Anodyne 2: Return to Dust

This game tries to be a little bit of everything and ends up being good at almost nothing. The top down action sections like the first game are great, but smaller and spaced out throughout the game. Everything outside of those levels an absolute mess. Stupidly goofy characters to interact with, religious zealotry and a map full of pointless collectables make the world more of a chore than I had the patience for.

there aren´t many games, that make you feel, like you enjoy every second of them. i already had high expectations for this game but i was surprised, that it could surpass anodyne 1 for me. anodyne 2 is the first game that comes to my mind, when i want to recommend a recent game and there aren´t many games, that i would recommend nearly as much as this one.

Anodyne 2 at its gameplay heart is a well rounded experience of 2D puzzles and 3D platforming, always feeling very responsive and never frustrating. This time around the infamous meta exploring is not held back for after you beat the fina boss, instead you are allowed and encouraged with collectables to go out of bounds to explore the eeriness and fascinating areas of a 3D map you normally are not supposed to see. The writing shows the continued improvement Analgesic had from Anodyne 1 to Even the Ocean, All Our Asia and finally Anodyne 2. Some characters way of saying things may put you off and confuse you a little but there is deep care for deeply humane themes and emotions just exploding to you from this build world. Nova the main character also shows great growth, breaking out of the typical mute protagonist puppet. The 3D areas are sure to give you strong nostalgia as N64/PS1 kid and are just as welld esigned as the 2D dungeons. The music once again so typical for Analgesic feels very alien and familar at the same time while lulling you into its relaxing trance.

mommies?

Was looking to an to a N64 Zelda wiht GBA Zelda section, but is just a frustrating puzzel game!