Little King's Story

Critic reviews

• ZZTGD

  Sophie Halliday · Aug 19, 2016

  4.0

  Little King’s Story is not the worst port to have ever existed. However, the myriad problems that exist in the game mean the overall experience playing it on PC is badly tarnished. Essentially, it’s just really, really annoying. At the moment it is a bit of a broken mess and, until these issues are addressed anyone wishing to experience this title would do better to revisit the Wii original than waste time or money here.

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• CCOGconnected

  Ahmed Mohamed · Aug 11, 2016

  5.7

  At its core Little King’s Story delivers an addictive ‘one more turn’ quality. Its musical score helps to further that objective by keeping the player focused on recognizable and repetitive tunes. That said, visually Little King’s Story was never going to look great in 2016 after its initial 2009 release on the Wii. While the general look can be excused, the graphical issues further burden it and the game could have used more polish.

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• GGameSpew

  Kyle Bradford · Aug 11, 2016

  8.0

  A cartoonish and lighthearted affair that blends the best of Pikmin and Animal Crossing, you’ll be able to spend hours making Alpoka the best kingdom it can be under the rule of one adorable little king. If you missed out on the game’s original release or the Vita version, New Little King’s Story, the PC version is the perfect opportunity to catch up on this too often overlooked little gem.

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• HGHardcore Gamer

  James Cunningham · Aug 05, 2016

  8.0

  Little King’s Story is its own unique little hybrid genre combining simple strategy and town building with an irresistibly charming storybook presentation, and while it’s not quite a classic of the ages its elements come together to make a game whose flaws are completely forgotten while the warm fuzzy glow of the memory of its adventure remains strong.

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• AOAttack of the Fanboy

  Mike Guarino · Aug 05, 2016

  7.0

  If you’ve never played Little King’s Story before and don’t have access to a Wii, then picking up this new remastered PC version is definitely recommended. The same interesting gameplay (warts and all) works perfectly fine here, and the adventure is certainly worth taking again. However, not much has been added or altered outside of the obvious control differences, meaning that there’s not much of a reason for owners of the Wii version to consider upgrading to this one.

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• MMetro.co.uk

  GameCentral · Aug 11, 2016

  6.0

  Problems like this have become commonplace for ports of Japanese games, given the developers’ unfamiliarly with the format. But it hurts Little King’s Story more than most because the game as a whole is really beginning to show its age. And while we’d like to hope this new edition is a prelude to a new sequel we fear this port has abdicated its responsibilities in terms of drumming up further interest.

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