Rogue Legacy 2

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  • Summary: Rogue Legacy is back! But now it's got a 2 on the end of it!

    Rogue Legacy 2 is a genealogical rogue-LITE. That means it has all the trappings of a typical rogue-like (randomized runs, changing characters, and more), but with persistent upgrades, and persistent dead heirs. In this game,    Rogue Legacy is back! But now it's got a 2 on the end of it!

    Rogue Legacy 2 is a genealogical rogue-LITE. That means it has all the trappings of a typical rogue-like (randomized runs, changing characters, and more), but with persistent upgrades, and persistent dead heirs.

    In this game, your legacy defines you. Spend your parents' inheritance and grow the family manor to give your children a better fighting chance. Each child is unique, with their own traits and abilities. Your daughter could be a Ranger. She could also be vegan. It's a new experience every time.

    Rogue Legacy 2 also lets you play how you want to. Go hard and fast, and dive deeper into the depths of a randomly-generated world. Or take it slow and steady and build your character up until you're ready for greater challenges.    … Expand

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Metro GameCentral
    Dec 14, 2022
    90
    An excellent sequel that marries Metroidvania style exploration with a dizzying array of new combat mechanics, to make one of the best roguelike experiences of this or any year.
  2. Nintendo Life
    Nov 14, 2022
    90
    Rogue Legacy 2 is — to put it simply — a banger. While it’s not a game-changing revelation, it manages to follow up on everything that made the original great and makes it bigger and better. Even once you've bested the bosses, you've barely scratched the surface of what this has to offer, considering the in-depth New Game Plus mode and the wealth of content contained across all available classes and options. Whether you loved the original Rogue Legacy or never played it but like a good roguelike, this is a game you simply can't afford to miss.
  3. TouchArcade
    Nov 30, 2022
    90
    Rogue Legacy 2 sometimes feels a bit too familiar, but it’s a better, more well-rounded game than its predecessor in a wide variety of ways. There are so many top-notch games of this sort on the Nintendo Switch already that you may not immediately be drawn to this game due to it lacking any flashy new feature, but those who give it a chance will find a degree of substance that even the first game was lacking.
  4. GameSpace
    Nov 23, 2022
    80
    Rogue Legacy 2 is a metroidvania, roguelite platformer that will start off difficult and move you into furthering your family tree just to defeat the final boss. It offers good graphics, good story, and a cool system for building up your characters and character types.
  5. Switch Player
    Dec 13, 2022
    80
    A worthy sequel in every regard, Rogue Legacy 2 improves almost every single element that made the original Cellar Door Games title so appealing. Even its slow progression system is easy to stomach when everything along the way is so fun and entertaining.

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  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. Trainer_100jin
    Jan 9, 2023
    10
    Really my type of the game. A rouguelite gem in 2022. Didn't play the first one but really enjoy this sequel.
  2. FredrikM
    Jan 17, 2023
    10
    This might be the perfect sequel and one of the best rogue-lites to date. Rogue legacy 2 takes everything that made the original game an epicThis might be the perfect sequel and one of the best rogue-lites to date. Rogue legacy 2 takes everything that made the original game an epic and improves on it. The base recipe is the same, just much more fun added to it. The classes are all in all really fun to play and like the original provides a great deal of fun variety to the gameplay loop, the introduction of the resolve system provides depth to planning your runs. There are more biomes, more biomes, cooler bosses, more enemy variety, more secrets, more extra content, such as scar challenges, more upgrades to your castle, more special items, more weapons and more spells. Graphics are gorgeous and the music is nothing but good. Don't miss out on this splendid piece of addictive entertainment.… Expand
  4. Ramoten
    Nov 14, 2022
    10
    This game is unbelievably good in every possible way. And then its execution... 60 FPS and super detailed 2D hand-drawn graphics and minimalThis game is unbelievably good in every possible way. And then its execution... 60 FPS and super detailed 2D hand-drawn graphics and minimal load times. Now please stop blaming the Switch hardware when your games don't run smooth, this is a master class in game design.… Expand
  5. Pete112
    Dec 15, 2022
    10
    Just like the original, this game is incredibly addictive.

    As a roguelite, you can spend your coins on upgrades upon death allowing you to    Just like the original, this game is incredibly addictive.

    As a roguelite, you can spend your coins on upgrades upon death allowing you to slowly progress further on each run.

    The gameplay and controls are perfect and the different load outs give lots of variety.    … Expand
  6. giannis2001
    Jan 11, 2023
    9
    Great platforming, smooth combat and tons of variety on upgrading options and affinities. Also, a nice and small pool of bosses which areGreat platforming, smooth combat and tons of variety on upgrading options and affinities. Also, a nice and small pool of bosses which are challenging but not that hard, and a map system that is greatly designed for easy access when you successfully clear a location. It doesn't have the challenge of a hard roguelike adventure but I still love it.… Expand
  7. Isteffy
    Jun 15, 2023
    8
    Introduce many improvements to the first Rogue Legacy, but also introduces more annoying randomization which brings the score down from theIntroduce many improvements to the first Rogue Legacy, but also introduces more annoying randomization which brings the score down from the first Rogue Legacy, which i would give a 9/10.

    The dash and fast paced movement of the game has definitely improved. The game still addictively has you explore the dangerous castle and defeat the bosses in each section.

    Let's talk about how the game has gotten worse though since that's much more fun.

    Classes: Wow, what a downgrade! Adding more classes sounds like it should be a good thing, but a lot of these classes are outright bad, and others are OP, so as you unlock more classes, you slowly decrease your chances of getting a good class. If i had the choice to replay the game, i would have avoided unlocking all of these terrible classes.

    Special In-dungeon weapons: You can find special non-class weapons in the castle itself, but i was shocked to see that ALL of these weapons are trash. After trying most of them, i just stopped because picking a bad weapon could destroy your run. When i say 'trash' i mean almost every one is worse than any class weapon. Why add these if they are all bad?    … Expand
  8. bowsers2
    Jun 20, 2023
    3
    For all the improvement’s cellar door has made to polish, platforming and more diverse enemies…, the inescapable fact is that combat is stillFor all the improvement’s cellar door has made to polish, platforming and more diverse enemies…, the inescapable fact is that combat is still boring due to the 1 note brain-dead moronic enemies that dominate this game.
    And when they add in out of balance, hard, mid-level enemies, they just spam attacks in an unfair way because that’s the “tension”…. That actually demonstrates lack of combat design more than anything else.
    The fundamentals of combat are still boring. That’s the core gameplay. That part is boring & archaic. Not much different from Ghouls n Ghosts 1000’s of years ago.

    Still I really appreciate all the player friendly options like choosing enemy health, turning off enemy contact damage, stopping level randomisation….    … Expand

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