Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
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| Studio | Mediatonic | ||
| Publisher | Devolver Digital | ||
| Senior Developer | Joseph Walsh | ||
| composer | Jukio Kallio, Daniel Hagström | ||
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
Steam , PSN August 4, 2020 |
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| platform | Microsoft Windows , PlayStation 4 | ||
| Game engine | Unity | ||
| genre | Battle Royale , Jump 'n' Run | ||
| Game mode | Multiplayer | ||
| control | Keyboard & mouse , gamepad | ||
| language | German , English , French , Italian , Spanish , Japanese , Korean , Portuguese , Russian , Chinese | ||
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Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is a Battle Royale - video game , which by Media Tonic developed and Devolver Digital has been released. It was announced at E3 in June 2019 and released on August 4, 2020 for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4 . The game takes up elements of the game shows Takeshi's Castle and Wipeout .
For users of PlayStation Plus membership, the game was made available free of charge as soon as it was published.
Gameplay
Up to 60 players can take part in a Battle Royale . You have to prove yourself in various mini-games to get to the finals, where you will fight for first place. The winner receives a crown as a reward. For every round you win you can win fame, which is needed to increase your personal level. In addition, you get “kudos” (in-game currency) after each episode, and you can exchange these and won crowns for outfits (color, pattern, face, top and bottom) and theatrics (emotes and cheers) in the shop.
The mini-games
Much of the game consists of playing a series of mini-games. In addition to the finale, which is designed for few players, the mini-games can be divided into four categories: race, survival, hunt and logic. There are also games that you play in a team.
As soon as there are only a few players left, the final starts. The winner is the last survivor.
| Game name | category | description |
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| Evasive maneuvers | run | To get to the finish you have to run up a mountain while fruit falls on the track, which you have to avoid. |
| The circle | run | All the way to the finish line there are rotating obstacles that you have to hop over to get to the finish. |
| The seesaws | run | You reach your goal via several see-saws, which you have to tilt at the right time. |
| Obstacle race | run | Various obstacles are distributed on the route that hinder the way to the destination. |
| Slime cracker | run | The route contains various obstacles that you have to overcome while the slime rises all around and you could fall into it at any time. |
| Dizzying heights | run | The individual obstacles are platforms with round treadmills that turn in one direction and hinder the way to the finish. |
| Goal hunger | run | Doors that open and close obstruct the way here. |
| Doors barrel | run | You have to walk through doors that can either be punched through or not. |
| Tiptoe | run | The aim is to find a way to the goal. Stones can either break through or not. |
| Egg scramble | team | This team game is about hoarding as many eggs as possible and stealing them from the other teams. |
| Witchcraft | team | This game is similar to catching. Each team starts with a bewitched player. The object of the game is to bewitch all players on the opposing team. |
| Hoarders | team | Similar to egg scramble, Horter is about hoarding balls in his field and stealing them from other teams. |
| Tire jumper | team | Together as a team, you have to jump through as many hoops as possible that keep changing their position. |
| Rock and roll | team | The aim is to roll a ball across the course to the goal. |
| Fall ball | team | This game can be compared to soccer. The aim is to score as many goals as possible. |
| Team digression | team | Four teams compete against each other. Some team members have foxtails, others don't. To win, the team must collect as many foxtails as possible. |
| Digression | hunt | Normal digression works the same way as in a team. |
| Block party | to survive | To win, you have to dodge blocks and not fall off the platform. |
| Runway | to survive | To win, you must not fall off the rotating tarmac. |
| Jump club | to survive | Two rods rotate clockwise. You have to survive as long as possible. |
| Perfect couple | logic | Perfect couple is a type of memory game. |
| Mountain top | final | To win the stage, the goal in this finale is to overcome the obstacles and grab the crown first. |
| Big mistake | final | As with team digressions and digressions, you must have a foxtail at the end of the game. The player who has the foxtail at the end of the game wins. |
| Jump rehearsal | final | Two poles rotate clockwise, after a while certain platforms fall down. The last survivor wins. |
| Hexed away | final | In order to win, one must not fall into the slime. The plates you stand on dissolve after a few seconds. |
Production notes
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout was announced at E3 in June 2019 and released for PlayStation 4 and Windows on August 4, 2020 .
reception
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Within 24 hours of its launch, the game had attracted over 1.5 million players. The high rush on the day of publication ensured that the servers have collapsed in the meantime. On August 10, 2020, publisher Devolver Digital announced that the game had already been downloaded over two million times on Steam .
Reviews
Overall, the game was received positively. Tom Wiggins of Stuff praised the game and called it " Super Monkey Ball for Fortnite - Generation". Matthias Dammes from PC Games also says "Even as a multiplayer grouch I have a lot of fun".
The only criticism was that there was little variety within the levels.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gamestar: Steam Charts: Indie hit Fall Guys beats all of the AAA competition
- ↑ Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout for PlayStation 4 Reviews. In: Metacritic . Retrieved on August 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout for PC Reviews. In: Metacritic . Retrieved on August 16, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout for PC Reviews. In: OpenCritic . Retrieved on August 19, 2020 (English).
- ↑ a b Jan Wöbbeking: Test: Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout - Takeshi's Castle Royale. In: 4Players . August 7, 2020, accessed August 19, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Matthias Dammes: Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout in the Test - Battle Royal has never been so much fun. In: PC Games . August 7, 2020, accessed on August 17, 2020 .
- ↑ Manuel Fritsch: Fall Guys is a lot of fun in the test and still offers too little. In: GameStar . August 7, 2020, accessed August 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Dennis Michel: Fall Guys in the test: Multiplayer hit with fun brake. In: GamePro . August 6, 2020, accessed August 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Christopher Livingston: Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout review. In: PC Gamer . August 7, 2020, accessed on August 19, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Alessandro Barbosa: Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout Review - Major Chaos. In: GameSpot . August 4, 2020, accessed on August 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Fall Guys Servier Owl on Twitter
- ↑ Devolver Digital Twitter account
- ↑ Tom Wiggins: Drop everything and download: Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout. In: Stuff. Retrieved August 17, 2020 .