Chibi knights is one of my all time favorite games to play on a computer. It is an open world, campaign style game and it is free! The basic plot is that you are a knight and your quest is to help different people with their needs as well as saving an entire village. There are three main monsters that you must take on to accomplish your mission of saving the village. Although it is a simple game it is very enjoyable for me to play and I used to play this game all of the time. The game was (and still is) very appealing to me because of the unique graphics style and fun gameplay. There isn't much of a menu (just a title and credit screen) the game in general is very user friendly. You learn how to play as well as key information from characters controlled by the computer (AI). You begin as a very basic knight and you can roam around on the main map. If you walk into a building or a person/monster then you cut into a 2D screen where you either fight the monsters or interact with a character. Your options for the controls are jumping and moving with the arrow keys, attacking with your sword by pressing A on the keyboard or using a spell by pressing S on the keyboard. Whenever you defeat a minor monster you gain XP (extra points that work as a kind of currency in the game) and sometimes they will drop you a heart icon (for a health bar recharge) or a potion icon (for spell XP). Once you get a certain amount of XP you can upgrade certain aspects of your knight: Attack (how much damage your sword does), Magic (how much damage your spells do) or Armor (how many hit points, health, you have). As you upgrade these items throughout the game you can see progression in their status. You begin with generic looking armor a rusty sword and an "ordinary" spell. These all become more and more advanced and it is very satisfying to upgrade your knight. This is similar to the making badges activity we did in class because both the badges and these items show clear progression to a higher status. The campaign is pretty creative although it is not very long or complicated I like the aspect that many things in it rely on each other. An example of this is that you can not fight the beasts in any random order you want. You must begin with the Land Beast once you defeat the Land Beast you unlock magical boots that allow you to walk on water. This grants you access to the Island Beast who can only be reached by walking across the water. Once you defeat the Island Beast you get the key to a labyrinth which leads to closer to defeating the final beast. I know what these items do because I have beat the game multiple times but the first time I played I had to figure it out through trial and error and remembering encounters with AI from earlier in the game. I have very little to complain about with this game I have experienced a few minor glitches but those deal less with the game and more with the website I was playing it on. The only thing I would improve if I could would be making the story/game longer. The game is very accessible all you have to do is look it up on Google and play with Adobe Flash. I would give this game a 4 out of 5 stars only for the length. From the exciting music to the amusing and challenging monsters this is an all around great game and I would recommend you play it.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorI am Giacomo Hardin and this is my blog. I will be reflecting on my time in Digital Design and Game Art class. The views and opinions expressed in this blog are solely those of the author and do not represent those of Durham School of the Arts or Durham Public Schools Archives
May 2020
Categories
All
|