Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout Reviews

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is ranked in the 83rd percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
8 / 10
Jul 25, 2022

Despite an aggressive storefront and limited private game options, Fall Guys: Free for All is Mediatonic's best model. You'll have plenty to enjoy, with many levels to play and unique ways to approach the content. Whether you want solo play or partnering with friends, chasing the Crown is addictive as the first time I played. Fall Guys is a staple in my gaming catalog and a great time.

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Lee Mehr
Top Critic
7.5 / 10.0
Jul 17, 2022

In an era swamped with Battle Royales, Mediatonic’s cute-chaos gameshow earns a spot among the finalists.

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8 / 10.0
Jun 30, 2022

Fall Guys Season 1 is a great place to unite the expanded player base, and with the light-hearted nature of the game, it is still nice to reap some rewards even when you aren’t collecting crowns. For some silly nights that can turn sweaty at any moment, I have had plenty of laughs and find it easy to pick up and play even after a few days off.

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Liked-a-lot
Jun 24, 2022
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7 / 10
Jun 24, 2022

The main thing that lets it down is its new economy; unlike previously, you cannot use Crowns to purchase the best costumes in the shop, and Kudos is harder to earn too. Your Crowns instead go towards a ranking with long-term unlocks. They're replaced by Show-Bucks, a premium currency needed for all the coolest stuff, which stings a bit after years of access to everything. It lessens the impact of winning because you can just buy all the rarer items now. The free Fame Pass is still there, but it's supplemented with a premium tier, which is really the only way to earn Show-Bucks without simply buying them. Despite these concerns, the game is just as fun as it ever was, and thankfully none of the things you can buy alter gameplay. There's so much to like about Fall Guys, and now it's open to everyone.

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8 / 10
Jun 22, 2022

So, we're happy to report that Fall Guys is definitely worth trying out on Xbox, and the fact that it supports cross-platform and cross-progression with other platforms means you can mix-and-match across Xbox, PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5, and that aspect seems to be working really well in our experience so far. We've had to wait a couple of years for its arrival, but it's great to see Fall Guys finally joining the Xbox family in 2022!

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7 / 10
Jun 21, 2022

Fall Guys' brand of chaotic fun is still great all of these years later, and the free-to-play Switch release is no different, assuming you can ignore your opponents' choppy frame rate. While there are some disappointing elements linked to cross-progression, those ultimately won't matter if this is your first time entering the Blunderdome. Some moments of lag and frame rate quirks aside, the Switch version offers a solid way to play if you're looking for some barmy 60-bean battling and the barrier to entry has never been lower.

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8 / 10
Oct 3, 2020

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is properly crazy and entertaining, yet lacks something overtime. More mini-games and local-play would definitely benefit it, but it is amazing fun nonetheless.

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4 / 5.0
Sep 24, 2020

Fall Guys is addictively chaotic multiplayer mayhem, and the mid-season update delivers some great new features that add to its replayability.

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9 / 10.0
Sep 24, 2020

With just a few small additions, such as private matches and cross-play, this would quite simply become one of, if not the best party games available on current platforms. It can't be underestimated how difficult it is to create something quite so accessible and fun simultaneously.

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Games Xtreme
Jamie Hendrix Roberts
Essential
Sep 15, 2020

For those who need an explanation, you and 59 other players are these weird, pill looking characters that you can unlock all different kinds of outfits and stuff for, and you all participate in trials that require you to be the best in order to progress to the next round. For example, 60 of you all together at the start line and ahead of you are about 20 see saws, you need to get across the see saws to get to the finish line, but of course you have 59 other people also crossing different sides of the see saw so it can either work in your favour or completely blow up in your face.

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BaziCenter
Top Critic
8 / 10
Sep 7, 2020

Fall Guys is more like a hilarious comedy picture directed by Mediatonic Studios, and reminds us that video games are not just about winning over other players, and sometimes its about having fun with family and friends.

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Hynerd.it
Matteo Rossi
5.5 / 10.0
Sep 4, 2020

Fall Guys fails in every way as a video game, but its enormous ability to interconnect people makes it an epochal product. The months and years will tell us whether Devolver Digital's game is a flash in the pan or a phenomenon, but for the moment it has cheered the summer of millions of people.

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8.5 / 10.0
Sep 4, 2020

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is a humorous and infantile take on the battle roayle genre, where it is about family fun and not violence

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8.5 / 10.0
Aug 28, 2020

Fall Guys may not be the game that I put 100 hours into, but I’m sure happy with the time I’ve put in. Mediatonic and Devolver Digital took the world a bit by surprise with this one. I only hope there are more surprises in store for this floppy, casual game.

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Dave Aubrey
Top Critic
8 / 10.0
Aug 28, 2020

Fall Guys is an excellent chaotic multiplayer game that can be played by people of any skill level, and that is its greatest strength. Sadly repetition has well and truly set in after several weeks of play, but if the developers at Mediatonic keep dishing out updates and new content on a regular basis, this could be just as influential and essential as Rocket League.

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8 / 10.0
Aug 25, 2020

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is extremely entertaining, and it's really hard not to fall in love with it. Bringing some friends is recommended, as it can lead to hilarious outcomes – and it helps during team games, too. With updates, it could easily go from a summer fad to a real mass phenomenon.

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Aug 24, 2020

Fall Guys is a family-friendly battle royale and a game of the year contender

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The Partisan Spy
3 Step Game Review
Buy
Aug 23, 2020

Compete with 60 other players in 3 to 5 random mini-game rounds. At every round, players are eliminated and ONLY THE LAST ONE STANDING wins the crown. There are 25 different kinds of rounds, most of them you will compete against all players and some are team-based. With 3 buttons (jump, dive, and grab) you will race, dodge, chase, use logic, push and grab to qualify for the next round. RNG plays a huge role in the game and TO HAVE FUN WHILE PLAYING FALL GUYS be open to laughing about everything, even when you are the loser.

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Merlin'in Kazanı
Atıf Doğan Özcan
Top Critic
78 / 100
Aug 22, 2020

Fall Guys invites players to Wipeout style tracks with different characters. I can say that it is one of the most entertaining games of the year.

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