Common Sense Media Review
By Christopher Healy
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
A little potty humor, but still a great adventure.
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Playmobil Knights
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What's It About?
The story of PLAYMOBIL KNIGHTS follows a lowly beet farmer who is called upon by his king to become a knight and save the land from an evil wizard and his invading dragonriders. It is explained that the dragonriders have so ravaged the country that this beet farmer is the only able-bodied man left to fight. The newly anointed knight, Sir Beetalot, then undergoes a series of quests in order to find a legendary sword that will allow him to defeat the evil wizard.
Is It Any Good?
Playmobil Knights is a very entertaining adventure game for kids, with a whole lot of variety to keep things interesting. Side-scrolling combat is the essential mode of gameplay, but there is a detailed role-playing element that allows you to build up your weapons, armor, stats, and dragon (which is both a weapon and a vehicle). And many missions are dotted with mini-games that range from catapult target shooting and whack-a-mole to falling-block puzzles and a chess-like strategy board game. While each mission needs to be completed in order for the story to progress, the game allows you to travel and explore as much as you want in between missions, making what is essentially a linear story feel more open-ended. Playmobil Knights also has a good sense of humor, which unfortunately veers into bathroom jokes at times, but on the whole, provides the right kind of mood for a game about knights with no noses.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about games based on toys. Can you enjoy this game without playing with Playmobil Knights toys? Or vice versa?
Does playing this game inspire you to play with Playmobil toys? If you do play with Playmobil toys, do you think you would re-enact the story from the game? Or would you continue to create your own adventures?
Game Details
- Platforms : Nintendo DS , Nintendo DSi
- Pricing structure :
- Available online? : Not available online
- Publisher : Dreamcatcher
- Release date : February 4, 2010
- Genre : Action/Adventure
- ESRB rating :
- Last updated : August 31, 2016
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