Embark on a mesmerizing journey through icy landscapes, breathtaking visuals, and mystical adventures as Spirit of the North 2 welcomes you to a world of intrigue and wonder. The bond between nature and the fox grows deeper in this captivating sequel.

Spirit of the North 2 Review Pros

• Beautiful graphics.
• 21.06GB download size.
• Steam achievements.
• Full controller support including the PlayStation 5 dualsense controller.
• Steam trading card drops.
• Graphics settings – auto setup, anti aliasing, view distance quality, shadows, global illumination, reflections, post processing, texture/effects/foliage/shading/material/fur and sky atmosphere quality.
• Display settings – screen bounds, brightness slider, window mode, resolution, resolution quality, v-sync, NVIDIA reflex low latency, and frame rate. There is a Upscaler option but it is in Beta.
• Controller settings – Invert axis and sensitivity sliders, vibration intensity, auto rotate camera, and you can set if it shows Xbox or Playstation icons.
• You can remap the controls for both mouse and keyboard along with the controller.
• 3 save slots.
• Character creator – Fur, eyes, and sliders for teeth size, size, fur intensity, nose size, etc and name your Fox.
• In game cutscenes and interactions.
• You can skip the cutscenes of you wish.
• A beautiful 3D world and you have 360 degrees camera control.
• Third person view.
• Adventure gameplay.
• Tutorial signs appear as you play, a crow will swoop down and drop them off.
• The crow is your sidekick and follows you around.
• Target jumping makes jumping tighter and easier as you lock on and make the jump if the blue triangle shows.
• A lot of platforming with puzzle elements scattered in.
• Health bar system.
• Breakable objects can be found and hit that usually drop drop gems.
• Gems drop when you die and you leave behind a statue of yourself where you died, hit it and get them back.
• Find lore pages and they act like a collectible in the game.
• Statues of Eona act as checkpoints and respawn points in the game.
• Find beautiful markings in the world.
• What I like is the game only subtlety tells you what’s going on you discover the story and world with your own discoveries and interpretation.
• The map will fill in as you explore and you can place your own markers and way points.
• Stay idle and your character will curl up and goto sleep.
• As a fox you get to scream whenever you press the button.
• Meet a raccoon to trade with.
• Find and interact with other animals and foxes.
• They do a good job of making the world feel alive.
• Discover shortcuts and secrets throughout the world.
• Runes can be found and equipped, they give a buff or passive.
• Gems you collect can be used to Obelisks and things like it to activate it.
• The Story is fun, it is sad and it is one that stays with you long after you have put the controller down.
• Fox dens can be found and slept in, they act as fast travel points.
• Skill points can be found, use them in the huge skill tree to add abilities and upgrade previous ones.
• I really like how the world is crafted, I thought I was in a cool looking place, turns out after going off higher that’s its just a mere blip and I can that space with a lot of world around it.
• If I compares the game to anything it would be like Journey but with a lot more depth and exploration.
• You can see pickups from a far distance.
• It’s a game where you just switch off and explore, soaking up the story with platforming and puzzles just light enough to engage the brain but not be too taxing.
• A save and quit option.

Spirit of the North 2 Review Cons

• Hard to read the main menu as it blends into the background.
• No accessibility options except language so no Colourblind or bigger text or icons.
• The tutorial drops are very slow to appear and always feel behind what I’m doing.
• Jumps are still a pain because the icon is small and it still requires some precision on tighter jumps.
• Slow restart time.
• Slowdown and chugging can happen and for me it’s always when I am jumping or doing something precise.
• The menus are a cursor with the left stick acting like a mouse, not always ideal.
• Button icons don’t always work as they should, I have it set to PlayStation but alas all I see in the box call X.
• Fall damage is really harsh.
• At times the game just doesn’t help you with direction or what the set scenario wants of you.
• A lot of the platforming feels more like luck or glitches into a lip rather than skill or it’s how it is intended.
• Not all cutscenes can be skipped and they are just slow in pacing.
• The gems don’t come to you as quickly as they should and it’s very easy to leave them behind.

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Spirit of the North 2

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Developer: Infuse Studio

Publisher: Merge Games

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