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Shovel Knight review | GeekNifty

Added: 22.07.2014 8:13 | 14 views | 0 comments

Talk about pure retro bliss. Shovel Knight is one of the most well-known Kickstarter video games, having gotten a lot of pre-release coverage on YouTube and other major gaming sites. The game appeared to be a love letter to the NES era, using an 8-bit look and borrowing game mechanics from titles like Mega Man, DuckTales and Castlevania. What's more, the game was being developed by a group of former WayForward employees, who had worked on previous retro revivals like Double Dragon Neon and DuckTales: Remastered; they were now separated and working under the name Yacht Club Games. Expectations were impossibly high, and it seemed inevitable that the game would disappoint upon release.