While undoubtedly an aesthetic glow-up from its 2019 predecessor, Habroxia 2's recycling of gameplay ideas result in it failing to live up to the quality its stylistic overhaul set.
Habroxia 2 introduces both twin-stick shooting, as well as Star Fox-style branching level paths, exciting innovations to the Habroxia formula on paper. Unfortunately, the game never capitalizes on either mechanic, with both feeling more like superficial additions for the sake of differentiation, and less like natural gameplay evolution.
It's not a bad game, but with the length largely the same as the first, and copy-pasted boss encounters from the first, it feels less like Habroxia 2 and more like Habroxia: Definitive Edition. I found myself bored.
Habroxia 2 introduces both twin-stick shooting, as well as Star Fox-style branching level paths, exciting innovations to the Habroxia formula on paper. Unfortunately, the game never capitalizes on either mechanic, with both feeling more like superficial additions for the sake of differentiation, and less like natural gameplay evolution.
It's not a bad game, but with the length largely the same as the first, and copy-pasted boss encounters from the first, it feels less like Habroxia 2 and more like Habroxia: Definitive Edition. I found myself bored.