'Rogue Legacy 2' Early Access Review | Indie Stop Speedpass

The OG Indie Metroidvania roguelike returns in a sequel that improves on nearly every aspect of the original game. See what's coming further down the bloodline in this Early Access review of "Rogue Legacy 2"!

[BM]

Rogue Legacy was one of my first experiences in both indie and rogue-like and one of the games that made me fall in love with both (along with One-Way Heroics). I really hope they iron out the kinks well, I'm very much looking forward to this.

Also I love the track Pistol Shrimp too much. I hope they have a new rendition here. lol

[otaking]

*Me with a potato laptop:* "I'm in danger"

[feywinterfox]

I LOVE the first one....still haven’t beaten it yet...it’s beaten me a MANY OF TIMES 🤣 I am starting to wonder if I drop loot for that game!

[DragonAceSg]

Okay, didn't catch the whole bloodline thing right away, nicely done. Nice music for this game.

[jaredmcdonough]

I’ll probably wait until it comes out of EA to pick this up myself, but I hope to enjoy it because I really didn’t click with the first one. Something about this artstyle feels like Hollow Knight but with a much happier, lighter tone. Maybe throw in a dash of Scribblenaughts with how all the parts move slightly independently of each other.

[EarthboundX]

Loved the first game, it was the first real roguelite that I played that I really got into. Looking forward to this game once it's finished and hopefully comes to consoles.

I'm starting to get confused about the term roguelite though, as I'm seeing it everywhere now. The genre used to be called roguelikes correct? But then roguelites are a type of roguelike, that includes some type of permanent progression or upgrades right? Instead of just being fully dead and having to start fully over?

I ask because I don't really see the term roguelike used at all anymore. Are the I guess sub genre of roguelites just so much more popular now, so the original roguelikes just aren't being made?

I really need to get back to Dead Cells, was really enjoying that, but then a patch happened on consoles that really screwed up the game for a bit, so I stopped playing.

[DivinityOfBLaze]

Art seems to be a downgrade from last time. At least for me personally since I like pixel art above other styles.

[zei]

I like the original, it just loses me after a few runs where it turns into a bullet hell simulator instead.