Review: Rampage Knights (Nintendo Switch)

Rating: 7
Author: Jim Smale

by Jim Smale · Published January 21, 2019 · Updated January 21, 2019

You play as a hero trapped by a spell in a magical forest. All paths lead you to a nearby ruined castle, infested with goblins, skeletons and other foul creatures. Gear up with awesome and ridiculous weapons and spells and descend into the deep labyrinth below the ruin to face its sinister master!

Pros:

Cartoon graphics.
215MB Download size.
Two control schemes.
Optional tutorial.
Local co-op support.
Rampage Knights is a Dungeon crawler game.
Tons of loot!
Chest house a lock picking mini-game, You time button presses and failing will cause damage.
Straightforward controls with shortcut buttons.
Big boss/elite enemies.
Four difficulties- Casual/Normal/Hard and insane.
Training area.
Hub which contains everything like shops, training area, hats, and portals.
The dungeons are split up into levels.
Challenges- Own in-game achievements. Tied to unlocks.
Six classes- Adventurer/Barbarian/Pirate/Assassin/Warlock and Battlemage. Each has unique stats and powers.
Hack and slash combat.
Levels randomize.
End of level breakdown.
The crazy fight moves like head stomps and the ability to grab enemies and swing them around.
A lot of fun in co-op.
Breakable objects in the game.
Hat stand- Unlock/equip a new hat.
Surgery- Change gender, Pick a character theme and you can change this whenever you want.
Five additional game modes to unlock- Endless/Arena/Shadow world/Bombo-Rama and Flying Daggers.

Cons:

No real tutorial.
Everything needs unlocking even the difficulties.
Rampage Knights has no real wow factor.
Aside from the modes and difficulties, The rewards just don’t feel like a worthwhile reward.

7/10

Graphics - 7/10
7/10

Sound - 7/10
7/10

Accessability - 7/10
7/10

Length - 7/10
7/10

Fun Factor - 7/10

7/10

Summary

Rampage Knights is a beat em up game wrapped in a dungeon crawler mechanic. It gets the core elements right, Tons of loot, co-op support and randomizes levels. It has fantastic fighting moves and the chest unlocks mini-game is great. The only issue is the game lacks any real wow factor. It just feels unrewarding and for people who want a different challenge or difficulty, They must grind through a series of games to unlock them. If you need a co-op local mp game then Rampage Knights will get you what you need but anything else is a slog.