The Plucky Squire Review

The Plucky Squire reviewed by Logan Plant on PlayStation 5, also available on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

At its heights, The Plucky Squire is a beautiful Zelda-inspired adventure filled with brilliant wordplay-packed puzzles. Jot’s ability to manipulate his own storybook from both the outside and within result in clever dimension-hopping mechanics and solutions that make each problem a joy to unpack. While genuinely funny at times, its wordy script often gets in the way of the action and occasionally spoils a puzzle’s solution before it even begins. It also drags in its drawn-out final act, as the adventure continues a couple hours after it’s already used up all its best ideas. But prior to that late stumble, The Plucky Squire is full of surprises, breaking up its puzzles with cute minigame homages to classic video game genres and fun sections that take Jot outside of the pages of his story.

[Montrarious]

Skip at the 6:35 mark until 7:27, he spoils something about the final act that I'm sure many don't want to hear.

[ElectroMoe]

Ign is way too comfortable with spoiling pretty big things in their reviews. My fault for keeping on trusting them though.

[glasnova]

"It’d be like if Metroid ripped all of Samus’ upgrades away moments before the final boss and forced you to gather the Morph Ball and Grapple Beam a second time." Brother you're literally describing what happens in Zero Mission.

[bastiwen]

"It's too wordy" it takes place in a book...

[KaranSharmaMAVRK]

They gave it their favourite score…..


3+4

[tonyjunior]

hey maybe don’t spoil the final act? ffs…

[cuevasread]

A 7 on IGN could translate to either a 4 or a 9 in real life. For this game, it feels more like a 9/10.

[paparoxo]

The reviewer: "I'll not say too much to no give any spoilers". Then proceed to reveal the entire final act of the game. What?

[CytronicsGamer]

Why does IGN have to spoil everything in their reviews? What a joke

[PaulieWalnuts]

If IGN were smart they’d bring back decimal points. At least .5’s

[bryanmurphy]

Why is every puzzle game "zelda inspired"? This looks likes it's own thing.

[xRostro]

The feeling he conveyed throughout really made it sound like an 8

[brianbachinger]

You critique the game for handholding and giving too much away and then you virtually spoil the entire end-game section.

[TheJmack]

Brother…why are you spoiling the end of the game? Who tf allowed that to go through? 👎🏽

[luisgalaxystone]

If it had Super Mario as the main character, I'm sure Ign would give it a 9 or 10

[navyhusky]

IGN must be glad the dislike count isn't visible anymore

[SecretStreamy]

3x+4=25

3x=25-4

3x=21

(3x)/3=(21)/3

x= IGN's score

[hanlee]

People frequently complain about IGN spoilers in reviews, but themselves always do the same to the final score in the comments section. 😅

[ॐIo]

My god the review starts with talking about Zelda....smh

[LagartoSol]

Just finished it, nice short game, a 7 is ok.
Pros:
+ creative
+ funny bits
+ good mini games
+ good puzzles

Cons:
- boring and extremly easy combat
- a bit slow pacing during narrations and dialogs
- no replay value