These aren’t always that obvious (until they’ve been exposed), which is a refreshing change of pace to most video games. Unfortunately, the less memorable bosses were the two final ones, which undermined the narrative climax of the game. The Caster gun’s elemental spells are always available, however, and freezing or burning your enemies is a great way to give yourself an edge.īoss battles are present and correct, mostly taking the form of mobile environmental puzzles rather than twitchy combat encounters, which leads to some lengthy sections of doing no damage until you work out the enemy’s weak spot. This makes cool combinations of items unwieldy and results in you relying on prod and roll techniques for the most part.
A little more of an issue is that you have to map your shield to the same face button as your items, which makes for some fiddly moments. The lack of a lock-on feature is a bit annoying, but something I quickly got used to. You can start off by shooting from afar, quickly zoom to your enemies using your hookshot, and then pull out your sword and shield for good old-school action RPG battling. That isn’t to say that Oceanhorn 2 is an easy game though, as there are a few quite fiendish moments that really force you to make full use of your equipment.Ĭombat is pretty frequent and is mostly fairly straightforward. The environments are clearly and easy to navigate, with only a few roadblocks where I couldn’t make out what I needed to do (some of these were admittedly due to forgetting basic elemental properties). The Caster gun leads to some of the game’s more involved puzzles, with some memorable electricity and ice related head-scratchers. Again, this all reads like I’m describing a classic Zelda adventure, because that is exactly how it feels. You’ll also unlock bombs and a hookshot as you progress, and start putting it all to use for solving puzzles with switches, lever and buttons.
The supporting characters are fine, with perfectly adequate voice acting, but are certainly not as memorable as genre highlights like Xenoblade Chronicles.Īt first you’ll be equipped with nothing but your trusty sword, but this is soon joined by a shield and the versatile Caster gun, which acts as both ranged weapon and elemental magic purveyor.
In this sense, Oceanhorn 2 is arguably a truer sequel to the series than the open world Breath of the Wild. As with Zelda, the overall battle against a big bad is delayed by a series of glorified fetch quests that take you through various dungeons, each containing an essential item or power-up.
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