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Blasphemous 2 Review Thread (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by chloyster@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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Game Information

Game Title: Blasphemous 2

Platforms:

  • PlayStation 5 (Aug 24, 2023)
  • Xbox Series X/S (Aug 24, 2023)
  • PC (Aug 24, 2023)
  • Nintendo Switch (Aug 24, 2023)

Trailer:

Developer: The Game Kitchen

Publisher: Team17

Review Aggregator:

OpenCritic - 84 average - 97% recommended - 32 reviews

Critic Reviews

AltChar - Semir Omerovic - 100 / 100

Attack of the Fanboy - J.R. Waugh - 4.5 / 5

CGMagazine - Andrew Farrell - 8.5 / 10

Checkpoint Gaming - Tom Quirk - 8.5 / 10

Console Creatures - Luke Williams - Recommended

Cultured Vultures - Mike Worby - 8.5 / 10

Destructoid - Timothy Monbleau - 8.5 / 10

GGRecon - Jack Roberts - 5 / 5

Game Informer - Brian Shea - 8.8 / 10

GameGrin - Conor McGuigan - 7.5 / 10

Gameblog - KiKiToes - French - 8 / 10

Gameffine - Jay Krishnan - 90 / 100

GamesRadar+ - Joe Donnelly - 4.5 / 5

Geek Culture - Jake Su - 8.5 / 10

IGN - Travis Northup - 8 / 10

IGN Spain - Mario Seijas - Spanish - 9 / 10

Kakuchopurei - Jonathan Leo - 90 / 100

Nintendo Life - PJ O'Reilly - 9 / 10

NintendoWorldReport - Alex Orona - 8 / 10

PCGamesN - Nat Smith - 7 / 10

PSX Brasil - Marco Aurélio Couto - Portuguese - 85 / 100

PlayStation Universe - Garri Bagdasarov - 9 / 10

Polygon - Paulo Kawanishi - Unscored

Push Square - Simon Fitzgerald - 9 / 10

Rectify Gaming - Henry - 8.8 / 10

Rock, Paper, Shotgun - Matt Cox - Unscored

Shacknews - Nicholas Tan - 8 / 10

Spaziogames - Domenico Musicò - Italian - 7.9 / 10

TechRaptor - Joe Allen - 7.5 / 10

TheSixthAxis - Steve C - 9 / 10

WayTooManyGames - Heidi Hawes - 9 / 10

ZdobywcyGier.eu - Paweł Bortkiewicz - Polish - 8.5 / 10

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[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

Oh shit I have to finish the first game

[–] i_r_n00b@wizanons.dev 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This game definitely interests me, should I play the first game before playing this one?

[–] Schaedelbach@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While I guess you ask because you want to know if the story of the first is important to the second and I can't answer that because I only played the first. But If you like hard but rewarding Metrodvania games and you are interested in the weird and interesting religious/horror pixel aesthetic I say: definitely play the first Blasphemous!

[–] i_r_n00b@wizanons.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Oh nice! The aesthetic is what drew me in the first place.

I just started BG3, so maybe I should put that on pause to play this since BG3 seems like a long haul.

[–] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

I can vouch only for the first one. Its so cool. Ths aesthetics, the lore, the story, the bosses... Oh and a banger soundtrack!

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If this interests you, no reason not to play the first! I personally bounced off of it, but I don't think that is the game's fault.

The game's combat strikes a unique balance between "slow and deliberate" (ala Dark Souls) and traditional fast-paced platformer combat. I went in wanting the game to feel like Hollow Knight, and it is definitely not the same. You don't play a bouncy lil bug man, you play a big heavy knight. Big heavy knight + platforming felt like a weird combo to me, so I put it down. But not every game is for everybody!

[–] LoamImprovement@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I think the only thing I might have changed about the first game is removing relic slots. It felt a little needless to limit the number of keys/exploration upgrades the player can use at any one time. Other than that, solid game.

[–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's out already? Jesus, I've been living under a rock!

[–] fracture@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

in a week, my friend. on the 24th

[–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Even so, I thought it was years away. The first one came out like what, 2 or 3 years ago? That was fast, especially considering the first one took forever.