like you should buy a wii U
As someone who plays on PC and can show the difference between console and PC graphics... especially for games that weren't intended to have as good of graphics... I notice. I notice big time. I think the reason you don't see the difference because you're looking solely at gameplay, and that you've probably been on consoles the whole time (or a less than top of the line PC). The processing power lets more items, enemies, physics objects, locations, etc. be on screen at one time. It means more populated cities. It means more realistic and dense jungles, city scapes, even an empty house is never empty in real life. It lets debris scatter across maps and lets textures be 3 dimensional without losing performance. It let's enemies stay as ragdolls on screen instead of awkwardly phasing into the floors. It lets more particle effects show at one time without the game slowing down or the effects having to be cut from the game entirely. There's so much little stuff that you would never notice because you don't think to look for it. Sure you could do without it, but all of those little things add up, and it's why games like The Last of Us, which had next gen environments on current gen systems, are so fantastic. If they waited to releasr the last of us on next gen, the environments would look EVEN BETTER than they did, and I can't even imagine that.
A lot of games have to turn down the settings in their games just to see a console release, and so people who have been playing on consoles don't realize the potential they had to begin with. Early PS4 games aren't going to demonstrate the power of the system just like early PS3 games didn't. Release titles have to be developed on old hardware, and you can't just "upgrade" the entire game to look and behave better like most people would think. Even just making all of the textures better could take 6-12 months depending on the team working on the game. I get that a lot of people just don't care about graphics, which is fine. But it also makes the games run better. It means that the operating system of the device runs smoother. It means more room for improvement and more creative license for game companies. Think of games like the original Legend of Zelda, that had to keep their games so minimal because of hardware restrictions. How do you think those games would have turned out if they had waited to release them on a better system?
I use to play on PC... but please read my post again, maybe you will discover that it is a synthesis of what you say in yours in technical aspects, but it is not ther point that I am tryong to reach. I repeat, read it again.
Charlie Llorente Your comment of developers "focusing on gameplay" is not even worth mentioning. Gameplay is always the top priority unless the game is designed specifically otherwise. And to comment on why 2D games are becoming popular is because 2D games are easier to make. Plain and simple. The uprising of 2D is because it is now more popular than ever to be an independent developer and that means that a team of 4 doesn't have the resources to not create high end games like top tier companies can produce easily. There are certain franchises like Rayman which are purposely trying to be 2D to get back to their roots, and then there are games that exploit their 2 dimensions like FEZ, but these are not games that were limited by hardware. And with that being said, of course it means that I am not referring to these games.
My response was very specifically aimed at your comment because too many people are passing on next generation consoles because they think they aren't advancing enough. They don't realize though that the advancements aren't always graphics, but often times performance and limitation breaking. That was my point, and gameplay should ALWAYS be top priority. Also I wasn't just replying to you, but leaving my comment for other people to view as well (seemed like you thought I was simply trying to argue with you). It's just something people don't realize and it bothers me when I can see first hand the limitations of even my own system, which is far superior to even the PS4.
Let's all be fair people, Knack and Killzone are both launch titles and we can't always expect EVERYTHING to be perfect about them. The best games for newer generation consoles always come out in the next year or two after launch. Take Zelda Twilight Princess for example. It was a launch title for the Wii (If anyone starts an argument with me about the Wii and it's lackluster hardware capabilities, you can just shut up and keep your opinion to yourself because I like the games that were released for it regardless.) and while it's hard to diss a Zelda game, even I have to admit that the developers tried way to hard to make the game dark and the motion controls were pretty wonky. But later in 2011, fans were given Skyward Sword, an excellent game and a massive improvement over the Twilight Princess.
The PS4 isn't a bad console by any means and I look forward for it's future releases such as The Last Guardian and Final Fantasy XV (I know it's a multi-platform game but whatever.), but since I'm not impressed with the launch line-up, I'm just going to stick to my PS3 and Wii U until those games I mentioned are released.
Loved the Pontiac Aztek reference. ;)
Well at least it shows Sony was appealing to a younger demographic with Knack rather than the all-around 'Dude-bro' audience of the Xbox One. I think this would be a nice little game to play from time to time.
Zoo Tycoon, Powerstar Golf and Crimson Dragon are "Dude-bro" games? Which console is the one with countless military FPS games at launch?
Um, Killzone is a sci-fi shooter - it doesn't class as a military shooter unless if it's set in modern day of M16s and oscar-tango-mike. The same I said about Killzone can be said about Titanfall. And how is it countless when Killzone is the only one along with multi-platform shooters which is pretty much just Call of Duty: Ghosts and Battlefield 4 (Free-to-play titles don't count)? Please tell me how that's countless? Because I count three shooters. And before you start preaching about Xbox One, don't. They are both good consoles with their own set of decent features and interesting games, we all know that for a fact and I don't even have either.
