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Knights Contract

Game Republic · Feb 22, 2011

PS3 · Xbox 360

Mature

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In a time of swordsmen and magic, Knights Contract follows the twisted tale of Heinrich, an immortal executioner, and Gretchen, a resurrected witch. Once the victim of Heinrich's blade by the order of the game's antagonist, Dr. Faust, Gretchen now has him under her control as the two must work together to rid the land of the supernatural foes who are cursing its people with the black spell of death.

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Scores by platform

PlayStation 3

Critic 5.0 (12 critics) · Gamer 6.7

6.0

Xbox 360

Critic 5.3 (11 critics) · Gamer 6.5

6.1

Critic reviews

  • PS Lifestyle

    Tyler Minarik · May 13, 2011

    3.0
    Knights Contract almost redeems itself with an interesting story line, and an unexpected ending, but the total lack of fun throughout the game means you’ll need to torture yourself to experience it. Magic spells have a stylish flair which genuinely looks fantastic, but as I’ll always say, beauty isn’t everything, and the lack of real substance underneath ruins it.
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  • Inside Gaming

    Jason Jasicki · Mar 23, 2011

    6.5
    Knights Contract could have been so much more than it is now. The story truly is imaginative and the combat system makes destroying your foes loads of fun. But it’s in the details where the experience falls apart. Unforgiving quick-time events, unintelligent AI, frustrating cheap deaths, and confusing level design are just a few problems
  • Game Trailers

    Game Trailers · Mar 22, 2011

    4.9
    Knights Contract is far too rough around the edges to be worth its asking price. The needlessly frequent cutscenes interrupt the game's flow, combat against the majority of enemies requires little thought, and you'll be constantly fighting either the camera or the level design
  • Joystiq

    Mike Schiller · Mar 01, 2011

    3.0
    Judging from this and the similar recent release Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom, Game Republic seems to have a thing for stretched-out escort missions-as-games. But if it's going to convince us that that particular trope is truly a worthy of a full game, it's going to have to do much better than this.
  • GameSpot

    Chris Watters · Feb 28, 2011

    6.5
    With erratic pacing and often-aggravating boss fights, Knights Contract doesn't always feel like a worthwhile adventure. Yet though the flashy combat isn't very complex, it's fun to wield your deadly weapon and powerful magic spells in brutal tandem. The problematic gameplay elements can dampen this fun, but the stylish artistic design and interesting story help counterbalance these issues
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  • IGN

    Levi Buchanan · Feb 24, 2011

    3.5
    It completely blows up a cool premise with maddeningly stupid AI (a death sentence in a game that’s a glorified escort mission), a terrible camera that enables its unfair (and un-fun) instant kills, and a boss battle formula that should have never made past the first month of development
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