#Muffin knight chrome store android#

Meanwhile, the two-person multiplayer mode is confined to local wi-fi, which is disappointing for us solo Play owners. A few times while we were playing the game lagged enough to get us killed, which is never a good sign. For some reason, the piglet and turtle enemies just aren’t very threatening.

Partly it’s because of the cutesy aesthetic of the muffin-collecting antics. Partly this is down to the music of its predecessor being so neck-breakingly good. Even when enemies fall into the pit – causing them to come back again from the top, moving even faster – it doesn’t feel as hectic or as dangerous as its inspiration. Sadly, it lacks a bit of the speed and urgency of Super Crate Box. It all makes sense (except for mapping the ‘back’ function to the Select button, when it would have felt more at home on Circle. The Xperia Play’s buttons are used in the most straightforward and efficient way: D-pad to move, X to jump, and square to shoot. A sense of planning and skill get mixed with pot luck in such a way that the game always manages to keep you on your toes. In this way time spent playing is always rewarded, and there’s rarely a completely fruitless playthrough.Īll of this is very fun. You also earn XP that allows you to level-up characters, increase your health, and add special perks like double jump. And you never know which one you’ll become.Īs you collect more muffins more characters are unlocked, bringing a further element of randomisation and luck to your quest. One minute you could be firing arrows to either side as the dual-wielding Archer and the next moment you could be leaving explosive rainbow-coloured dung as the Unicorn. The trick is that - much like the beloved crates of Vlambeer’s game - the muffins impose a change of weapon (and in this case a change of character). Muffins appear at random and it’s your job to collect them while avoiding the nasty animals that trot down from above, much in the style of the Donkey Kong barrels of old.

Each level is a small enclosure with various platforms and at least one pit. Muffin Knight is about a young boy who's entrusted with the task of reclaiming a mystical old fairy’s muffins. Which makes him both a happy and a tragic character. His name is Muffin Knight, and although he’s dressed in a sharp-looking suit of cartoon chainmail, underneath he’s pure Super Crate Box. A pity, since the handset’s buttons would perfectly suit the game’s fast-paced action.īut lo, over the horizon comes a knight in shining armour. Which means there’s a peculiar arcade-platformer-shaped void in the lives of Xperia Play owners.

#Muffin knight chrome store android#

The magnificent Super Crate Box is coming to iWotsits soon, but indie developer Vlambeer currently has no plans to release an Android version.