I enjoyed the hell out of the first Rogue Legacy back in the day. I maxed out my castle upgrades and beat multiple NG+'s of it. I logged 40 hours on Steam and I'm pretty sure I ended up buying it on the Playstation as well.
When Rogue Legacy 2 first arrived on Steam in early access, it truly was early access... there was only one biome available and very little content overall. In that state it was hard to recommend, except for really hardcore fans of the first game.
But as of this latest patch (released this past Tuesday), there are now five full biomes (with at least one more coming in a few months, I believe), and more than half a dozen classes to play around with. To me, it's already a better game than the first one at this point. Here's a video discussing the additions in the most recent patch:
Of the many improvements from the first game, the most obvious is that new classes now actually have completely different basic move sets. In the first game everybody had the same sword weapon, and only their stats really changed. But now mages have magic wands that shoot projectiles, valkyries have spears, barbarians have big axes, etc. Those major differences in basic gameplay really help keep runs fresh. And they keep adding classes, such as the just-released boxer. The individual biomes/zones are also now more differentiated than in the previous game.
There's also plenty of stuff to do. So far I've logged 58 hours in the game and entered the first NG+, but I remain nowhere close to maxing out my upgrades for everything, and filling out your castle and collecting gear is as satisfying as it ever was. There's a lot of game here, even though it's still not actually done yet.
Anyway, if you'd been eyeing this one but were on the fence about it, I'd recommend picking it up. As I write this, it's on sale for the weekend, 20% off, so 16 bones instead of the normal 20. Definitely worthwhile IMO.
Anyone else been playing this thing? Thoughts?
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