Black Knight Sword’s punishing difficulty requires more luck than skill to overcome (review)

Goichi Suda owes me a new controller. The avant-garde game designer (who also goes by “Suda51”) is known for the distinctive style and offbeat humor he brings into almost every project he touches, such as killer7 and No More Heroes. But after playing his latest game, I now associate him with long nights of yelling at the TV as I died in Black Knight Sword for the hundredth time.