I loved the first Unravel and was very excited about the second part. And while it improves on the gameplay mechanics while maintaining impressive visuals and beautiful music, the “story” doesn’t have that emotional impact and charm the first one had.
The ending also felt somewhat rushed to me.
Still, great fun, specially with the new challenge areas. Very rewarding overall.
The ending also felt somewhat rushed to me.
Still, great fun, specially with the new challenge areas. Very rewarding overall.
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Swing like your life depends on it
Less focused than the prequel, it tries to be a more dinamic platformer with wall and double jumps which does not suit well with the seemingly clumsy protagonists, resulting in sections that remind of some sort of decaffe Rayman Origins. The puzzle sections work much better and should be the main element of the gameplay.
Picked this game up randomly and wow this is a sweet surprise.
Over the years "puzzle platformer" became almost a derogatory moniker for a generic indie game, and yet I haven't seen a title that manages to merge both of these things in a satisfying punch. A usual game with this tag is either a side-scrolling puzzler where you occasionally have to jump over an obstacle, or a pure precision platformer that might require to consider your surroundings from time to time and map out a path through a level layout. Can't say these approaches aren't legit, but none of those got a balanced merger of genres going.
The surprising strength of Unravel 2 is that in 10 minutes it manages to introduce gameplay language with a set of mechanics that complements both puzzling and platforming, then lets you have a comfy adventure that constantly puts these mechanics to test. It's fine paced, and levels introduce new ideas to the mix without feeling gimmicky and superficial, breaking out of the base set of rules only once for the final gameplay sequence. It's not a hard game – the puzzles aren't complex and platforming doesn't require much skill, but you always do something interesting and fun. Moreso almost all reviews I saw online didn't bother to point out that there's a set of short challenge levels that nicely complement the main campaign by developing the ideas even further and giving more complex problems to solve if you do look for them. It's just a nice little package for both vibing and tryharding.
Still it missteps a little. While puzzle design nearly all is neat, platforming mostly feels good but shows the lack of controllable snap when it starts requiring more precision in those challenge levels. The game is gorgeous, but experience side is a little heavy handed and maybe it could be more of a hit if any kind of direct human involvement was replaced with smarter environmental storytelling. Still it's nothing compared to my disappointment in how much Unravel 2 came under people's radar. Maybe it's the positioning of cutesy "play with your mom or gf" game that harmed it, but I feel like if it was any other publisher there would be much more of a positive buzz around. Glad I discovered it though, it's a good time.
Oh and by the way the Switch version is excellent.
Over the years "puzzle platformer" became almost a derogatory moniker for a generic indie game, and yet I haven't seen a title that manages to merge both of these things in a satisfying punch. A usual game with this tag is either a side-scrolling puzzler where you occasionally have to jump over an obstacle, or a pure precision platformer that might require to consider your surroundings from time to time and map out a path through a level layout. Can't say these approaches aren't legit, but none of those got a balanced merger of genres going.
The surprising strength of Unravel 2 is that in 10 minutes it manages to introduce gameplay language with a set of mechanics that complements both puzzling and platforming, then lets you have a comfy adventure that constantly puts these mechanics to test. It's fine paced, and levels introduce new ideas to the mix without feeling gimmicky and superficial, breaking out of the base set of rules only once for the final gameplay sequence. It's not a hard game – the puzzles aren't complex and platforming doesn't require much skill, but you always do something interesting and fun. Moreso almost all reviews I saw online didn't bother to point out that there's a set of short challenge levels that nicely complement the main campaign by developing the ideas even further and giving more complex problems to solve if you do look for them. It's just a nice little package for both vibing and tryharding.
Still it missteps a little. While puzzle design nearly all is neat, platforming mostly feels good but shows the lack of controllable snap when it starts requiring more precision in those challenge levels. The game is gorgeous, but experience side is a little heavy handed and maybe it could be more of a hit if any kind of direct human involvement was replaced with smarter environmental storytelling. Still it's nothing compared to my disappointment in how much Unravel 2 came under people's radar. Maybe it's the positioning of cutesy "play with your mom or gf" game that harmed it, but I feel like if it was any other publisher there would be much more of a positive buzz around. Glad I discovered it though, it's a good time.
Oh and by the way the Switch version is excellent.
great game to play with non-gamer girlfriend indeed
Comparado ao anterior, o gameplay evoluiu bastante, até pq jogamos com dois personagens dessa vez, mas todo resto achei pouco inspirado, fases muito longas e sem o charme q o primeiro tinha, tirando a última q é incrível.
With Fletcher
This was fun to play with my son who was 6-7 when we played it
Co-op daorinha pra jogar com um amigo/namorada, foi o que eu fiz, nada a reclamar sobre. E o estilo artístico dele é bem bonito também, é isto.
I played this with my 7YO and we really enjoyed it. It was just challenging enough to be fun for them without being frustrating, and the ability for one yarny to carry the other meant we never got stuck. Though I will say, the story in the background completely eluded me, I have no idea what that was about.
Unravel Two is a game to play with someone you know well and should not be used as a bonding tool.
This is because my boyfriend and I of one-and-a-half-years got short with each other a few times! We're typically very patient with other people but we expect better of one another. We both had a lovely time, of course, but don't use this game as a friendship icebreaker!
Anyway.
