Aside all nostalgia related to the 1st game, P2 is excellent as it is by itself: - Gameplay is solid - level design is great - storytelling is really strong and compelling. - it is nice: art direction is kind of "gold age blizzard-esque" and innovative - it is not as short as I feared, the story goes all the way to conclusion with fully developped content So yeah, this game is well made and full of (good) ideas. Couldn't have asked for more, so yeah, 5/5
Cute, but... Camp mechanics are not really enjoyable, considering you have to spend too much time there doing chores. Stopped being fun after a couple of hours. Fights are not bad, but again, some weapons are not great, and some mechanics are not good. Like you unlock new gears/spells that are better, but "bad/lacking" previous gears/spells/cards that are now "meeeh"are still in the random pool. Lots of items are lacklusters you don't enjoy playing. And you have to finish 4 runs in each of the 4 worlds, that 2 TIMES to finish the game? Every run looks like the previous one. No different mechanics beween worlds. So meh, I played it, but it could have been better. Time spent on it is more and more obvious.
OK, there is no map, but that's not a major issue, thanks to reviews on GOG pointing that out: as you keep unlocking shortcuts and because areas are not that convoluted, that's seemed fine by me. But 2 main design issues with this game: - it doesn't tell you you have enough plant seeds to put in all plant pot. Which mean one of the end game quest is now a real PITA as you have to fill all pots doing an exhaustive full backtracking of the whole game. - It doesn't give you a clue what to do about the round stone areas on the ground, which you suspects are mandatory to reach certain areas. Look on internet: you have to jump and smash them falling on them. Great. Another reason to backtrack because I thought I had to unlock a power or a gear... End game missions (after defeating final boss): some are good, but most are way too painful and time consuming (enough with the backtracking already!). I tried to do them by myself, but despair got me when I realised I was somewhere too soon and had to do it all again... then checked internet and hell no I won't do these. Not enough fun.
Don't buy.
Too repetitive, got bored after a couple of hours the time to discover what the gamplay is made of. I'm a sucker for a good walking sim, so I've no problem with narrative games in general. This one is "meh".
... and as it seems a really close port of the original, I wouldn't recommend it unless you like being hurt.
