Remnant II

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6.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 178 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 34 out of 178
  3. Negative: 44 out of 178

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  1. StormDeath69
    Aug 3, 2023
    0
    An other broken game !
    Very bad optimization !
    This game not run at 60 FPS with RTX 4090 this just a joke. You are forced to use upscaling methods because the optimization is so bad. The graphics are ugly and the performance required for this result is insane. Poor shader optimization causes many FPS drops. Don't use UE5 anymore if you don't know how to optimize it properly. I do not    An other broken game !
    Very bad optimization !
    This game not run at 60 FPS with RTX 4090 this just a joke. You are forced to use upscaling methods because the optimization is so bad. The graphics are ugly and the performance required for this result is insane. Poor shader optimization causes many FPS drops. Don't use UE5 anymore if you don't know how to optimize it properly. I do not recommend this game.


    I do not recommend this game.    … Expand
  2. Zer0TheHer0
    Aug 6, 2023
    0
    The game wouldn't bad if it weren't for that awful off-center camera. Character needs to be in the center of the screen.
  3. off3nc3
    Aug 6, 2023
    0
    Remnant from the Ashes was mediocre but passable with friends , Remnant 2 is basically the same game with the same outdated graphics and mechanics that adds nothing new besides a few cosmetics / classes and guns.

    World setting and enviroments are sterile and bland , shooting mechanis are just as boring and uninspired as the first , I really can't recommand this game at all for a solo    Remnant from the Ashes was mediocre but passable with friends , Remnant 2 is basically the same game with the same outdated graphics and mechanics that adds nothing new besides a few cosmetics / classes and guns.

    World setting and enviroments are sterile and bland , shooting mechanis are just as boring and uninspired as the first , I really can't recommand this game at all for a solo player , you will get bored and uninstall after Bloat King.

    I can't recommand this game and I don't understand why it was needed as a sequel , Remnant 1 was barely passable as a very mid game.    … Expand
  4. Picantest
    Aug 2, 2023
    3
    The game runs at such a low resolution that it looks blurry on consoles and pcs. Resolution is a very important part of the quality of the graphics, and having to drop the base rendering resolution to 720p on pc and consoles as well ruins all the work that the artists have done on this game (on Xbox Series S it drops the resolution even further). Worst game optimizacion I've ever seen.The game runs at such a low resolution that it looks blurry on consoles and pcs. Resolution is a very important part of the quality of the graphics, and having to drop the base rendering resolution to 720p on pc and consoles as well ruins all the work that the artists have done on this game (on Xbox Series S it drops the resolution even further). Worst game optimizacion I've ever seen.

    Online functions need more work as it is frustrating to get into a game and never get revived, or getting kicked as soon as joining a game. Netcode has issues as well.

    The rest of the game is fine but nothing special or extraordinary, there are better implementations of every noteworthy feature of this game in other games. I would have given this game a score of 6 or 7 if it didn't have the issues described above.

