Ziggurat 2

This entry improves on the original formula in a lot of ways by adding in new characters and items and refining the movement and shooting, but overall it feels incredibly similar to the original. That's not necessarily a bad thing, more Ziggurat is a good thing, but the game definitely could have gone further to advance the formula than the couple things it added. Nevertheless, the additions are good ones, which include character active skills and the campaign mode which is a series of smaller dungeons to grab unlocks. Overall, great game, worth it if you never played the original, still probably worth it if you did.

Runs very well on a 2013 macbook pro (core i7). I've completed the first part and Immortal Redneck. Tried Strafe and the tower of guns (not my cup of tea). As soon as I launched Ziggurat 2 I felt right at home and was hyped to play. I've already lost count of hours I spent in the game. But it's very fun. It's much more clear and user-friendly than the first part. So many awesome weapons. So many characters and different bosses! The game formula works really well in this part. Hope there is part 3 coming out some time soon!

I don't normally like roguelikes. The last one I tried along this vein, Hypergun, I got fed up with. It's the lack of progress that got me. But that's much less of an issue here. You don't go in for one long run, the "campaign" is in different stages of a few short levels each. Fail one level and you're not kicked back to the very start, you can just redo it. That is a huge plus for me. The weapons feel good to use. Not that much punch on the wands, spells and staves - but that's expected. Magic isn't about cannon blasts. The "alchemy" weapons - guns and crossbows - do have that punch. The enemies, well, the one that stuck in my mind is the carrot. Yes. A carrot. A horde enemy which charges at you and tries to bite you. I found that hilarious. Something tells me that one of the devs was told "Eat your vegetables... or they'll eat /you/" as a child. It runs fantastically well. On my system (Ryzen 5600 with a weedy little Radeon 6500 XT), there's not a single frame dropped at 1920x1080 even at maximum settings. Only the annoying options (motion blur) are turned off. No crashes, no glitches, no instability, no bugs. The music, as others have mentioned, is also very nice. The combat music is frantic and high-energy, and the "peace" music for wandering the dungeons is oddly captivating (my favourite: the track called "The Eye of Midas" in the OST). The soundtrack was an instant buy for me. And finally, the jewel in its crown: a native Linux version. That's no longer unheard of, but neither is it common. Since my main system runs Linux, it's obvious why I'd consider this to be important.

I am not a big fan of wizard, wand or sorcery kind of stuff but this game somehow caught my interest. I was looking for a new game to play on GOG and saw this. At first, I didn't give much of a thought as I said I am not really into theme of fantasy but boy I was wrong. It was a BREATH OF FRESH AIR firstly I am a fan of roguelike and roguelites but the ones I played were mostly bullet hell or shooters likes of enter the gungeon, risk of rain 2, hades, roboquest, and gunfire reborn to name a few. Alright maybe those games do have some sort of magic going on, but Ziggurat stands out for me the music, the art style and the theme along with gameplay mechanics some might argue basically the same stuff, but I beg to differ. I was a bit concern whether I might have to play Ziggurat the original first, but it turns out you can straight dive in to this one instead it’s easy to pick up and play but I might give the original a run too. This is by far the fastest review I ever gave to a game on GOG. I wholeheartedly recommend the game it is just that good and fun. Lots of items, perks, powerups, wands, staves, and weapons to play with different game modes. Each run feels different with generated levels and unique rewards etc. so yeah, it’s a 10/10 from me.