Review: Warlocks 2: God Slayers (Steam)
Challenge the vile gods and dethrone them in this action RPG mixing retro aesthetics with modern gameplay. Team up with up to 4 friends in online & local co-op. Choose from a cast of 5 powerful Warlocks.
Pros:
- Modern pixel graphics.
- 1667mb download size.
- Steam achievements.
- Controller support.
- 6 save slots.
- 2D RPG hack and slash gameplay.
- Five warlocks-Willow, Cormag, Shax, Kheera and Jake.
- Five difficulties mutators-One life, Glass cannon, enemies and bosses have double health, bullet hell, and scarce resources.
- Graphics-Resolution, fullscreen and UI scale slider.
- Controller-rebind keys and set screen button prompt to Xbox or PlayStation.
- Tutorial elements.
- Three modes-Single players, local co-op and online Co-op.
- Earn EXP and level up to put points into a skill tree to get new abilities and upgrades.
- Quick select healing items.
- Randomly generated loot.
- Vast levels with many routes and secrets.
- Lock-on button for combat.
- A big focus on ease of access and playability over heavy RPG elements and menus.
- Massive boss fights.
- Enemies respawn back over time.
- Main hub- you can Teleport back at any time and here is where you can buy and sell items, talk to NPC and choose your next level.
- Globe for level selection.
- On-screen quest info.
- Trading cards.
Cons:
- Mouse cursor stays on the screen when using the controller.
- Need the keyboard for name entry and exiting some menus.
- Minimal graphics settings.
- No guidance on missions.
- Small text in places.
- Real slow starter.
- Basic combat.
- Can get very basic/hectic on screen.
- No decent description of the different characters/warlocks.
- The controller is not ideal and can get clumsy.
- AI is not the best with them acting unhelpful.
- The map is hard to read.
- Once you have done the game you have little reason to go back.