    I think the game is fine for console peasants, but it is not good enough for pc gaming standards.    … Expand
  5. Andryu180
    Jul 30, 2023
    0
    Another flop on pc. I'm on a 4090 and experienced a lot of crashes, some of them turned off my pc and the latest corrupted my save file. I lost 15 hour of gameplay. A lot of people are experiencing crashes while playing Remnant but no patches, yet. I'm not going to replay everything from scratch. Uninstalled and added another developer to the list of those from which I'm never again buying on D1
  6. Steff86
    Aug 5, 2023
    0
    Another boring lifeless Souls game! nothing more to be said really just the usual pretentiousness you'd expect
  7. evydrousse
    Aug 8, 2023
    0
    The game is good, but encounters many PC crashes, bugs and more, a lot of frustrations. Not about bosses, the game itself: the RNG is sucks, difficult to obtain some items (relic) because impossible to recreate two RNG MANDATORY worlds IN THE SAME MODE! Also, the developpers put A CRUCIAL FINAL BOSS ENDING STORY AFTER THE CREDITS CUTSCENE!! So, if we are disconnected or skip.. WE LOST THISThe game is good, but encounters many PC crashes, bugs and more, a lot of frustrations. Not about bosses, the game itself: the RNG is sucks, difficult to obtain some items (relic) because impossible to recreate two RNG MANDATORY worlds IN THE SAME MODE! Also, the developpers put A CRUCIAL FINAL BOSS ENDING STORY AFTER THE CREDITS CUTSCENE!! So, if we are disconnected or skip.. WE LOST THIS FINAL STORY CUTSCENE AND THE CHOICES/LOOTS COME WITH! I ITSUCKS because they DON'T WARNING before skipping..… Expand
  8. Shinrei
    Aug 6, 2023
    0
    Remnant 2 is not optimized.
    There is nothing revolutionary in the graphics, but low fps in game even on RTX 4090. WTF dev.?
    Developers are lazy asses.
    Don't buy this game. Don't support crappy developers.
  9. SamXander
    Jul 29, 2023
    0
    Don't trust positiverates. They are just paid bots. The game is laggy, full of bugs, and hard even on the lowest difficulty.
  10. 21grams
    Jul 29, 2023
    0
    Worst PC port to date excused with "designing game with upscaling in mind".. On my RTX 4090 it barely goes above 60fps on native 1440p which is absolutely insulting optimization considering everything else runs at least twice as fast. Game also doesn't look anything like pushing graphics - doesn't even have ray tracing nor Lumen. When I buy such GPU - I expect high refresh rate gamingWorst PC port to date excused with "designing game with upscaling in mind".. On my RTX 4090 it barely goes above 60fps on native 1440p which is absolutely insulting optimization considering everything else runs at least twice as fast. Game also doesn't look anything like pushing graphics - doesn't even have ray tracing nor Lumen. When I buy such GPU - I expect high refresh rate gaming 140fps+ in 4K, not just barely hitting 60fps in 1440p and while ofc DLSS helps - as I said this is no more than excuse from lazy devs who didn't bother to optimize jack ****

    The real problem is - no everyone is running RTX 4090 like I do, so what about those people? Screw them devs? Or they should run 1080p with DLSS in performance (540p internal rendering)??? I get better fps in Cyberpunk 2077 with psycho RT or with Path Tracing and DLSS Quality while getting superior looks.

    DO NOT SUPPORT LAZY PC PORTS

    People have no self-respect these day whatsoever and they accept whatever turd port devs drop at them. Disgusting.    … Expand
  11. themandy
    Jul 28, 2023
    3
    If this is how unreal engine 5 looks like then i feel disappointed. the environment clearly copies off stalker 1 game. the sounds are ok. the characters are weird as hell. the game i don't understand even what it is about you just shoot some monsters coming off in the underground sewers
    this game gets boring not to mention i played on ultra settings on an 14 year old PC its ridiculous    If this is how unreal engine 5 looks like then i feel disappointed. the environment clearly copies off stalker 1 game. the sounds are ok. the characters are weird as hell. the game i don't understand even what it is about you just shoot some monsters coming off in the underground sewers
    this game gets boring not to mention i played on ultra settings on an 14 year old PC its ridiculous that you don't need a super new computer for unreal engine 5 games. It runs smooth but the whole game feels so boring because you just run everywhere. Ok the world looks post apocalyptic.    … Expand
  12. MOLOCK
    Aug 3, 2023
    0
    Who in their right mind might get the idea of not optimizing their game and putting a patch on it with upscalers?
    There is no excuse for such ****
  13. sammy07
    Aug 1, 2023
    0
    Should be free on ps plus / epic games / gamepass. Not a good sequel. Too many idiotic puzzles and underwhelming bosses.
  14. SlayerSloth
    Aug 2, 2023
    4
    Remnant 2 is possibly the most overrated game of the year. Nearly every review is positive for some reason. The story is so bad. It boils down to girl goes missing - search for girl - find girl - girl wants to save the world - girl (who does nothing) - makes you save the world. Gameplay: Gunplay is easily the best part of the game even though it's truly average at best. That's all I haveRemnant 2 is possibly the most overrated game of the year. Nearly every review is positive for some reason. The story is so bad. It boils down to girl goes missing - search for girl - find girl - girl wants to save the world - girl (who does nothing) - makes you save the world. Gameplay: Gunplay is easily the best part of the game even though it's truly average at best. That's all I have to say about it. You shoot things. World Design: Randomized floor plans are barely random. Imo, not a single area is really worth replaying. Every world is bland and small. Nothing wowed me with world design. Class System: The majority of classes that can be obtained will be obtained pretty late into the game. By this point, you most likely won't level your subclass by the time you finish the campaign. With the bad world design that isn't very repayable, you won't use that class to its full potential basically ever. Customization: There are not a lot of armor options in the game. Actually obtaining these armor pieces requires following a 40 step guide in order to find it. Weapons: Not a single weapon felt very fun or interesting to me or my friends that I played with. Boss Design: The boss design is passable but you aren't going to be too impressed. Difficulty: The game isn't very hard. For majority of boss fights, I was able to solo and first try them. The boss fights that were hard threw infinite spawns of ads at you while you tried to fight the actual boss. Overall: Every single aspect of the game was either generic (enemy design, weapons, armor, worlds, bosses) or lacking in some degree. I genuinely think this game deserves a 4/10 MAX in comparison to the Souls games which this game is directly choosing to compete with, it truly fails on every single thing it tries to do.… Expand
  15. zNeverSleep
    Jul 31, 2023
    2
    No.

