Teslagrad 2

I have played Teslagrad 1, and this game and that one are two totally different things. If you take the lore and the name out of the game, you'd have no idea that this game is a sequel to the other one (it's completely fine to play this one without the other one). I love Teslagrad 1 to death but I also absolutely loved this game on its own different way.
The first game already had great art but this one is just breathtaking. The beauty, the complexity, the animations, the smoothness, the designs, everything leaves me speechless. I care a lot about "how fun movement is" in a platformer and this one is fucking speedruning material right of the bat. Teslgrad 1 already had a great movement but it was more like a "vertical based" fun movement, while this feels like a "360º based" fun movement and going around the map while combining all different powers and option movements feels so good, although this game needs the godlike movement unlike Teslagrad 1 because while that game is about "solving the puzzle", this game is about "nailing the movement". The lore here is lowkey super deep, ngl I didn't understand it all, but what I did understand was really interesting and it follows the same "Show don't tell" from the first game that made me love it. The map is really really big and it can be overwhelming, and having 81 scrolls to collect doesn't make it better, yet, it's really fun to explore every corner of the map and the amazing art always adds to the enjoyment, and after finding the 4 secret powers (which can be overwhelming to find) you unlock a secret map with all the scroll's locations so at least you can be sure about everything there is to be find instead of exploring every corner 5 times, and there is a super easy way to travel around the map so missing a scroll isn't such a big deal. I read some people saying it was a short game, I don't know what game they are reviewing. My files say that my first playthrough took me 15hs and my second one (already knowing where every power is and how each boss fight works) still took me 4 hours, altough Steam says I have 15.2hs at the moment of writing this, not sure what's with that.
If I had to say bad or not excellent things about the game, the boss fights are meh. It has 6 boss fights including the final boss and final final boss for the best ending. Those last two bosses are the best ones (the final final fight is really creative I must say), but the other fights feel easy, random and/or just not rewarding enough. The map also has issues, while exploring, some areas won't completely show as "explored" and will keep having black spaces, and some others will show holes or tiny spaces that seem like there is a room/path to find there. At some point the secret map with all scroll locations will make it clear if there is something else to be find, but until that, the idea of "there must be something else to find/do here" bugged me a lot. Lastly for the maps, some rooms really feel like there must be something else to do because they are so big/beautiful/imponent that it's hard to believe that the developers made such a great room only to do nothing with it. Funny enough, this bad/not excellent things about Teslgrad 2 could also be said about Teslagrad 1.
Overall, this game is stunningly good. Teslgrad 1 is in my top 5 favorite games ever. This game probably gets a place in my top 10. 9/10 would recommend and buy a Teslgrad 3 if that ever happens. If you can and you haven't yet, go give a hug to your dad.

Solid animation and music, but somehow the gameplay and exploration leave a little to be desired.
It is quite different than the first one. More than puzzles it's more about platforming. It gives the game a quick feel to it. However, even though it seems like one big map and you are finding new abilities, there really isn't any required backtracking so it feels like a strange not really metroidvania. It feels a bit like fast past high end action game for smartphones.
On PC it feels like it is lacking something, but is still probably a good buy on sale for people who like the animation. It's very short, but.... also with the current game design it would probably wear out it's welcome if it was much longer.

This game had some fun powers and cool story moments. I think there is a place for shorter games like this in the 5ish hour range and i wish they were more common (first teslagrad, Gris, Brothers come to mind). I think the boss fights took a step back from the first teslagrad and they might have tried to add in too much variety for the short run time, but overall i had fun!

its mid, the returning mechanics are good but the new ones are meh plus it only took me 2.4 hours and i didnt play too fast. To explain further there is multiple upgrades but its kind of pointless since the only point for the last one is a few doors and to hit the final boss 3 mins after you get it. alot of the weakpoints for the bosses are not very communicated and the art and story is very bad at points (the scene you get the last upgrade as example) to conclude i'd say get it on discount if you need a teslagrad fix.

Both this game and the original Teslagrad are fantastic metriodvanias with few enemies (outside of a segment or two in each), a whole lotta traps, and a ton of using your noggin with your skills to advance through the world. I love playing with magnetism, and both these games have some nice puzzles to crack with said abilities.

I hope for a third, between both this game and the first I think I have 20 hours on my first 100% runs. Keep up the good work!

Really enjoyed this! Lots of unique & satisfying gameplay elements in this castlevania type game with a nordic theme being using powers of electric & magnets.
Took me almost 4 hours to beat, although you could probably do it in 3 casually. The late game controls got a bit frustrating for me as they were quite spread on the controller, but I think there are options to change keybinds, I just didn't, so that's more of a me thing.
The end game felt like it was kinda rushed or that there should be more content in the game, there were a few mechanics that they throw at you but only use once or twice so I was stuck on them for a while. Regardless of that though it was great quality & themes through.

Solid metroidvania/platformer, the movement is smooth as butter and not sure how they did it but the style improved a lot compared to the first game, as always it is beautiful.
I would recommend trying to get the secret map as soon as possible, for those who love collecting everything. The only negative thing the game had were the bosses, they were normally more frustrating than challenging. Still short and sweet game, 9 out of 10.