With the gods of light about to lose the great battle against the gods of darkness, you must master two powerful forms. Dive into a challenging Metroidvania set across contrasting worlds filled with secrets, puzzles, and intense 2D combat in this action-packed sequel
Aggelos 2 is a great-looking and sounding game that feels like it should have had a little more signposting. There’s a hard difference between exploring and discovering, or wandering around aimlessly trying to make progress and unfortunately Aggelos fell a tad on the wrong side of the fence for my tastes.
Aggelos 2 offers stylish sprites and engaging dual form combat but its dated mechanics and missing QoL features leave the metroidvania more stuck in the past than enjoyable except for diehard fans.
In Aggelos 2, the winged hero returns in a more than impressive 16-bit-style metroidvania adventure that will delight any fan of retro aesthetics. To save the world from a terrible threat, players must embrace their dark side.
Aggelos 2 is a genuinely fun, nostalgia-soaked game with great exploration, intense battles, strong progression, and amazing music. A few rough edges, an awkward dual-form system, so-so map design, and clunky controls keep it just shy of perfect.
I came away from Aggelos 2 considerably happier than I did from the original. That’s probably the biggest compliment I can give it. It takes the foundation of the first game, expands the world, adds the light and dark forms, improves the exploration and gives you more abilities to play around with, which I feel is fine. Most importantly, it feels like...