    The terrible plot, cringe dialogs, boring prologue, and bad single-player gameplay made me uninstall this game after 2 hours of playing it. Since I liked the first one, I will give it another shot when my girlfriend buys it, but right now... oh my god.

    Stop throwing these games to get easy money. It looks so low effort that makes me sad.
  16. Vasot
    Aug 5, 2023
    2
    Not a good game overall this is a poorly made Dark Souls rip-off with guns and made for consoles in mind. Runs poorly on PC despite using the latest UE5 engine the textures look bland and dated. Has terrible generic story with woke characters, oriented for co-op the solo mode is a poor experience, mechanically demanding yet hitboxes and timings are just straight up inconsistent. LifelessNot a good game overall this is a poorly made Dark Souls rip-off with guns and made for consoles in mind. Runs poorly on PC despite using the latest UE5 engine the textures look bland and dated. Has terrible generic story with woke characters, oriented for co-op the solo mode is a poor experience, mechanically demanding yet hitboxes and timings are just straight up inconsistent. Lifeless procedurally generated environments with only 2 boring types of unoriginal enemies in each world. Game only attracts a small segment of try-hard players coming from the console community everyone else don't like it and feels so generic, Overpriced and not recommended for PC… Expand
  17. fabi0pereira
    Aug 6, 2023
    4
    The game is ok with graphics and level design, but the bosses fight are terrible. They are not fun. Boss have terrible movesets and the only thing to figure it out about them is in what window to heal. They alone are pretty easy, and the devs saw that, so they put someone shooting and attacking your back. This is a terrible solution to make the fight harder.
  18. ONEEX
    Jul 29, 2023
    1
    - Terrible optimisation!!!
    Until the developers fix this deliberate assumption (lack of adequate optimisation), I will not change my assessment.
    The sad tendency of developers - deliberately worsening optimisation and at the same time raising prices for alpha/beta product issued as for the final!!!!    - Terrible optimisation!!!
    Until the developers fix this deliberate assumption (lack of adequate optimisation), I will not change my assessment.
    The sad tendency of developers - deliberately worsening optimisation and at the same time raising prices for alpha/beta product issued as for the final!!!!
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    •Ужасная оптимизация!!!
    Пока разработчики не исправят это намеренное допущение (отсутствие адекватной оптимизации), я не изменю свою оценку.
    Печальна тенденция разработчиков - намеренно ухудшения оптимизации и при этом поднятие цен на альфа/бета продукт выдаваемый как за финальный!!!    … Expand
  19. Draksian
    Jul 28, 2023
    0
    Rozumiem brak spolszczenia pierwszej części, ale olanie tego aspektu przy kolejnej części, gdy w pełni lokalizują język rosyjski jest bezczelnym posunięciem.
  20. Henry_D
    Jul 27, 2023
    0
    Decent surrounding graphics, considering that it is ue5, not that impressive. Character faces tho are so ugly. Customization amount of a ps3 game.
    Overall feel: very corridorish, blant, boring traits and skills. I mean trait to get +2 hp, are you serious? Repetitive gameplay shoot, roll, basically two buttons.
    Perfomance tho not that bad comparing to titles that got recently released. 20    Decent surrounding graphics, considering that it is ue5, not that impressive. Character faces tho are so ugly. Customization amount of a ps3 game.
    Overall feel: very corridorish, blant, boring traits and skills. I mean trait to get +2 hp, are you serious? Repetitive gameplay shoot, roll, basically two buttons.
