- Publisher: Team17
- Release Date: Aug 24, 2023
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Switch, Xbox One
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Aug 17, 2023It is one of the essential titles in any catalogue.
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Aug 17, 2023If you enjoyed the first Blasphemous, then getting hold of Blasphemous 2 is a given. Everything that was great about the first game has been built on in the second, with nearly all issues addressed.
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Aug 28, 2023When all is said and done I believe Blasphemous 2 will sit high atop the Metroidvania Pantheon. However, throughout almost my entire time with the game, I couldn’t get the first game out of my mind – thinking how I should go back and play it again or finish off all of the free bonus DLC. The new weapon system with its three separate weapons gives this a good amount of replayability and allows for many different playstyles which is great. As a whole, the sequel is much more approachable for new players to the genre, and while there are plenty of improvements and quality-of-life additions, I can’t help but feel that Blasphemous 2 is the inferior product. Hopefully, the Game Kitchen plans on adding additional content here as they did with the original. I enjoyed my time with the game, but it needs something more to really draw me back in.
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Oct 6, 2023Blasphemous 2 scratched an itch I didn’t even realize I had, I am not a fan of soulsbourne games, but I think I AM a fan of roguelikes, especially this one that took the best parts from the metroidvania genre and expertly weaved with the ‘Souls’ type combat. Boasting a strange and evocative narrative that is presented with beautifully painted and animated cutscenes that look like works of art hanging in the Louvre, Blasphemous 2 is itself a work of art.
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Sep 11, 2023Blasphemous 2 is a sequel that lives up to expectations. Offering us a wider range of weapons to choose from in combat, and a much lighter and faster gameplay than its predecessor, it manages to trap us in a broad story that is told bit by bit. Leaving aside the roguelike genre and focusing on the purest metroidvania, we have ahead dozens of hours of fun in its original dark world, and has an atmosphere and an artistic design that will remain forever in the history of 2D platform video games.
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Sep 5, 20232023 has been a banner year for games, and it’s clear that Blasphemous 2 sits in the upper echelons of those releases, a beautifully grotesque Metroidvania that’s deserving of everyone's time. From the gloriously gruesome visuals to its ferociously paced combat and beautiful soundtrack, Blasphemous 2 is an instant classic in the genre.
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Aug 17, 2023The Game Kitchen manages to do very well by combining video games and Andalusian folklore. They once again demonstrate their mastery of metroidvania with Blasphemous 2 by further pushing the formula of the first episode: three weapons directly integrated into the gameplay, an atmosphere that is still just as gloomy and combat that is gratifying and far from insoluble. However, those who did not catch the first episode are not likely to be converted as the evolution remains too timid in our opinion.
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Aug 17, 2023Writing a review of Blasphemous 2 is no picnic. We enjoyed it because we could both feel a real increase in our abilities as players and in those of our character. Simultaneously, we were disappointed by the lack of difficulty encountered, with the exception of a few completely unbalanced, sudden and infuriating peaks where we could see the strings of skill validation, all mixed with mechanics that were sometimes poorly thought out and frustrated us more than necessary. Fortunately, its polished atmosphere and the design of the NPCs, bosses and other creatures of the underworld offset the setting’s quite bland artistic direction. It is not a bad game, and it is even really enjoyable at times, but The Game Kitchen still has a long way to go before it manages to repent for its previous sins.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 23 out of 26
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Mixed: 0 out of 26
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Negative: 3 out of 26
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Sep 8, 2023
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Sep 7, 2023Loved the first one and loved the second one. It takes away the itch for metroidvanias.
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Sep 1, 2023Debo de decir que el titulo es muy bueno, da lo esperado pero realmente cadece de dificultad qué su antecesor.