Balancelot

Critic reviews

• Pure Nintendo

  Kirstie Summers · Feb 17, 2021

  6.0

  Balancelot is built around a fun premise, but it can easily fall flat if you take the weird controls as annoying rather than interesting. Even if you do have a propensity for the unicycle, the clunky attempt at combat could still knock you off course.

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• Xbox Tavern

  Daniel Eustace · Jan 31, 2021

  4.8

  If I’ve discovered one thing playing Balancealot it’s that physic’s based titles like this are not for me. The controls can be highly frustrating, with the triggers used for movement and the analogue stick used to keep our balance. Having enemies to avoid adds some variety though, and the helpful checkpoints do alleviate some of the frustration, but certainly not all. One for those with patience then.

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• Switch Player

  Aaron Potter · Mar 25, 2021

  2.0

  Balancelot begs you to be precise but doesn’t give you the tools or means to do so. The idea of being a medieval unicycler shows promise, but ends up being an exercise in just how quickly it can frustrate you.

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• TheXboxHub

  Richard Dobson · Feb 02, 2021

  4.0

  The tapestry style and Monty Python cues can only carry Balancelot so far, especially when things such as the cutscenes and water effects are so badly ported over, which has to be said is unusual for a Ratalaika game. Balancelot is just more achievement fodder, and that is all it is really good for.

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