Portal Knights reviews

I am not that much into the "crafting" genre, but this was good. There is quite a bit of light combat (not that varied for one single run, but I found it fun anyway), tons of light side quests and many small worlds to explore. And you might want to dig to find some secrets. I did not get into the whole building aspect of the game, but if you do, you will probably have lots to do here. And I played solo -- this could be more fun with the right friends. A few annoyances: -- Inventory management should be a lot better (sorting options?) for a game with so many items you want to keep (hint: build chests!); -- Button placement was odd! In general, button placement should mirror the location they show up on screen... so, if there are two tab menus on the screen, I expect the top one to be LT and RT and the bottom one to be LB and RB, am I the only one whose brain is wired this way? Another example: a shop menu has me pressing "X" to sell, but the X button shows on the right side of the screen... why? -- The crafting interface could have been streamlined somehow; I accept this is a crafting game where you have to build items A and B to later combine them with C to finally get D, but I hate having to fight menus to get all of this done (especially when button placement is odd!). -- There should be an option to break down an item into components! There were a few times where I crafted the wrong items (button placement!), losing precious items, and I could not undo the operation... :( But these are all minor -- as I said before, the main game loop was fun, you can feel the character progression (especially when you get better items), and the whole thing was charming (think Lego aesthetics). Score: 78/100.