Pretty much every level looks like it came out of a stunning children’s fairy tale book, with rich colors, a huge amount of details and all sorts of little touches that makes going through Trine 2 one of the most delightful interactive experiences of the whole year. Trine 1 looked quite impressive but Trine 2 supersedes it in every possible way. There are quite a few boss enemies, but once you learn their attacks, they quickly become extremely predictable, so don’t expect that much variety when it comes to fighting. The combat feels a bit more refined, but you still do a lot of erratic movements, jumping around with Pontius or Zoya and trying to hit enemies before they hit you. However, there weren’t a lot of areas where I was particularly baffled, so if you pay attention to your environment and keep using all the characters, you won’t be stumped by any major problem. You have multiple difficulty modes and there’s even a hint system that gets activated once you get stuck for two or more minutes. In this regard, and in others, Trine 2 is a much more streamlined experience that should be experienced by those that were put off by the troublesome original. While the mana gauge in Trine 1 didn’t really make its presence felt that often, there were moments when you’d get stuck because you couldn’t use any spells or special abilities due to running out of magical juice. What’s best is that none of these powers require mana anymore, as you can spam your abilities to your heart’s content. As such, the wizard can start summoning more and more boxes, while the thief can use more powerful arrows, with frost or fire powers, and the warrior can wield upgraded weapons like a fire sword or a frost shield. Speaking of upgrading, the XP orbs, which you can find throughout the levels, are back, this time allowing for a simpler chain of upgrades to the abilities of your heroes. You can try and complete levels without switching heroes, for which there’s an achievement, but you really hit your stride when you keep swapping between them and upgrade their abilities to the maximum. This is what makes Trine 2 so impressive, as you don’t get bored with the same character or his various powers. The unique mix of gameplay from Trine 2 usually demands that you switch between them quite often, sometimes forcing you to conjure up some boxes, grapple onto platforms or fight off against waves of enemies. Pontius, on the other hand, is a pure combatant, who can use his shield and sword to take out enemies, as well as his hammer that can smash through walls or be thrown across large distances. Zoya can use her bow to take down enemies while her grapple allows her to swing from various surfaces. Amadeus can conjure up boxes or planks, while levitating enemies, which make him ideal for solving certain puzzles or reaching difficult platforms. Trine 2 is a puzzle platformer that delivers almost a perfect mix between the two gameplay genres, while adding its particular twist of seamlessly swapping between the three characters, using the power of the Trine to progress through the game.Įach character, the wizard, the thief or the warrior, have special abilities. Thankfully, you don’t really need to follow the story to actually enjoy the game, as you just progress through a variety of high quality levels that are filled with great puzzles and challenging platforming sections, not to mention some pretty intense fights with the aforementioned goblins. While the three heroes managed to save the Kingdom last time, now they need to find out the cause of the peculiar and quite dangerous plants that have seemingly invaded the realm, as well as the ferocious goblins that attack everyone and everything in their wake. Trine 2’s story is a mixed experience, as while the characters are the same and all have lots of clever dialog, the actual narrative doesn’t really impress, as it’s even a bit confusing, at least in the beginning. While the original Trine told the story of the three main characters, Amadeus, the Wizard, Zoya, the Thief, and Pontius, the Warrior, and how they were stuck together through the Trine, the magical artifact that intertwined their destinies, Trine 2 sees them once again beckoned by the artifact and taken on a new set of adventures, whether they want to or not.
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