Q.U.B.E. 2
Q.U.B.E. 2 is the sequel to the hit first-person puzzle game Q.U.B.E. You are Amelia Cross, a stranded archaeologist who has mysteriously awoken among the sand swept ruins of an ancient alien landscape. Together with the distant help of another survivor, Commander Emma Sutcliffe, you must traverse and manipulate the structure of this forgotten world to find a way back home. Waking up wearing a strange suit with attached gloves, you have no prior knowledge on how you came to be in this environment. Awaiting you is a maze-like monolith, a structure that you must navigate, solving mind-bending puzzles. Use your manipulation gloves to change and adapt the architectural structure in your search to rendezvous with another survivor, finding a way off the planet.
Game Discussion
Steam User 4
My Rating: 7.5/10
Completion: Beat the game and DLCs
Achievements: 29/29 (100%)
Time to Beat:
Main Game: ~5h
Lost Orbit DLC: ~3h
Aftermath DLC: ~4h
Price: Too high
Conclusion: Recommended, buy it on sale
Both Q.U.B.E. and Q.U.B.E. 2 are enjoyable, thought-provoking puzzle games and worth playing.
The main game and DLCs are all far too expensive. If you're going to buy it, get it on sale.
Quite a fun puzzle game. The puzzles are moderately difficult: you have to put some thought into most of them, but not so tedious that the solution is obscure. Generally, trial and error eventually gets you some progress -- or you at least figure out what you're supposed to do.
The mechanics are relatively simple, with nothing too extraordinary; they work well and help keep the scope of the game consistent. The non-puzzle gameplay is fine, albeit a little slow. Unfortunately, there's no sprint key, and the elevators drag, but that's not a deal-breaker. That's relatively common in these types of games anyway to help make level-design easier.
Both DLCs are good and simply provide more puzzles for you to solve. They both feature a large 'Main Hub' attached to several smaller rooms with the puzzles, but there are also puzzles in the hub. If you enjoy the base game, the DLCs are worth it (on sale) for more than doubling your playtime.
Steam User 4
nice puzzles, beautiful locations. this time the devs were trying to level up the quality between the first and second games like it was between Portal 1 and 2. they did it. but they were also trying to reach a more general audience, so puzzles are more spectacular but easier.
Steam User 2
Cool puzzle game. Loved it more than the first one. Even though you're in a giant tile of voxels, environments do vary, with the puzzles more streamlined and satisfying this time around. And beautiful on top of being well optimized
Shame there's no extra challenge modes like in QUBE 1
Steam User 2
I mean, it's a great game, yeah, but it suffers the same issue as Resident Evil 7 - it's good, but it's not the part of the franchise. It's not even saying "Q.U.B.E. 2" on the splash, instead being "QUBE", so it's not about Quick Understanding of Block Extrusion.
The game got easier. LOT easier. No yellow block, no purple blocks, no different levels for red block, the blue block is now just a jump pad, at least the green block is still green and still does what it's supposed to. They added new mechanics, all that, and they fell into the same thing as they did with Q.U.B.E. 1 - the story is completely random. It's there just to be there, for no reason, and the progression seems rather random.
I hate what they did to darkness after this game. Seriously. The gamma is so bad you forget what's darkness in this game. And that's after absolutely fantastic Sector 5 and 6 in the original game.
DLCs suck ass. I hate what Toxic Games did to DLCs after Against The Clock. Now it's a series of puzzles that are needed for the main hub puzzle, and you also have collectibles, and it's just not my cup of tea.
Overall, it's a good game, but not a good Q.U.B.E. game. It has nothing to do with original except for the location.
Steam User 0
Absolutely loved this game. I actually only just learned that there was a QUBE 2, as I played the OG QUBE back in 2012 and at the time it was one of my favorite games. Very very reminiscent of Portal and Portal 2, with QUBE 2 exploring an outside world. The puzzles are fantastic and some are rather tricky. I managed to beat the whole game in about 8 hours first time through. A little bummed that I have to buy the DLC in order to get 100% completion with the Steam Achievements, may do that some day. Anyway, would highly recommend for puzzle lovers. But get QUBE 1 first if you haven't already played it.
Steam User 0
Overall not a bad game, simple puzzle room game. You learn concepts then apply them to further rooms. However the gameplay loop is incredibly boring. If you want simple puzzles this game is for you. If you played previous portal games you might find this boring. There was not a single room I spent more than 2 minutes figuring out how to solve the puzzle. Was hoping for more mechanics or harder puzzles. Also was extremally glitchy. lots of bugs/ Overall 6/10
Steam User 0
Solid puzzles. Only a few thinkers here and there, so seemed a little easier than the first game. The story is much better though.