The Plucky Squire

“Although The Plucky Squire has become better at trusting players to figure things out, it remains a disappointingly simple trek wrapped in a killer presentational wrapper. It’s one of the coolest-looking games of 2024 and has inventive ideas I wish were more substantially fleshed out. Jot’s big adventure is presented as a children’s story, and it’s hard not to feel like a kid playing it in the best and worst ways.”

“A smart and silly spin on 3D platformers and 2D classics that's delightful from start to finish.”

“The Plucky Squire is a game that deserves to be played by those who enjoy innovation and imagination in video games, despite its weaknesses. It is a reminder of why indie games are so important to the industry, as they bring freshness and new ideas to an ever-evolving medium.”

“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 is a fun romp through 2D and 3D locations, but its boss fights, puzzles, and combat may be too easy for long-time gamers.”

“Charming, gorgeous and tonally perfect, The Plucky Squire is easily one of the indie highlights of the year.”

“Quite the well-written yarn, indeed.”

“The Plucky Squire is a game oozing with charm and positivity, and the clever word and book based puzzles will keep you gripped from start to finish.”

“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.”

“The Plucky Squire is both a familiar and predictable, and gorgeously ambitious and creative title. At its best, it's a dimension-hopping romp with excellent meta-writing, standout set-pieces and mini-games, and undeniably creative puzzle mechanics.”

“The Plucky Squire wants players to understand the impact art has on us, and it succeeds with flying colors.”

“The Brave Squire is one of the indie surprises of 2024, a great game both in form and in substance, with original ideas (such as entering and leaving the pages) and a superb staging. You can reproach him for tending to repeat ideas, but everything he does, he does very well and with a good dose of fun along the way.”

“The Plucky Squire is a beautiful storybook adventure filled with brilliant wordplay-packed puzzles and clever dimension-hopping mechanics, but it drags on a bit too long after it's already used up all of its best ideas.”

“An ingenious puzzle-platformer that takes players from a children's book and out into the wider world around it.”

“While it could serve to offer more of a challenge and some quests feel a little rote, the times when The Plucky Squire twists genre convention and blends 2D and 3D puzzles are a sparkle of imagination in the genre.”

“The Plucky Squire makes for a fascinating interplay of 2D and 3D puzzles, battles, and diverse minigames.”

“The Plucky Squire is a joyful, beautifully visualized adventure game, bursting with inventive ideas that will make you feel like a kid again.”