Stick to your console and everybody else will stick to theirs. Don't start a fanboy war of utter bias because I got sick of them when I was 15 years old. Got it? Good. Apologies for my impulsivity.
Anyone seen the new computer space homebrew for colecovision on Atariages homepage? That looks awesome!
Damn, if Mark doesnt likeykur game, you definitely messed up someone along the way.
You know your game is bad if Mark hates it...
The Pontiac Aztec of video game characters... I love that. I remember when that car came out and how ugly it was.
Look at all the people with Stockholm Syndrome that bought Knack on release day that down-voted the vid,
Is fun and its latin voice actors are really fun but still is not crash bandocoot
I'd rather it not be Crash Bandicoot, so I guess that's a plus for originality.
Oh god that look on his face when he says "It's Knack!" at 00:35. Had me dying!
Surprised Mark didnt like this one, seems like his kind of platformer. I still wanna play it, but given the mixed reviews it has gotten, it will probably see a hefty price drop by the time I get a PS4 or even be free on Plus.
his kind of platformer? This can't even compare to ratchet & clank, that game was awesome
Lunastras The Hedgehog well not saying it is better than Ratchet and Clank, I much prefer that type of platformer. I guess this one just got on his nerves, I know I'd be mad if my new ps4 froze up a lot on a particular game but not the others, I'd score it lower.
The only reviews I trust, I guess I'll skip Kack and buy NFS Rivals for PS4..
Yikes I was looking forward to that one. Thanks for saving me the pain.
Heres to hoping Crash Bandicoot comes back.........
ONLY if Naughty Dog makes it again, which I sadly doubt for some reason.
The problem with Crash is that after the 3rd bandicoot the rights for the game were sold and the team that made Crash started Ratchet, Crash and Ratchet sound very different don't they. Afterwards every Crash was a crash in all categories until finally they buried Crash.
lotus im not sure where you got your information from but it is false.the sold the rights after CTR not the 3rd crash. and ND did not make the rachet and clank series. that was Insomniac. Naughty Dog created the Jak and Daxter Series. also Logan, they probably wont because in a recent interview ND said that they will never go back to crash because those days are over. they are done with crash so if they did make another game it would be made by sony's other main devs. but at this point, anythings better than the shit Activision games.
I forgot about the kart game but that's just because I don't care about them and they are not platform games. Of course naughty dog didn't make the ratchet games but their technology did, insomniac has used ND tech since spyro.
Lotus cola doesn't matter if you don't care, you are still wrong.
Well if Mark hates it, then you know it's not worth it!
Another great PS4 exclusive! /s
Another snarky commenter!
blakeandcamp Wow, guess someones angry. Am I not allowed to post on any site I choose to? Let me guess, you're a NeoSHAFT going? that would explain the incoherence and anger issues.
***** Woah. Calm down. They're video games.
CrapgamerReviews still better then ryse son of boring, and brown bland zombie game 3
***** Yep, definitely a NeoSHAFT kid with all that anger :) Don't take out your anger that Mortimer and CBOAT were oh so wrong about the Xbox One. I'd also love some kind of evidence that I troll anything PS4 related all day. This is the first comment I've made all day on UA-cam about anything.
"Why is he called Knack? Which rhymes with crack" I lost it there, I love you Mark!!!
I hope the crashing problem gets patch
*Please stop hating the main char and give the game a chance!!*
Awesome review, Mark! :)
Why people hate this game?I love platform games and Knack looks damn cool. And X1 has no platforms right now or does it?
SkyLanders. That's about it I think, but that's multiplatform. Also Lord Karnage pretty much sums up why he doesn't like the game. And hey if he doesn't like it it there's something wrong there, as my biggest complaint with him, is that he just seems to like everything.
As for me, the game just looks bland and generic, but I would not go so far as to say I hate the game.
Some know how to enjoy games regardless of other people's opinions.
What system a game is on is irrelevant. Games stand or fall on their own merit.
It's not a platformer though. It's like a God of War type brawler.
***** I didnt mean it like a console war, I just mean that on the Xbox side I dont see any platform game (and I really enjoy them), I was just asking (with no sarcasm haha) if the X1 has one, I probably gonna buy both so I wanted to know (PS4 will be my main thought Nanofuture87
Full HD as always, like it...
It should have been a crash bandicoot game as a launch title not this.
never crashed for me wonder what happened
funny^ For such a nice open minded reviewer to trash a game says a lot
'pontiac aztec of video game characters' = quite possibly the finest analogy in the history of analogies. I love you, sir.
