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Back when I played this game first in 2014, I left a negative review on this game. Frankly I do not remember what my reasonings were for not recommending this game. This does not mean that my viewpoint has suddenly become very positive, but now that I'm older with a more experienced look on gaming in general, I can appreciate its positives and better describe the negatives. Muffin Knight is a single-player arena game, where you have to gather as many muffins as possible without your progress being ended by a swarm of incoming monsters. Fortunately you are armed with a great number of classes that you switch between after every collected muffin. This is the game's strongest unique mechanic, while at the same time its worst one. There is a good amount of classes to switch between, and some are very fun to play with mostly due to how powerful they are. But unfortunately there are also several classes that are very weak. There is no good balance between the classes; they're either good, or they suck pretty bad. I wouldn't be surprised if this was one of my major negative points in my old review. I can understand some classes being better or suited more to one's tastes, but the difference in power is too big to the point that you can get genuinely mad because multiple ''bad'' classes appear after each other. And obviously this does affect gameplay too, as you're either having fun with the classes you enjoy to play as, or are forced to play through several classes you dislike. Of course this is easy to counter by grabbing another muffin, and perks that give you extra lives or mobility do help with that. There's a small selection of stages, each with their own structure but it mostly comes down to one thing: enemies spawn from the top, when they get to the bottom they spawn again but become aggressive as result. It's a simple gameplay system, but one that loses its charm over time as the monsters themselves keep the same attack pattern throughout the entire game. Basically the only things that change are the level layouts and the classes you play as. And this results in Muffin Knight being a fine game overall, but at the same time one that becomes pretty boring over time. Online is dead, and achievements are very buggy, so basically the only reason to play this game is for the single-player campaign. I do give this game a slight recommendation for the campaign, but do realise it's over very quickly.
6/10
