DriftingSpirit
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The Knack 2 OT needs to be "Atonement for Knack Sins".
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Polygon: Knack 2 is an atonement
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Piston Hyundai
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knack is good
am I funny yet
am I funny yet
Neuromancer
Member
It's ok; not everyone can appreciate great art.
Catalix
And on the sixth day the LORD David Bowie created man and woman in His image. And he saw that it was good. On the seventh day the LORD created videogames so that He might take the bloody day off for once.
Art department didn't get the memo. The visual designs are still as ugly as ever.
I love the orders universe........there is so much potential it could be truly fantastic.
Sucks that as soon as you got to enjoy the gunplay and weapon it was a cut scene
JigglesBunny
Banned
Orgasms, eating your favorite ice cream, laying in bed after a long day, playing Knack.
These are the four best things life has to offer.
These are the four best things life has to offer.
Theslammer
Member
As it stood, Knack became a drag. But I kept thinking it could have been a wonderful platformer/brawler and that the potential was there.
Do it, Cerny.
Do it, Cerny.
If Knack 2 turns out to be at least a competent 3D action platformer I will be ecstatic. There are way too few of them being made.
Neuromancer
Member
Yo check this shit out
- 4 1/2 stars average user score out of almost 800 reviews. The people have spoken and they want more Knack
- Still $59.99 new, despite being out for 3 1/2 years. Nintendo games wish they retained that kind of value
- The coveted "Amazon's Choice" banner that suggests high quality and best value
TheBrainninja
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I'm always so baffled that people's "solution" to Knack being bad is "play it on hard." On Normal the combat was punishing and tedious, which is what made it such an infuriating slog. "Inoffensive" is not a word I would use to describe my experience with Knack at all; I hated every second of it. I only kept playing because it looked pretty and there was hardly anything else on that system at launch.
That said, if they make something worthwhile out of this sequel no sensible person asked for, I'll take a look. Cerny certainly has the pedigree to allow him the benefit of the doubt.
That said, if they make something worthwhile out of this sequel no sensible person asked for, I'll take a look. Cerny certainly has the pedigree to allow him the benefit of the doubt.
It usually isn't common for their to be two games of the generation...
but KNACK AIN'T GOING TO WAIT IN SHOWERING US PLEEBS WITH GREATNESS
Someone needs to update this gif with the Switch instead of the Wii U.
Ricky Ricardo
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Yo check this shit out
- 4 1/2 stars average user score out of almost 800 reviews. The people have spoken and they want more Knack
- Still $59.99 new, despite being out for 3 1/2 years. Nintendo games wish they retained that kind of value
- The coveted "Amazon's Choice" banner that suggests high quality and best value
HOW?!
Acquiescence
Member
The point being, if Knack had outsold Mario for one week and then dropped out of the charts while Mario characteristically managed to maintain a consistent placement afterwards, then that whole comparison between the two would've died out pretty quickly. Instead it became more prevalent and morphed into a meme beyond that thread you linked because Knack had legs longer than anyone had expected. Mario was nowhere to be seen in the top 40 and thus it became a running joke.
Mario sold way more worldwide in the end, so the whole joke is irrelevant in a way, but the narrative some people try and push that Knack only outperformed Mario for a week or two in the UK has a strong waft of salt emanating from it.
3rdamention
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I dont believe you! You opened this thread, clicked Post Reply, to simply say you aren't interested?
the problem is this might not be a joke. Some people genuinely think knack drove consoles or lit the charts on fire. Truth is the bundles and launch status made it a high seller. Yes it outsold the last mario game... on one of the worst performing consoles of all time. SMO will obliterate knack 2. Barring bundles I'd take a ban bet on that.
Miniature Kaiju
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Had a blast playing Knack with my lapsed-gamer SO, eagerly waiting for the sequel.
Principate
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I don't think it actually outsold 3D world worldwide unless it sold like 6 million since 3D world was at 5.6 the last we saw. But it is pretty funny. He's got that swagger it's generally considered to be a poor game and yet it's getting a sequel.
tiebreaker
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I'm here only for the gifs. Keep it coming.
It's unfortunate that of all the IPs that could have been much better games after getting a sequel this is the one Sony chose, to be honest. But I guess they want to make more games for families and it was easier to pick this than going back to an older IP or creating a new one.
paragonpro
Banned
I didnt hate knack, didnt love it either. It was pretty and reminded me of a simpler time in gaming. To me it was ps4's ryse. A solid game but sort of unremarkable.
Top notch humor, bruv. You're GAF famous now. Needs more dumb gifs though.
I just know some gaffers made/make a big deal about knack outselling mario as if there's really any merrit to the game as a system seller or a popular franchise. The bundles are what moved it and again the launch status.
I generally enjoyed Knack. It was more a brawler than a platformer but I was fine with that. It was also surprisingly challenging and a fun little co op game. Not perfect and certainly needed some work so I'm looking forward to the sequel.
AndrewDean84xX
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That's the one and only E3 I've been to.
TheRealTalker
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FusedAtoms
Member
Holy shit these changes actually sound great, I'm in! They should really release a demo around E3, like announce it on stage with trailer, so that people would were soured on the first game can get there hands on it and actually feel the changes themselves.
B1gg_Randall
Member
Lmaooooi hope this happens. the gifs in 2013 were glorious
He was the brains behind the PS4? I'm guessing he's got a shit ton of clout at Sony at this point.
RedAssedApe
Banned
give it to us via ps+ and let us decide for ourselves
needed a "kids game" at launch? gonna assume that the budget wasn't super high either. seems to have sold ok. enough to greenlight a sequel
needed a "kids game" at launch? gonna assume that the budget wasn't super high either. seems to have sold ok. enough to greenlight a sequel
Neuromancer
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In all seriousness I did like the first game. I thought it was a pretty and solid launch title. Co-op with my wife was a lot of fun and it wasn't too hard for her as the second, indestructible Knack. That said I did think checkpointing was an issue, that there were odd difficulty spikes and I wanted more control over when Knack got big and then small again, which only happened in scripted moments. It sounds like they're fixing those issues so I'm genuinely and non-ironically pretty excited.
Either that or he built a kill switch into every PS4 and if Sony doesn't meet his demands he'll wreak havoc.
visiblemode
Member
Disagree with your first statement.
It was lacking in highlight moments and suffered from a weak story, but Knack wasn't terrible.
Knack was a well made strategic brawler.
A well executed sequel could be excellent.
Incredible.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Yo check this shit out
- 4 1/2 stars average user score out of almost 800 reviews. The people have spoken and they want more Knack
- Still $59.99 new, despite being out for 3 1/2 years. Nintendo games wish they retained that kind of value
- The coveted "Amazon's Choice" banner that suggests high quality and best value
You really can't argue with these facts, finally understand why people want this on ps+. I hope the second game is legitimately great though, nothing would be more wild than knack 2 being the best platformer (an actual one this time) of 2017
ScaryShark
Banned
It's good for Naughty Dog that concepts don't make fun or fulfilling games on their own then. That whole tricky execution thing and all.
Miniature Kaiju
Member
It would be wild if it released to rave reviews and a 85+ Metascore. HaterGAF would go into full meltdown.
It's not as bad of a game as some make it out to be.
Well, im one of those people, i loved Knack, my GF loved it as well and our 5 years old will go completely nuts when we get knack 2. Haters gonna hate i guess.
It would suck if Mario Odyssey gets delayed to 2018...
The Hamburglar
Banned
He must be knackard from making this game
Bosman is an absolute treasure.
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