    Perfomance tho not that bad comparing to titles that got recently released. 20 fps without dlss on top end pc. 100+ with dlss, they messed up real big with the performance.    … Expand
  21. zilack
    Jul 26, 2023
    1
    very basic game with uninteresting mechanics and boring gameplay, on top of that the game has an extremely bad optimization system...it barely gets 40 fps with my 4090 with dlss off and 100 on dlss on.....another ps5 port garbage with no optimization at all
  22. pktomato
    Jul 29, 2023
    0
    Combat feels solid. Story isn't the best but its enough to keep me intrigued. You can really tell when something will and won't hit your character and the shooting feels really solid. If you like souls games but wanted to be able to shoot guns and enjoy playing with friends, this is 100% the game for you. Anyone complaining about bugs or issues honestly hasn't looked at the landscape ofCombat feels solid. Story isn't the best but its enough to keep me intrigued. You can really tell when something will and won't hit your character and the shooting feels really solid. If you like souls games but wanted to be able to shoot guns and enjoy playing with friends, this is 100% the game for you. Anyone complaining about bugs or issues honestly hasn't looked at the landscape of games. I will not say this game is perfect, but as a basis for a game that FEELS good. It has a lot of the hard stuff done correctly and the bugs I have noticed have been stupid little things, like floating objects that don't matter after destroying a box or something else. game has been great after 10+ hours of gameplay.… Expand
  23. issemiyake
    Jul 26, 2023
    2
    The game needs a major update. There are sudden drops. I defeated the mounted boss with a melee weapon, standing next to him. He didn't even react. It's funny that if you shoot the enemy's feet or shoot him in the head, he gets the same damage.
  24. rsardinha
    Jul 27, 2023
    0
    This game is one of the best games called Soul`s Like because it is, in my opinion, the most creative implementation of these characteristics.
  25. LyckaYK
    Jul 27, 2023
    0
    Fantastic to finnaly have a good game on release with offline mode and no micro transactions, battle passes and other modern bulsh*t.
    10/10 from me and totally worth the money
  26. OberiousLocke
    Aug 9, 2023
    0
    I was already skeptical. A souls-like getting a sequel is, at this point, a guarantee that I'm going to be subjected to bull**** stemming from a developer trying to one up the difficulty of their previous game rather than actually make something fun and not frustrating, and that was confirmed for me not even 5 minutes into my first side dungeon with a enemy that takes minimal damage beforeI was already skeptical. A souls-like getting a sequel is, at this point, a guarantee that I'm going to be subjected to bull**** stemming from a developer trying to one up the difficulty of their previous game rather than actually make something fun and not frustrating, and that was confirmed for me not even 5 minutes into my first side dungeon with a enemy that takes minimal damage before you blow open a weak point, and who has a five hit (maybe more, I didn't count exact numbers) combo that will definitely hit you at least once because of it's ability to pivot and move between each swing, and this is compounded by the fact that they made dodge distance a ****ing SKILL that you need to sink points into, and good luck healing considering they never fixed how agonizingly slow it is when you can dodge one attack, think you have an opening, then get interrupted or killed because the enemy/boss busted out a gap closer into another hit/combo.

    I intended on persevering out of love for the first game.