Have you played Pandora's Tower on the Wii? That's a great game, no matter what others say. I played it through last xmas, it was super awesome!
normally i wouldn't listen to reviews, but this guy is a pro gamer, and the controls really look simple and ridiculous, there aren't a lot of combos or anything....
I was really hoping this would be a good game, need some more of that platforming goodness. This game on the other hand is more like a hack n slash game, and I find so many of them extremely boring. There really aren't too much wrong with the game, it's just all too unpersonal and bland. I just want a good platforming game! :(
Thanks, Mark! Very sober and informative. Usually when someone mentions a game being crash-happy they don't show any proof of it, GameTrailers I'm looking at you.
Seems like a decent review. Knack looks really lame. I'm a big PS fan but so far not impressed with the ps4's games. Hopefully that will change soon as I'm currently thinking about going back to playing my ps3.
I can't believe people still defend this game
Im so glad how Classic Game Room stayed the same after all these years.
Love ur Reviews!
"the pontiac aztec of video game characters... [yes, kids], knack... is wack." - lord karnage
I feel like mark is such a good guy with reviewing games. What I mean by that, is he finds the positive of any game really, and will pretty much find a way to recommend it. And then he basically doesn't in this game...when he almost could have. What I'm saying is Mark is pretty realistic and fair with his reviews. That's why CGR is awesome. And then this game basically sucks, and he says it sucks.
Also this game looks horrible.
Only thing I agree is that the environment does feel a bit empty sometimes, needs more enemy's
that background with all the games machines is heaven
knack is cool as f*** plus knack means your attracted to something or you do something often if i recall ex:i have a knack to ride a bike. so it makes sense to name himself knack since he is attracting and holding relics together
I like how you mentioned how it looked liked a Disney movie because in reality it has the look, feel, and story of a Disney movie.
Oh no! This shitty game that turned out to be almost as shitty as everyone expected got bad reviews! Im going to go cry now...
They shoulda had Stretch Panic 2 like they did with the PS2.
Or Folklore with the Ps3. Wait. Stretch Panic was a tech demo game?
Oda Swifteye Knack was a tech demo when you think about it also.
AfroSnackey Oh yeah it certainly was.
I swear your reviews are getting funnier with every post. well done sir!
Knack didn't crash on me. I picked it up so my kids have a game to play on my machine and they love it.
what were they thinking ?
if this game was released on PS3, NO ONE would buy it
this is the launch of PS4 for fuck's sake
they could have delayed The Last of Us and make it a PS4 exclusive launch title
It's gonna be the BEST LAUNCH TITLE IN THE GAMING HISTORY EVER
but instead, Nope, Mark Cerny want a shitty ass ''new concept''
for fuck's sake......
just imagine, if The Last of Us was a PS4 launch title.....*sigh
There did playstation lose crash bandicoot series? I bet those would look perfect on the console now.
Unsurprisingly underwhelming for a "next gen" title, like the rest.
Knack (the character, that is) looks like if Crash Bandicoot fell into a garbage disposal. But the game looks fun.
Was tempted to get this game on day one with Killzone Shadow Fall and Fifa 14, i'm glad that i didn't because it doesn't look good at all
Knack did not crash on my ps4.
A new Sly game would have made my day, this looks just plain boring.
they did make a new sly game
I played it a few days ago and it ran flawlessly. I liked it, though the check points were to far away for me.
I enjoyed this game enough to playthrough multiple times and get the platinum trophy. The only thing I really disliked was the random crystal relic drops from the chests. It took forever to unlock Massive Knack and Diamond Knack.
So there's no power to animate any character shadows on PS4?
I remember when I was watching the PS4 conference earlier in the year and I think this was the first game they showed off and I couldn't have been any more disappointed. And I thought I was the only one that thought the name Knack sounded weird and he looked like an odd, meaningless thing. I think he gets so ashamed of himself he just freezes time to temporarily stop his constant suffering from being a mutilated, ugly freak.
This is why i prefer Mark's reviews over anything these days. If he came up with another channel reviewing current released games, I'll be subscribed in a heartbeat.
When I heard that Karnage himself hated the game, I knew it had to be really bad. Seems like I was right.
This game wouldn't impress me even if it was a launch title for the original PlayStation back in the day.
Knack, showing what fancy things the PS4 can do....for example, looking like a first-year PS3 game.
It's a me, Madio! Whoah the game totally crashed on the PS4. Knack is wack!
"The Pontiac Aztek of video game characters."
Pure genius.
The controller have been reviewed, some exclusives have been reviewed, now the console is there to be reviewed.