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I must admit that when I defeated the boss at the end (something I never managed to do in the original) I kind of hoped that there was something else, something more for me to dig my way through, but it never came. Sadly, the biggest downer with SteamWorld Dig 2 is it’s length, I’ve already mentioned it takes its time to get going, and when it does it’s over all of a sudden. There’s a whole load of caves to find along the regular route, but there’s just as many off the beaten track as well, all with their own little treasures and trinkets to find. It’s always nice to follow the objective, going the fastest route from A-to-B, but the joy is in exploring, finding rocks to bash through and seeing if there’s a path there for you to discover. Still, once you’re through that, you’ve emptied your pockets a few times and upgraded your bags and furnace, things open up considerably giving you more time to move about and discover all the little things Image & Form have squirreled away in all the nooks and crannies. There’s also one really horrible segment just before the game really gets going that’s awful to play through, and could be nightmare inducing for young children, my son loved the original game, but I have to worry what his reaction would be when he plays that part. For the first two hours the constant trips back to empty your bags do take their toll. The game’s pace is very chilled, but it can take a while to get going. It’s not possible to get every cog modification, so you’ll need to curate them for where you find yourself. Almost all of her abilities can be upgraded as well, and each can also be enhanced with cogs, granting extra bonus abilities like extra light, damage reflection and more. A lot of the latter puzzle rooms require deft use of this item with some rather clever implementations required for you to claim your prize. There’s no big drill, instead Rosie gets a jackhammer to get rid of pesky rocks, but the best thing is that grappling hook and zipping Rosie from spot to spot. Instead of a steam jump she has rocket boots.
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The way these new abilities are dished out is glorious, with Dorothy entering a forge under a burst of steam, then turning bright yellow like she’s just been reforged, it’s a lovely touch.ĭorothy’s abilities aren’t the same as Rusty’s. Mistakes in your route don’t matter, as you’ll always have a way to get back up via wall jumping, or, later on, a grappling hook and rocket boots. It’s very relaxing, and nice to just take it easy, plot your route to the objective and mine away. You’ll carve your own pathways through the rather large caverns, collecting ore and killing creatures, all the while a chill soundtrack plays. Anyway, this means that Dorothy has to take up Rusty’s favourite past-time of mining in a quest to figure out what he has to do with the current goings on. Rusty’s apparently been through, but hasn’t been seen since the earthquakes started, it’s all very suspicious. There are earthquakes, a doomsday cult and a panicky populace in the town of El Machino. The lack of Rusty means that the blue bot from the olde town, Dorothy is out to find him. I was right to be excited, Image & Form have easily matched and bettered the original game, retaining everything that made the original special despite the missing Rusty. When the sequel was announced I was understandably excited, and the idea of playing on the Switch with that same handheld to console synergy… well, I’ve been eagerly anticipating this for a while. I have fond memories of playing it on my commute, and getting home, syncing my save and continuing on my PS4.
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Originally exclusive to the Wii U it developed a bit of a following, and at the time I didn’t have that console, so, when it finally came to PS4 and Vita I snapped it up. It’s hard to believe that it’s been four years since SteamWorld Dig was released.