    And then I encountered a mini boss in another dungeon whose main attack was to BLIND you by glitching your screen, TELEPORT you, and then proceed to smack you about either itself or with it's minions while you try and re-orient yourself.

    Nah, that's a Did-Not-Finish, uninstall and refund for me. FOH.    … Expand
  27. asdadfsaffsafgs
    Aug 16, 2023
    0
    This is one of those games where you get actively weaker when you upgrade your gear. Yeah, that's right, enemies scale with your upgrade level. But not just that, you cant even stay as an unupgraded bozo, because BOSSES have minimum requirements so you are forced to upgrade anyway. Disgustingly stupid system.
    The RNG progression also is just a stupid marketing gimmick only done so the    This is one of those games where you get actively weaker when you upgrade your gear. Yeah, that's right, enemies scale with your upgrade level. But not just that, you cant even stay as an unupgraded bozo, because BOSSES have minimum requirements so you are forced to upgrade anyway. Disgustingly stupid system.
    The RNG progression also is just a stupid marketing gimmick only done so the devs can brag "how many secrets our world have" - those are not secrets, just a RNG slot machine. It hurts the experience massively. And no, it does not make me wanna replay the same level 30 times so i can get the desired boss randomly spawn for me this time, maybe. The incompetent devs completely misunderstood what in Diablo 2s procedural levels made the game great and overdid it in an insanely bad way. The combat is again, just like in the first game, a chore. While the mere act of shooting by itself is undoubtedly fun, everything else about the combat drags it down. Overall, a **** game that i cannot recommend to anybody.
    And no, this is not "Dark Souls" with guns. Its insulting to FromSoft's masterpiece to even put this AA jank trash in the same sentence as Dark Souls.    … Expand
  28. Steyraus
    Aug 25, 2023
    1
    Modern American game just suck .this is Way worse than the first game. Pointless to play solo..Die unfairly over and over just to get another story with modern writing full of diversity hires and averting of the male gaze...Can we get one big budget game where all the characters especially female characters are not American minorities, it's like the characters are larpers with the badModern American game just suck .this is Way worse than the first game. Pointless to play solo..Die unfairly over and over just to get another story with modern writing full of diversity hires and averting of the male gaze...Can we get one big budget game where all the characters especially female characters are not American minorities, it's like the characters are larpers with the bad cringe writing and ugly badly dressed characters.… Expand
  29. somovbiu
    Sep 11, 2023
    1
    1. UE5 asset flip
    2. No lore, no introduction. Pick your class, pick your weapons, go!
    3. Clunky af 4. basically no tutorial 5. dumbest map control in the gaming industry, no way point either Absolutely shtty optimization makes this game a perfect candidate to benchmark a new GPU, along with other crap like TLOU part 1. Congrats developers, you'll be remembered in history not as a    1. UE5 asset flip
    2. No lore, no introduction. Pick your class, pick your weapons, go!
    3. Clunky af
    4. basically no tutorial
    5. dumbest map control in the gaming industry, no way point either

    Absolutely shtty optimization makes this game a perfect candidate to benchmark a new GPU, along with other crap like TLOU part 1. Congrats developers, you'll be remembered in history not as a game, but as a benchmark tool.    … Expand

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 68 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 58 out of 68
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 68
  3. Negative: 1 out of 68
  1. GameMAG
    Dec 28, 2023
    80
    Remnant II is a great evolution of ideas from the first installment, making each adventure feel unique in its own way. It is one of the few Soulslike games with full co-op.
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  2. GameCritics
    Sep 15, 2023
    85
    While it might be convenient shorthand to describe Remnant II as Dark Souls with guns, it must also be said that it is its own genre-defining achievement — a co-op looter shooter that finds its own unique, otherworldly identity without succumbing to the worst instincts of the genre.
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  3. GameOver.gr
    Sep 6, 2023
    80
    Remnant 2 follows its predecessor to the letter albeit by improving every single aspect. It doesn't really need to innovate the genre, thanks to its utterly satisfying gunplay, myriads of secrets, excellent replayability and a diverse set of levels, enemies and bosses.
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