CastleStorm II2020

CastleStorm II

2020 Zen Studios64Worthwhile

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Launch
July 31, 2020
Developer
Zen Studios
Publisher
Zen Studios
Genres
Strategy

Overview

CastleStorm 2 - Official Announcement Trailer | Summer of Gaming 2020

Aim your catapults! Command your troops! Bloody the battlefield! CastleStorm's charming genre mashup returns, leveling up everything you loved in the original with Unreal Engine 4-powered ruthless destruction. A whole new metagame of strategic conquest adds turn-based tactical intrigue to mix. Dominate six distinct story-driven campaigns - even PvP and co-op multiplayer modes - as you plot your path to triumph. That is, if you can earn it through chaotic carnage and delightful devastation.

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Reception

There's a good chance that you'll have a love/hate relationship with CastleStorm II. The combat remains as fun as ever, but the strategic elements feel like an unnecessary add-on. The hampering of Luna's chapter also feels cruel, and the pacing of the game feels slow, especially with so many loading screens bookending each screen. There's still some...

CastleStorm II's brand of real-time strategy tower defense is just challenging enough to keep you engaged, but not so much that you're throwing your controller.

CastleStorm 2 tries to keep many of the same elements that made the original game fun, but it just doesn't come together this time around. The new mechanics and expanded campaign design feel shallow and almost unnecessary.

Castlestorm II is a mixed bag; a combination of some equally intense highs and lows which almost feels worse than if it was simply not a good game. The issue is that it is a good game on a fundamental design level. The integration of several strategy elements alongside the hands-on gameplay makes for a thrilling and fun experience that is truly unlike...

Although the castle-smashing combat and humor remain enjoyable, Castlestorm II is bogged down by half-baked systems that often undermine each other.