The Plucky Squire
Release Date: September 17, 2024
Arcade, fantasy, 3D platformers, 2D, indie games, action adventure, PS Plus Premium, PS Plus Extra, singleplayer
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The Plucky Squire is an action adventure game based on an unusual idea - while playing we explore both 2D levels stylized as illustrated children's books and 3D maps located in the child's room.
The Plucky Squire is an action adventure game in which we can play both on 2D maps and those made in 3D. This is a debut project of All Possible Futures studio.
Plot
The story revolves around a villain named Humgrump, who discovers that he is the villain in an illustrated children's book and is doomed to lose forever to the forces of good. To change that, he casts the brave squire Jot from the pages of the book into the real world.
The protagonist will have to survive in the real world and find a way to restore the story's original ending, as this is the only way to save the world from the book and his friends living in it.
Game mechanics
The Plucky Squire is an action adventure game, so while playing we explore maps, avoid obstacles, avoid traps, collect items and fight with enemies.
An unusual element of the game is that we can find here both 2D and 3D levels. Each type offers different types of challenges and unique gameplay mechanics.
The authors took care of a large diversity of gameplay. We face many different mini-games, which take the form of platforming, brawling and shooting inspired by arcade classics. Puzzles also appear regularly.
Game modes
The Plucky Squire offers only single player mode.
Technical aspects
The strong point of the game is the design. The 2D sections are stylized like illustrations from children's books, which creates an interesting contrast with the more realistic 3D segments set in a child's room.
Videos and Screens
[1:39] The Plucky Squire The Plucky Squire - Launch Trailer
[1:51] The Plucky Squire The Plucky Squire - 'An Adventure for Everyone!' Trailer
OpenCritic Rating
Game is Recomended by 86% of Critics. There are 134 Critic Reviews.
VideoGamer: 8 / 10 by Tom Bardwell
Endlessly creative and playful, The Plucky Squire's effortless hop between intertwined 2D and 3D worlds is an ode to the illustrated delights of storybooks.
TheSixthAxis: 8 / 10 by Dominic Leighton
Charming, gorgeous and tonally perfect, The Plucky Squire is easily one of the indie highlights of the year.
Nintendo Life: 6 / 10 by Lowell Bell
Performance issues on Switch, at least at launch, bury an amazingly clever and charming adventure that we would wholeheartedly recommend otherwise. The Plucky Squire is certainly playable on the Nintendo Switch, but in no way can we recommend picking it up here if you have other means to play it. The fact that the Switch-branded trailers looked so great and that advance review copies weren't available on the platform - despite them being sent out for other systems - indicates that this version of The Plucky Squire needed much more time on the drawing board before release.
The Plucky Squire Summary
Platforms:
PC / Windows
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X/S
Switch
Developer: All Possible Futures
Publisher: Devolver Digital
Age restrictions: none
The Plucky Squire System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Intel Core i3-4160 / AMD FX-4350, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 4 GB GeForce GTX 960 / Radeon RX 460, 27 GB HDD, Windows 10 64-bit
Recommended: Intel Core i5-8600K / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X, 16 GB RAM, graphic card 8 GB GeForce GTX 1080 / Radeon RX Vega 64, 27 GB HDD, Windows 10 64-bit
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