Game Review: Rock of Ages 2 Review - Bigger and Boulder

Did the most remarkable game of 2011 actually need a sequel? Rock of Ages was a special outing of Chilean ACE Team six years ago. Strange and quirky is the motto of this studio, but the misery achieved with Rock of Ages is its preliminary culmination. In the game, the myth of Sisyfus got an alternate twist. Instead of punishing a stone to push a hill, the Greek king in the first part simply decided to roll out the underworld with his rock.

At that point, Rock of Ages knew a unique combination between platformer and tower defense game. Bigger and Boulder does not matter in style, but replaces Sisyfus with Atlas. This mythological figure drops the globe's globe after an inadvertent momentum and strikes in order not to fall prey to the wrath of God. Atlas is the starting point to cross the old Europe with its own rolling rock.

Historical comedy

If that does not sound completely logical, that's no wonder at all. Rock of Age 2 does not make much effort to explain its own craze. The whole game is a foolish combination of styles in every area. For example, there are intermediate films prior to each fight. These still reflect most of the animations from Monthy Python, where figures from paintings end up in all kinds of witty situations. Atlas takes it against Adam and Eve in a turn-based match similar to Pokémon prior to the real battle. Even stranger becomes when Vincent van Gogh pops up and everyone chases the jaws with his chopped ear.

The visible lol with which Rock of Ages takes 2 artistic trends and (fictional) historical figures is contagious. The same humor is also found in the gameplay that is about rolling your opponents with your rolling stone. Your enemy is trying to do the same, but luckily there is a way to interfere. The rolling stones must first take a very winding course. Between rolling, walls, elephants, catapults and more obstacles can be placed here to slow down or break down the enemy rock.

Rolling and jumping

As a rock, your goal is to avoid as many of these obstacles as possible, so that you can be able to beautify the whole of the castle. A pot of rock or ages starts relatively quietly, but as the gate becomes weaker, you get to the third descent, becoming more chaotic and exciting. Avoiding enemy obstacles is important to stay alive, but at the same time every broken catapult or crushed herd of cows also produces gold that reinforces its own defense.

This quirky game of swing between rolling and jumping downhill and building up defenses is just as fun as six years ago. The unique idea behind Rock of Ages has lost so little power that it is not even so bad that the game continues to try little news. There are more units to block the track this time and new types of rolling rocks provide the necessary alternation, but the base is unchanged strong.

Misplaced multiplayer

The greatest progress is undoubtedly in particularly varied levels, each of which is shaped in a specific artistic flow. When Atlas fights against Vincent van Gogh, the typical flat Dutch world is displayed in the style of impressionism. With Don Quixote as an opponent, the windmills seem to be far from giants. These are small but very loving details that make this already very nice game a little more enjoyable. The first game also appeared, but as a follow-up, Bigger and Boulder throws a good deal on top of it.

The emphasis in this second part is actually much more at the multiplayer. This can be played with four players at once, even if that is easier said than done. Really crowded, the game is not online and when it is possible to find an opponent, the netcode is not good enough to make four stones at the same time spotless.

Fortunately, it's happening to do a lot better, making the mix of strategic building and at least such strategic roles a lot better. Completely in balance, the different types of rocks and units may not be, but as a partial partygame, Rock of Ages 2 is like a house. It is strange, however, that first the single player must be played before all units and stones can be used in battle. It is really wrong to focus on getting together when you have to roll for only a few hours.

Rock of Age 2: Bigger and Boulder is available for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Conclusion

Rock of Ages 2 Bigger and Boulder does little differently than its predecessor and the focus on the multiplayer feels like a lack of online players. Fortunately, the game knows how to save the same outstanding humor and unique combination of gameplay styles. In Rock of Age 2 nothing of the power of the original game has been lost.

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