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Reviews For: The Rise of a Knight

(436 Reviews • Avg: 7.36/10)

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Score: 8
WeirdJedi

"Hit Rating -1"

date: March 19, 2008

The game started out pretty cool. Music was great and a knight running to save the princess - all good and dandy, well sort of. I could tell there was a lot of movement problems. Sometimes I would try and jump up only to be brought back down immediately from an attack. The same would happen when trying to time an attack from multiple blows to my shield. Watching as I get attacked from behind when they weren't facing me was annoying too.

There were several other mistakes that I could tell. There was a misspelling in the text somewhere. I also noticed some animation glitches too. I don't think being able to infinitely hold down your shield was such a good idea or even being able to run and continue attacking mob after mob.

The story... well... the story seemed kind of thin. It kind of abruptly ended. I remember thinking "What is happening? How is this possible? Are they hallucinations? Are they under a spell?" Then I saw him give away the sword "No you idiot. Don't give away your sword and kneel down. He could kill you. How do you know that is really the king you are talking to?" Then I get a THE END!

Well it was fun, but you gotta' fix it up some more! First two minutes you had me smiling. Wish it lasted all the way to the end.

March 19, 2008

Author's Response:

Thanks. The reason why the story ended in such a manner is because of three things: The game was made with a sequel in mind. The filesize would have been HUGE if I continued, and I tried to create some sort of cliffhanger. I dont know if it worked very well :) I didnt focus too much on the storyline or the narration to be honest. I just had fun and saw where it took me.

I know there are flaws with the combat and jumping and animation and almost everything. Im still learning a lot. Thanks for keeping me humble man. :)
I'll keep all the reviews in mind for my next projects.
Thanks for the review!

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Score: 8
kitten-karl

"quite cool"

date: March 19, 2008

was quite a cool game - i liked the bit at the starts - rolling some of the credits during gameplay, very proffesional :P
nice gameplay, but i dont get what the point was of jumping if they hit you anyway when you jumped into the air to try and avoid them.
Oh yeah - not to insult your intelegence or anything but i dont think the gobling chieften lead the gaurd into a trap i see it as that he; told the gaurd of the princess's location, he just forgot to mention there was a giant spider and an ogre in the way :P
(PS - spelling mistake: "I am here to rescue her form your evil cluches")
Just incase i spelt cluches wrong - the spelling mistake in the game was FORM

March 19, 2008

Author's Response:

Cool this review made me laugh :)
Yeah maybe the storyline isnt that great, especially the narration. I didnt focus on it too much. And thanks for the spelling check. You did spell clutches wrong by the way. Well, in my opinion the goblin chieftan who isnt too bright himself, thought that by leading him into a cave rather to the castle main gates, he thought that spiders, a big spider moma, skeletons, and a lot more bad things awaiting would kill the guard, but that's just me :)

The jumping is definitely flawed. A lot of people have complained about it and I reckon a lot more will. Well, it is possible to jump over enemy attacks, just extremely hard and nearly impossible. It does have its uses for jumping over spike balls and getting to enemies on the roof, but yeah, mostly it is useless and I need to work on that for future projects.

Thanks for the review
Im glad you liked the game :)

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Score: 4
xXiled

"decent.."

by: xXiled
date: March 19, 2008

it was to repetitive.

March 19, 2008

Author's Response:

oh no
I'll keep that in mind thanks

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Score: 5
Hellshark221

"All just a bit avaerage..."

date: March 19, 2008

That was a average hack and slash - one weak quick attack, one strong slow attack and a special that needs charging up... How very original. Story wasn't that good either. Some bits were a wee bit too hard. Specially the castle at the end and the spider fight. Last boss suprisingly easy too. Alas I am being cynical. p.s. I believe you still recharge when sheilding I used that to my advantage a lot.

March 19, 2008

Author's Response:

Seeing as this is one of my first games ever I wont take your cynicism too hard :)
Yeah you do recharge while shielding. Good that you use that for your advantage.
Sorry you were so disappointed with the old-school gameplay and classic storyline :(

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Score: 7
ulfhedhnar

"good game"

date: March 19, 2008

a not complicated game and fun to play once in a while

March 19, 2008

Author's Response:

Cool, thanks :)

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Score: 7
FrozenFenrir

"weird..."

date: March 19, 2008

i dont know why so much ppl had problems with the goblin camp...
its just so easy:
hold the a button and run to the right.
if one of thos bowling guys is coming just jump over the spikeball while holding A all the time...
this will lead u easily to the goblin cheftain.

oh and about the game...it isnt bad but it gets boring after some time because everything seems to repeat...maybe some upgrade thing/roleplay elements would be great.
7.5/10

March 19, 2008

Author's Response:

Cool, thanks for the feedback.
I'll keep everybody's comments seriously in mind for my next project.
Some kind of upgrade system is one of them :)

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Score: 8
luigi-is-the-BEST

"good,"

date: March 19, 2008

but I couldn't get past the part with the goblin archers.almost everytime, there was a guy with a shield and sword or a guy with a spear,a big guy with a mace/spiked bowling ball,and an archer who was behind all of them wha attacke two seconds after them.IT is also very repetitive.

March 19, 2008

Author's Response:

I dont know what to say, try to use your special move with strategy and dont let them become enough to overwhelm you. Kill them swiftly my young rising knight :)
Glad you thought it was good!

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Score: 7
JDarkley

"One big problem..."

date: March 19, 2008

Way too repetitive.

March 19, 2008

Author's Response:

I will keep that in mind for next projects in the future.
Thanks :)

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Score: 9
rentman

"great game"

date: March 19, 2008

gets quit difficult but great game very smooth junk story line though keep it up

March 19, 2008

Author's Response:

Thanks a lot!
Glad you liked it!

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Score: 5
fiveO

"Nothing Special"

by: fiveO
date: March 19, 2008

Smooth Game play but the story was a little stale....

March 19, 2008

Author's Response:

I agree the storyline was very classic and not original even though there are some twists in the end. I didnt concentrate tto hard on the narration either. I just had fun with it and saw where it was taking me. Anyway, thanks for the review :)

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