It is £12 preowned from Cex at the moment, so I assume £11.50 for a new copy delivered to your door cannot be wrong.
Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic. It's a hot mashup of new and old! You play as the eponymous Shovel Knight, a small knight with a huge quest. Shovel Knight has come to this land with two goals: to defeat the evil Enchantress and quest for his lost beloved. He wields a Shovel Blade: a multipurpose weapon whose techniques have now been lost to the ages. Always honest and helpful, Shovel Knight is a shining example of the code of Shovelry: Slash Mercilessly and Dig Tirelessly!
But, between Shovel Knight and his beloved stands a cadre of villainous knights. These terrible foes, known as The Order of No Quarter, have been dispatched to prevent Shovel Knight from reaching the Enchantress, and will pursue their mission at any cost. If you love games with perfect platforming, beautiful art, infectious music, crazy bosses, humor and levity, and real heart… Shovel Knight is for you!
Features:
- Shovel Knight's beautifully authentic style bridges the gap between yesterday and today. Design, art, and audio hearken back to the days of 8-bit.
- The systems of today also give Shovel Knight modern touches: detailed animation, multilayered parallax backgrounds, and evolved game design.
- Perfect your platforming skills as you take down each of the knights of the Order of No Quarter.
- Flip enemies! Leap over gaps! Duel with foes! Dig up treasure! Find Secrets! Upgrade! Shovel Knight is simple to learn and play, but challenge lies everywhere.
- Awesome soundtrack by Jake "Virt" Kaufman with additional songs by Manami Matsumae!
- Master an array of magical Relic subweapons.
- Amass riches to upgrade your armor and weapons.
- Detailed, living background and animation! Big, beautiful pixels!
- Crazy bosses and lovable characters.
- Balanced gameplay is a warm welcome to newcomers, and an old embrace for experts.
- A light touch to narrative with humor, levity, and heart.
- Overworld Map allows your quest unfold in a unique order!
11 comments
ventis86
22 Feb 172#1
critically acclaimed and just over a tenner. seems good to me
CyDoNiA
22 Feb 171#2
Bear in mind that the retail bluray is not cross buy (I believe at least) and that the version on PS Store for £11.99 is.
It has been reduced on the store before also. Just depends if you want the physical copy or happy enough with the digital one and if you have more than one PS system.
b1koni
22 Feb 171#3
Amazing game, better played on the 3ds IMO, the 3D effect works really good.
how2
22 Feb 171#4
Gave heat but wiating for it to go down to £10
olygrom to how2
22 Feb 171#7
They're bumping the price up in March due to the 2 story DLCs that are coming out later in the year so this might be the cheapest it'll get before that
schnide
22 Feb 17#5
It's a bloody great game. You may burn through it pretty quickly but that's because it's great, not because it isn't hard - because in some places it really can be. Don't be fooled by the NES-style graphics, while deliberate they're also unique to the game itself. If you love old school gaming, a challenge or even beautifully-made videogames, this is one for you.
Buy it now! Worth every penny.
barmrest
22 Feb 171#6
Fun game and they're still releasing new free DLCs for it so well worth it.
how2
22 Feb 171#8
This 2 story DLC how does it effect the price of the Bluray?
how2
22 Feb 171#9
If it came out on the ps1 or ps2 i would buy it as well.
olygrom
22 Feb 171#10
From Yacht Club Games' blog: "In the spring, we will be raising the price of Shovel Knight. If you haven’t picked up Shovel Knight yet and want all the content included within Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, buy it now before the price increases this Spring!"
Obviously it may just be the digital copies that go up but I kind of assumed physical copies would go up too
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Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic. It's a hot mashup of new and old! You play as the eponymous Shovel Knight, a small knight with a huge quest. Shovel Knight has come to this land with two goals: to defeat the evil Enchantress and quest for his lost beloved. He wields a Shovel Blade: a multipurpose weapon whose techniques have now been lost to the ages. Always honest and helpful, Shovel Knight is a shining example of the code of Shovelry: Slash Mercilessly and Dig Tirelessly!
But, between Shovel Knight and his beloved stands a cadre of villainous knights. These terrible foes, known as The Order of No Quarter, have been dispatched to prevent Shovel Knight from reaching the Enchantress, and will pursue their mission at any cost. If you love games with perfect platforming, beautiful art, infectious music, crazy bosses, humor and levity, and real heart… Shovel Knight is for you!
Features:
- Shovel Knight's beautifully authentic style bridges the gap between yesterday and today. Design, art, and audio hearken back to the days of 8-bit.
- The systems of today also give Shovel Knight modern touches: detailed animation, multilayered parallax backgrounds, and evolved game design.
- Perfect your platforming skills as you take down each of the knights of the Order of No Quarter.
- Flip enemies! Leap over gaps! Duel with foes! Dig up treasure! Find Secrets! Upgrade! Shovel Knight is simple to learn and play, but challenge lies everywhere.
- Awesome soundtrack by Jake "Virt" Kaufman with additional songs by Manami Matsumae!
- Master an array of magical Relic subweapons.
- Amass riches to upgrade your armor and weapons.
- Detailed, living background and animation! Big, beautiful pixels!
- Crazy bosses and lovable characters.
- Balanced gameplay is a warm welcome to newcomers, and an old embrace for experts.
- A light touch to narrative with humor, levity, and heart.
- Overworld Map allows your quest unfold in a unique order!
11 comments
It has been reduced on the store before also. Just depends if you want the physical copy or happy enough with the digital one and if you have more than one PS system.
Buy it now! Worth every penny.
Obviously it may just be the digital copies that go up but I kind of assumed physical copies would go up too