Shovel Knight has a story insofar as any of these games have a surface-level justification for what's happening. Shovel Knight feels like a game that fell out of a worm hole. And Shovel Knight is a very good video game. Shovel Knight feels both old and new, mining our collective memories for the right reason: making a good video game. The debut game from Yacht Club Games feels like an unearthed relic, one I'm happy has been found. Shovel Knight is one of them, a game that feels as though a historian unearthed a long lost cartridge from the late '80s, as game developers were making the NES perform tricks never thought possible. ![]() There are always exceptions to the rule, though. ![]() How I feel about today's shooters is probably how others feel about the deluge of nostalgia-influenced platformers.
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