Don't Knock Twice

One playthrough is quite enough for the brief and uninspired Don't Knock Twice.

On a platform that is destined to become almost overcrowded with colourful, vibrant, ‘happy' games, having a burst of horror as an option is very welcome indeed. Unfortunately, this isn't the game to showcase the genre, nor is it one to showcase games in general. Some promising early moments left us with high hopes for this title – there were times where we felt genuine, edge-of-your-seat fear – but it soon becomes clear that it cannot live up to the standards it is trying to achieve. If you're looking for a horror fix, maybe wait until something else comes along.

Overall Don't Knock Twice is quite a hard one to judge. It does what it sets out to do - scare you silly - rather well, and without resorting to cheap jump scares to boot. But with its short length and limited replay value, I'm not sure if it provides value for money.

The atmosphere is what makes this game. The emotion of the plot succeeds in some places and stumbles in others. The puzzles can be frustrating at times, but not because they're impossible to complete, more so because they seem like filler to extend gameplay time. Overall, the experiences are memorable for the feeling they create in the player, but not much else.

Don’t Knock Twice is a worthless game from Wales Interactive studio which is full of colossal flaws – just like most movie-based games. When a horror game is not capable of delivering its vital responsibility which is scaring its players, we can’t expect it to be good at other aspects.

I don't actively dislike Don't Knock Twice. I just find it painfully bland and generic... and really, it's harder to forgive that in the horror genre than almost any other.

Don't Knock Twice happened what happened, it is possible that someone will say that the game unworthy of purchase, but not if You are a fan of this genre and You have platform Nintendo Switch, and an extra 700 rubles, then you are welcome. Despite common implementation, this game is more suitable for VR, actually, and dive better. At the moment, Don't Knock Twice simply has no parallel on this platform, which is an advantage both for the developer and for the game itself.

If the frame-rate was smooth and the game was more technically sound, I could see potential for a fun horror game. The atmosphere is nice, the audio is extremely well done, and the story seems pretty interesting as well. It's just a shame that the frame-rate is so bad that you probably won't make it til the end to see the conclusion.

The scariest thing about Don't Knock Twice is how poorly it plays on the Nintendo Switch.

There are flecks of intrigue and entertainment throughout Don’t Knock Twice, and a patch would certainly elevate the game from bad to passable, but at launch the ludicrous technical problems mar an already pretty iffy, bare-bones horror “experience”.