Ziggurat 2

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Posted on: January 18, 2024

Khumi01

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Games: 135 Reviews: 62

Magically Addicting

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.

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Posted on: June 26, 2024

ChrisOzzie

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Games: 778 Reviews: 56

Addicting, Fast Paced Roguelite FPS

Ziggurat 2 improves upon the first game in every way in my opinion. Here's why I had so much fun! - Campaign Mode: So now you can gradually unlock characters, amulets, perks, weapons, and permanent passive buffs by completing the 3 or 4 available missions. This is a Roguelite with procedural generation, so the available missions constantly change in mission type and layout. The campaign mode also has a "new game plus" option via its "ascension" system. Each level of ascension increases difficulty, but also keeps everything you've already earned as well as increasing the maximum cap of mastery points you can invest into the numerous "perks". - Permanent Progression: You can now earn "mastery" points that you can put into these perk trees. You can subtly improve healing or mana drop effectiveness, damage output and damage received among much more, There's about 40 different perks you can invest mastery points in and while it makes the game a little easier, it's not game changing. - 5 difficulty modes: Ziggurat 1 only had 3 difficulty settings, so this is a welcome change. I found the second hardest difficulty mode to be my sweet spot. It's a very hard game, but as I'm about to mention, there's a much bigger emphasis on skill now. - 12 unique characters: in Ziggurat 1, each character only had different stats i think. Now we get characters with different stats, skills, and gimmicks. You now have one unique ability per character. Some make you temporarily invulnerable, leeches life from enemies, collects all items in the arena, summons friendly monsters or can make your character invisible for a moment. These definitely change the way you tackle fights. Also with the introduction of the "dash" ability, you have much more control and simple strafing won't keep you alive. - Classic Mode: All of Ziggurat 1's game modes are available here too for fans of the prequel! Graphics are really good too and didn't crash once. Earns an easy recommendation!

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Posted on: January 12, 2025

omnijpmonn

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Games: 229 Reviews: 13

A Worthwhile Sequel

I was quite a fan of the orginal Ziggurat when it came out. I was surprised to see a sequal came out and I heard nothing of it. I may be late to the game, but it does not disappoint and is worth its price.

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Posted on: February 3, 2025

Sepiriz69

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Games: 1915 Reviews: 7

Impressed so Far

About 4-5 hours in. So far, the weapons have some nice variety and it doesn't feel like five of the same thing with different skins. Characters have unique special abilities that set them apart, but are similar enough that it doesn't feel like you need to learn to play the game all over again for each one. You do need to get used to using the special abilities and switching weapons as you go through if you want to clear levels out. It takes a bit to figure out the progression sequence for equipment, but once you get it, it's pretty easy to work with. My only frustration thus far is you start out incredibly weak. If you want to try it out, get next to the idea you will die a bunch of times early on just trying to level up enough to be able to survive.

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Posted on: November 22, 2024

ausmetal

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Games: 309 Reviews: 1

Better than the original

Improved formula over the original. Making something that was good even better.

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