The premise is that you're Knack, a creature formed from an orb and various 'artefacts'. You can collect more artefacts and grow larger, and can absorb different materials to have different characteristics (for instance shiny crystals to make 'stealth Knack'). You're trying to find out why the goblins have become so technologically advanced and are attacking humans, but also you're trying to stop Viktor, who despite saying he'll help at the beginning turns out to be a despicable villain. On top of that there's a bunch of stuff about the strange technologies that form Knack, which humans are using to power their own machines even though they don't understand them properly.
I finally managed to sit down and finish it, so here are my thoughts! It's great fun to play, though levels often seem harder at the beginning when you're tiny Knack. As you progress and absorb more artefacts you get bigger and bigger, so by the end of levels you feel invincible. If you die you get sent back to a point slightly earlier, and keep all your things. So if you keep dying you can keep collecting sunstone energy, thus making it easier for you because you can use your special attacks to get past the hard point.
I'm honestly not sure why this game does so poorly on Metacritic. The story isn't amazing, but it's certainly not the worst story, and it is for small kids! It's not like the stories in 'PJ Masks' are amazing and kids seem to love that rubbish. ;-)
It's a game that's fun to play, doesn't punish you overly for failure, and keeps you interested. Certainly worth a look if you haven't tried it already.
Plus it has the best end credits of a game I've ever seen!!!
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