The two of us are kind of interesting players for this game - I don't have fine motor control and I have what is in short a "learning disability," and he is not the best at platformers and sometimes doesn't know what to say when he's trying to communicate an answer. This made for a lot of fun and simultaneous "oh" moments; the adjacent side of that coin is that we sometimes got frustrated with obstacles and relentlessly bashed our heads against the wall trying to solve them.
All in all Unravel Two doesn't have a frustratingly hard intellectual bar and is rather accessible (sans one single puzzle) and is a challenge for 'unique' players like ourselves. It's a very short but sweet game - it is sad how the best of things typically do not last long.
Nonetheless, I will remember Unravel Two fondly. While every solution has been solved and we don't have any real reason to return to the game, it will be a nice recollection of our relationship and our teamwork.
This is because my boyfriend and I of one-and-a-half-years got short with each other a few times! We're typically very patient with other people but we expect better of one another. We both had a lovely time, of course, but don't use this game as a friendship icebreaker!
Anyway.
The two of us are kind of interesting players for this game - I don't have fine motor control and I have what is in short a "learning disability," and he is not the best at platformers and sometimes doesn't know what to say when he's trying to communicate an answer. This made for a lot of fun and simultaneous "oh" moments; the adjacent side of that coin is that we sometimes got frustrated with obstacles and relentlessly bashed our heads against the wall trying to solve them.
All in all Unravel Two doesn't have a frustratingly hard intellectual bar and is rather accessible (sans one single puzzle) and is a challenge for 'unique' players like ourselves. It's a very short but sweet game - it is sad how the best of things typically do not last long.
Nonetheless, I will remember Unravel Two fondly. While every solution has been solved and we don't have any real reason to return to the game, it will be a nice recollection of our relationship and our teamwork.
Leggermente migliore rispetto al primo per quanto riguarda gli enigmi e le fasi platform, per il resto è abbastanza simile sia negli scenari sia per quanto riguarda la colonna sonora (questa volta un po' più varia però).
Ottima anche l'aggiunta di 20 livelli facoltativi che oltre ad offrire una sfida notevole praticamente raddoppiano la longevità del gioco, anche se è abbastanza ridicolo non ricevere nessun trofeo quando li si completa tutti (ed è tutt'altro che una passeggiata), mentre ce n'è uno quando cambi l'aspetto del personaggio, mah.
Ottima anche l'aggiunta di 20 livelli facoltativi che oltre ad offrire una sfida notevole praticamente raddoppiano la longevità del gioco, anche se è abbastanza ridicolo non ricevere nessun trofeo quando li si completa tutti (ed è tutt'altro che una passeggiata), mentre ce n'è uno quando cambi l'aspetto del personaggio, mah.
Knows what it is and doesn't overstay its welcome. Its a fun co-op game with a fun mechanic of both parties being tied together and able to use their together-bound thread of yarn to do fun platforming and devious little puzzles. Its laid back with borderline overbearing checkpoints and a punishment-free Hint system for every puzzle in the game.
The Challenge levels and Time/No Death-trials are fully optional but feel a little out of place for a laid back co-op game. Would've been nicer if each level had a variant specifically for playing them solo for those challenges to really test your platforming because the movement and swinging physics do feel super nice, and the level design gets surprisingly challenging at times.
The Challenge levels and Time/No Death-trials are fully optional but feel a little out of place for a laid back co-op game. Would've been nicer if each level had a variant specifically for playing them solo for those challenges to really test your platforming because the movement and swinging physics do feel super nice, and the level design gets surprisingly challenging at times.
Played and abandoned in one day because my cousin hated it. Started playing this after A Way Out had a game-breaking bug that is simply astonishing for what amounts to a VN with 90% QTE gameplay. But I liked this one, the mechanics are clever, if unrefined.
excellent girlfriend game
nice to play with someone who isn't much into games.
I would give this game the "best game to play with people who've never played a game" award, but Jackbox already got that award ages ago.
Un juego de plataformas muy bonito que tiene uno de los mejores enfoques cooperativos que he visto en el género. No jugué al primero, pero tras este no me imagino jugar solo porque la colaboración es lo que le da todo su encanto.
As dinâmicas em dupla são boas, mas o primeiro jogo é infinitamente melhor e mais emocionante. A história dessa sequência é bem medíocre.
I like this game but it is way too short/simple and not very amusing.
Un buen juego de zombie con muchas mecanicas interesantes
It's a better game overall, well polished, but the first one had a better narrative to it, nevertheless a good puzzle platform, just a bummer that the best abilities were only available for the last 5 minutes of the game
Inacreditavelmente fofo! Adoro jogar com meu amor
Pretty fun coop. Some parts were fast paced and others were a little puzzle-y.
so nao dou cinco estrelas pq joguei sozinha
Not really that fun
Nice game, probably funnier if played with a friend.
Novamente, é um jogo MARAVILHOSO DE LINDO mas fica bem monótono conforme vai se passando o tempo dentro dele, MAS com um Plus que agora você tem um amigo para lhe ajudar a passar as coisas, o que faz tudo bem mais interessante e TALVEZ mais difícil, o ditado de que duas mentes pensam melhores que uma NEM SEMPRE É VERDADE, mas ainda sim é melhor que o primeiro por este fator... Mas só por isso mesmo, os dois são bem parecidos em tudo, ainda sim é muito bom os dois, lindos em absolutamente a maioria das coisas.
Probably not a 5 star game but playing this with my girlfriend was perfect. I found it genuinely very moving!