Rogue Legacy 2 Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · May 23, 2022

Rogue Legacy 2 preview

Our Rogue Legacy 2 Review is what you’d get if you mashed our Rogue Legacy Review with a sequel together. Every time you die, your children will succeed you, and each child is unique. Your daughter might be a Colourblind Archer, and your son could be a Pacifistic Chef. Either way, one of them is getting conscripted.

Rogue Legacy 2 Review Pros:

Beautiful cartoon graphics and cutscenes.
815.86MB Download size.
Steam achievements.
Controller support.
Can rebind keyboard and controller inputs.
Graphics-fullscreen and quality preset.
Roguelike gameplay.
Levels are more open and vertical.
Plays out in a 2D world.
New traversal techniques from spin attacking lanterns to travel up to shortcut pipes and aerial recovery techniques.
Tutorial pop-ups as you play.
Lore desks to find.
Gameplay loop-you Play as a Knight and go through a castle, upon death, you come back as one of three random heirs with each one truly unique and usually have good traits and bad traits.
Coins- collected in-game and used to buy upgrades and use the skill tree.
Skill tree-put money into it and upon buying skills it builds up your castle in the background.
Main hub/town part before a new run where you can use unlocked merchants and services.
Blueprints-find these to unlock new blacksmith recipes.
Ridiculously addictive.
You lose any unspent gold when traveling back to the castle.
Minimap that’s easy to read and uncovers rooms as you explore them.
Every castle run is randomized.
The safe allows you to save a percentage of money before heading out.
Teleporter-used for fast travel.
Breakable objects and treasure chests for loot.
Every knight plays completely differently.
The end of the run gives a breakdown of enemies killed and your route in the castle.
Easy to play with simple controls.
Damage numbers pop on the screen.
Addictive and fun.
Knight’s traits can directly impact the world like no lighting, Colourblind mode and so much more.
Traits may not always be visible when selecting a new heir until you pick them, once you have used them they are then visible at the knight selection.
Armour and weapons can be found-they are then saved with the blacksmith in town and you pay to equip them each time.
Many secrets and hidden routes.