PixelJunk Eden 2 Review (Nintendo Switch)

From the mind of Baiyon, creative director and hypnotic soundscape composer, for both the award-winning Pixeljunk Eden and Eden Obscura, comes Eden 2, an exploration of life, color, and collaboration as Grimps reinvigorate and revitalize the world in a swath of luminescence, painting upon a lush canvas as they play.

Pros:

• Awesome graphics.
• 710MB download size.
• Opening tutorial.
• Beautiful soundtrack.
• Game-collect pollen and deposit into Spectras. Fill these Spectras up to finish the level.
• Actions-you can hold onto a plant and the swing in a circle, press a direction to jump, hover in mid air, and jump again.
• Collect Spectra and level up to unlock new Grimps and gardens/levels.
• Grimps-the characters of the game that you play as, find other Grimps who have different buffs and abilities.
• Two-player local co-op support.
• Each garden/level has five possible variants.
• Garden timer-you have a set time limit but there is ways to reset or add to the timer.
• Pollen can also go to seeds which will then grow a plant so you can go further in the level.
• Play how you want.
• Zen-like experience.
• Can replay levels.
• Gets almost hypnotic.
• Spices-found in levels by growing new plants. each spice gives a particular effect from things like faster swinging to more garden time.
• Spice rack-before a level select 3 spices to use.
• Diamonds-found in-game for bonuses but also for making your Grimps better.
• Pollen will disperse and when hit again will make their way towards the nearest seed or Spectra.
• Pulsating ring markers you see guide you to the Spectra location.
• So beautiful to see the world grow around you.
• A lot of wow moments.
• You can move pollen towards you when you hover but can also do this whenever you want and drag them towards you for a short time.
• To stop the abuse of the swinging you only get a short-timer when using it but can upgrade it.
• Meet Grimps in level who do something for you like blowing up all pollen so it’s released.
• Bright vibrant colors.
• Levels change on the fly in regards to the color palette and layout.
• Find secret seeds and characters as you plant seeds.
• Double figure story playtime.

Cons:

• Movement takes a lot of getting used to.
• Basic tutorial.
• No touchscreen.
• Levels can be a mixed bag in terms of length.
• Slow to unlock new spices.
• Hard to see level-up progress.