Trine 2

So I finally finished Trine 2 with my friend Owen. I have to say that it was a lot of fun playing a coop game with a friend that was extremely like-minded in terms of collecting every orb while simultaneously trying to break the game's physics.

Let me start by saying the graphics are amazing. A great improvement from the first, and absolutely stunning overall. The animations are a bit rigid, and the physics can be a bit off, but it didn't really detract from anything.

We didn't pick up the DLC "The Complete Story", and yet it wrapped itself up nicely at the end. It's only $5 more, and we might do this later on, but for now, we'll consider this game beaten.

The controls are great, with mouse and keyboard working seamlessly well together. The keyboard is for movement, and the mouse controls your abilities and targeting.

The game play was greatly improved from the first by adding multiplayer, and by removing your magic meter entirely from the game. No longer do you need to keep going back to checkpoints or killing enemies for mana, rejoice! This made the game so much more enjoyable, and avoided many of the slowdowns that occurred in the first. Sadly, they also removed the equipment, which would give you nice effects in the first. The secret chests now contain concept artwork, or poems, so that's... nice?

The AI was also more varied than the first, and enemies had a much larger diversity. I would say that some of the boss fights were a little silly, because they would kill you in a single hit. So it became an evade-the-hit-or-die kind of thing, which doesn't feel like a good boss fight mechanic to me.


The voice acting is on par for the first one. The narrator is good, and the characters are alright.

The puzzles also got a huge improvement from the first, with a large leaning toward cooperative play. I would have to say that it's probably a better two player game than a three player game, because with two people, you get to switch to the off character, which means that the person playing Amadeus can switch to Pontius or Zoya. For reference, I played Amadeus almost entirely, and Pontius in fights, and Owen played Zoya almost exclusively. This worked out extremely well.


I highly recommend picking it up if you're in the mood for an amazing puzzle/coop game. It's fantastic.

To put a value on it, which I try to avoid doing, I would have paid $15-20 for this game in perfect hindsight. Great coop game with easily 8 hours of gameplay.