When Yacht Club Games announced its Kickstarter for Shovel Knight, three of the stretch goals involved playable boss characters who would later be added to the game as free updates. Would these new characters get entirely new campaigns, or just a couple of challenge rooms? Would they have their own stories, or would they fall victim to the all too common "new character, same story, who cares" method seen even in quality games like Bayonetta and Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition?
Thankfully, Yacht Club went the extra mile and, though it reuses much of the original game's stages, the new Plague of Shadows expansion is practically a new, complete game of its own, with its own story, collectibles, achievements, and game play. They really went above and beyond my expectations for a free update, and the new campaign is as good, and at times better than, the original Shovel Knight.
