Ok part 2 of shovel knight treasure trove
Spectre of torment - See the (tragic) backstory of the undead spectre knight and how he became undead and his part in the order of no quarter. Again fills in a few more bits of the story with various characters and how they all fit in the world of shovel knight.
A massive improvement over plague of shadows and a worth a play i say.. For starters there is a lot of "new" content; the layout of the maps are heavily modified and different to the main game, an all new remixed soundtrack making the originals even better and to top it off it plays much much better. I can attack straight ahead for one thing. On the flip side, no side areas, you head to the mirror of fate and jump straight into main levels.
There are a few limitations of the specter knight he can't jump long distances so he has to wall jump around or slash attack his away around the level. The latter is especially tricky as you can only determine whether you slash up or down based on whether you're above or below a target. keep calm, level headed and you'll be fine. slash wildly and you're going to suffer. The only downside to spectre knights attacks is that he can't attack directly below him easily and the last boss has a horrible habit of of hiding under the floors for most of the fight. Hell, even plague knight (despite how awful the game mechanics were) made it easier to attack targets below you (standard flasks and homing proximity fuses helps a lot)
The good news is that its a lot more friendlier in that bottomless pits aren't instant death provided you get the right gear and its one of the first pieces you can buy so my death count was much much lower. So thank god for small favors. The only tricky part is probably collecting the red skulls as this is how you get special abilities/ attacks. Again, not too difficult near the end and in fact to get the best stuff you don't need them all. Even the prize for collecting all of them is a cosmetic swap which is worthless because how late in the game you get it. But once you get the ability to hover/fly and combined with the Cloak of Clemency life is a lot easier.
Since players can't go to the hall of champions area, the tower of fate does have a sort of challenge map as you climb the top of the tower as the screen scrolls up. Nothing difficult but besides earning some money as a rewards there's little reason to complete it more then once. Again once you beat the game, new game+, sound mode and challenges are unlocked.
King of cards - the last and probably the best of the DLC. my personal fav and definite recommendation to play. Prologue to the main game as the King knight sets to become the champion of joustus and become a king of the land.
Again the devs have improved/changed things significantly, new soundtracks, the world view is back with new levels/bosses to fight. The biggest change is the size of the levels, essentially the core levels have been broken down into bitesize chunks with a theme/locale to them making playing the game much more manageable.
The good news is that King knight isn't horrible to play. Think wario with his dash attack and being able to follow it up with a stomp attack and you have a good idea of what he's capable of. Again plenty of QOL improvements such as being able to collect cash easily, a free heal ability and of course falling into bottomless pits isn't guaranteed death with the right armor set.
The biggest addition of course is the joustus card game. its simple stuff and can get quite compelling, getting cards is fairly easy and its fairly forgiving if you lose. yes, you lose a card, but you can either win it back or just buy the card back. Failing that you do have cheat cards to help you. Don't worry, the top players have their own cheat cards so there's no shame. Thankfully, none of the main boss fights are you're expected to play joustus to defeat them. Its a straight up fight. Although Cardia before you face her, you have to play one final game. But that's end game stuff when should have beaten all the Joustus houses and acquired a whole load of top tier cards.
But wait... There's more! Shovel Knight showdown is packed with this game. A sort of Party smash bro melee style game. there is a story mode that's set in the story of the spectre knight story where everyone gets sucked into the mirror and all duke it out to be the first out of the mirror. Honestly didn't play much of this. I just picked Spectre knight and breezed through it once. I'll probably play more of it and might do an updated opinion on it.
So... Shovel knight treasure trovel edition. Was it good? i say yes. I got some entertainment and enjoyed the story and its characters and kept me playing even after i had beaten the main game. The amount of bang for your buck makes it worth the asking price.
Spectre of torment - See the (tragic) backstory of the undead spectre knight and how he became undead and his part in the order of no quarter. Again fills in a few more bits of the story with various characters and how they all fit in the world of shovel knight.
A massive improvement over plague of shadows and a worth a play i say.. For starters there is a lot of "new" content; the layout of the maps are heavily modified and different to the main game, an all new remixed soundtrack making the originals even better and to top it off it plays much much better. I can attack straight ahead for one thing. On the flip side, no side areas, you head to the mirror of fate and jump straight into main levels.
There are a few limitations of the specter knight he can't jump long distances so he has to wall jump around or slash attack his away around the level. The latter is especially tricky as you can only determine whether you slash up or down based on whether you're above or below a target. keep calm, level headed and you'll be fine. slash wildly and you're going to suffer. The only downside to spectre knights attacks is that he can't attack directly below him easily and the last boss has a horrible habit of of hiding under the floors for most of the fight. Hell, even plague knight (despite how awful the game mechanics were) made it easier to attack targets below you (standard flasks and homing proximity fuses helps a lot)
The good news is that its a lot more friendlier in that bottomless pits aren't instant death provided you get the right gear and its one of the first pieces you can buy so my death count was much much lower. So thank god for small favors. The only tricky part is probably collecting the red skulls as this is how you get special abilities/ attacks. Again, not too difficult near the end and in fact to get the best stuff you don't need them all. Even the prize for collecting all of them is a cosmetic swap which is worthless because how late in the game you get it. But once you get the ability to hover/fly and combined with the Cloak of Clemency life is a lot easier.
Since players can't go to the hall of champions area, the tower of fate does have a sort of challenge map as you climb the top of the tower as the screen scrolls up. Nothing difficult but besides earning some money as a rewards there's little reason to complete it more then once. Again once you beat the game, new game+, sound mode and challenges are unlocked.
King of cards - the last and probably the best of the DLC. my personal fav and definite recommendation to play. Prologue to the main game as the King knight sets to become the champion of joustus and become a king of the land.
Again the devs have improved/changed things significantly, new soundtracks, the world view is back with new levels/bosses to fight. The biggest change is the size of the levels, essentially the core levels have been broken down into bitesize chunks with a theme/locale to them making playing the game much more manageable.
The good news is that King knight isn't horrible to play. Think wario with his dash attack and being able to follow it up with a stomp attack and you have a good idea of what he's capable of. Again plenty of QOL improvements such as being able to collect cash easily, a free heal ability and of course falling into bottomless pits isn't guaranteed death with the right armor set.
The biggest addition of course is the joustus card game. its simple stuff and can get quite compelling, getting cards is fairly easy and its fairly forgiving if you lose. yes, you lose a card, but you can either win it back or just buy the card back. Failing that you do have cheat cards to help you. Don't worry, the top players have their own cheat cards so there's no shame. Thankfully, none of the main boss fights are you're expected to play joustus to defeat them. Its a straight up fight. Although Cardia before you face her, you have to play one final game. But that's end game stuff when should have beaten all the Joustus houses and acquired a whole load of top tier cards.
But wait... There's more! Shovel Knight showdown is packed with this game. A sort of Party smash bro melee style game. there is a story mode that's set in the story of the spectre knight story where everyone gets sucked into the mirror and all duke it out to be the first out of the mirror. Honestly didn't play much of this. I just picked Spectre knight and breezed through it once. I'll probably play more of it and might do an updated opinion on it.
So... Shovel knight treasure trovel edition. Was it good? i say yes. I got some entertainment and enjoyed the story and its characters and kept me playing even after i had beaten the main game. The amount of bang for your buck makes it worth the asking price.