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Does it ever come close to matching Portal? Obviously not. But it doesn’t need to, either. Chromagun 2 may not do a whole lot new, but the fact that so many other games are out there now that are also copying Portal makes that easier to forgive.

ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard is one of those games that feels pretty easy to sum up once you’ve spent some time with it, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t nail what it sets out to do. It has some really solid puzzles and great voice acting, while the rest of the presentation is fairly plain. That said, the simpler look makes sense for what the game is going...

ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard is a first person colour puzzle game built around a tri-colour ChromaGun, Magnetoid Chromatism, and multiverse test labs where you pull WorkerDroids onto switches, pick apart long chambers, and hunt hidden golden guns through crumbling corridors. Frequent loading screens, spaced-out auto saves, chatty supervisors, and a few timing-heavy...

ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard uses simple magnetic color mechanics to create puzzles that, while not impressive, at least maintain interest. The same goes for its satirical story about labor relations, in which we play as a tester trapped in a leonine contract of dangerous experiments and are guided by the very well-voiced sadistic bosses. For those who have...

Smart puzzles, a decent sense of humor, and some occasional surprises make this a strong sequel for the original