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Shovel Knight Dig

Yacht Club Games, Nitrome
Sep 23, 2022 - PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 5
Strong

OpenCritic Rating

81

Top Critic Average

86%

Critics Recommend

IGN
8 / 10
Eurogamer
Recommended
Game Rant
3 / 5
Game Informer
8 / 10
GameSpot
8 / 10
Destructoid
8.5 / 10
Hobby Consolas
86 / 100
Shacknews
7 / 10
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Critic Reviews for Shovel Knight Dig

Shovel Knight Dig is a wonderful melding of the mechanics and feel of Shovel Knight and the ever evolving roguelite genre. It stumbles a bit on its roguelite progression mechanics, and its a bit on the short side, but none of that stops Shovel Knight Dig from being a blast to play.

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Compact and terrifying, this score-attack shooter feels like it's come from the future.

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Shovel Knight Dig has lacklustre progression and flawed design choices, but solid core gameplay and levels.

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Still though, because most of my eight hours with Dig were spent spelunking through stages leading down, I rarely had to think about the game’s roguelite efforts. I spent most of my time playing through beautiful stages to the tune of chippy synth tunes, fascinated with how far Nitrome and Yacht Club were able to stretch the “dig” aspect of this game. Perhaps the roguelite nature of Dig will play a bigger role in my post-game excavations because I’m rearing to jump back in to discover all of its secrets. Even if it doesn’t, though, I know I still have at least a few more hours of great Shovel Knight gameplay ahead of me and in the world of platforming, that’s a treasure worth digging up.

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Shovel Knight Dig takes everything that was fantastic about the retro platformer and recontextualizes it into a roguelike that's hard to put down.

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Impressive efforts with a few noticeable problems holding them back. Won't astound everyone, but is worth your time and cash.

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Shovel Knigh Dig is another success in the universe of the knight of the shovel, a roguelite that, without moving too far from the formula of the genre and what has been seen in other games of the character, manages to give it a spin to make it feel somewhat fresh. And he succeeds. Guaranteed fun for lovers of the most agile and casual roguelite.

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I had hoped that Dig would be an adventure on par with the original Shovel Knight, but instead, it feels like every bit the spin-off and side story that it is. It's certainly not a bad game, but fans for hoping for a more substantial adventure will have to dig a little deeper.

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