
The issue starts when it is time to farm green shards, which are only on a very few worlds, as many worlds contains red ones, which are only required for one portal at the moment. At the beginning, the game is a tad bit too quickly paced, and towards the end it is painfully slow.

Portal Knights becomes addictive quickly, with its interesting and very rewarding gameplay. Most of the fun and challenge of it comes from dodging and using the surroundings to the advantage, precisely where the complexity is desired in an open sandbox game, save during some of the awesome mechanics-based boss battles that will feel familiar to anyone deeply into action adventures. It has to be kept in mind that Portal Knights is an ARPG, as well as an open world sandbox.Įven with that in mind, the combat is pretty fun, yet very basic. This is a problem, as it moves all focus in the game towards combat, which is often not the element people are looking for. While this is true, the reward for farming enemies when it comes to shards is too high compared to harvesting resources. These are obtained from both killing enemies and harvesting resources, meaning that no matter what you find enjoyable in these games, it is possible to progress. What sets Portal Knights apart from many other sandbox titles is that there is a set goal to progress further into the world.

Some wanted goals and guidelines about what to do, though, and Portal Knights offers exactly this.
PORTAL KNIGHTS REVIEW MANUAL
Not unlike those times as a kid when building with LEGO, going outside of the manual was, to many, the most glorious part of it. Open fields and tons of resources to harvest and use to build the perfect world have become a staple in many modern sandboxes, where the focus rests on creativity and the sweet feeling of freedom.
