Blasphemous 2 Review Thread

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Game Information

Game Title: Blasphemous 2

Platforms:

  • PlayStation 5 (Aug 24, 2023)
  • Xbox Series X/S (Aug 24, 2023)
  • PC (Aug 24, 2023)
  • Nintendo Switch (Aug 24, 2023)

Trailer:

Developer: The Game Kitchen

Publisher: Team17

Review Aggregator:

OpenCritic - 84 average - 97% recommended - 32 reviews

Critic Reviews

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CGMagazine - Andrew Farrell - 8.5 / 10


Checkpoint Gaming - Tom Quirk - 8.5 / 10


Console Creatures - Luke Williams - Recommended


Cultured Vultures - Mike Worby - 8.5 / 10


Destructoid - Timothy Monbleau - 8.5 / 10


GGRecon - Jack Roberts - 5 / 5


Game Informer - Brian Shea - 8.8 / 10


GameGrin - Conor McGuigan - 7.5 / 10


Gameblog - KiKiToes - French - 8 / 10


Gameffine - Jay Krishnan - 90 / 100


GamesRadar+ - Joe Donnelly - 4.5 / 5


Geek Culture - Jake Su - 8.5 / 10


IGN - Travis Northup - 8 / 10


IGN Spain - Mario Seijas - Spanish - 9 / 10


Kakuchopurei - Jonathan Leo - 90 / 100


Nintendo Life - PJ O'Reilly - 9 / 10


NintendoWorldReport - Alex Orona - 8 / 10


PCGamesN - Nat Smith - 7 / 10


PSX Brasil - Marco Aurélio Couto - Portuguese - 85 / 100


PlayStation Universe - Garri Bagdasarov - 9 / 10


Polygon - Paulo Kawanishi - Unscored


Push Square - Simon Fitzgerald - 9 / 10


Rectify Gaming - Henry - 8.8 / 10


Rock, Paper, Shotgun - Matt Cox - Unscored


Shacknews - Nicholas Tan - 8 / 10


Spaziogames - Domenico Musicò - Italian - 7.9 / 10


TechRaptor - Joe Allen - 7.5 / 10


TheSixthAxis - Steve C - 9 / 10


WayTooManyGames - Heidi Hawes - 9 / 10


ZdobywcyGier.eu - Paweł Bortkiewicz - Polish - 8.5 / 10


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This game definitely interests me, should I play the first game before playing this one?

While I guess you ask because you want to know if the story of the first is important to the second and I can't answer that because I only played the first. But If you like hard but rewarding Metrodvania games and you are interested in the weird and interesting religious/horror pixel aesthetic I say: definitely play the first Blasphemous!

Oh nice! The aesthetic is what drew me in the first place.

I just started BG3, so maybe I should put that on pause to play this since BG3 seems like a long haul.

I can vouch only for the first one. Its so cool. Ths aesthetics, the lore, the story, the bosses... Oh and a banger soundtrack!

If this interests you, no reason not to play the first! I personally bounced off of it, but I don't think that is the game's fault.

The game's combat strikes a unique balance between "slow and deliberate" (ala Dark Souls) and traditional fast-paced platformer combat. I went in wanting the game to feel like Hollow Knight, and it is definitely not the same. You don't play a bouncy lil bug man, you play a big heavy knight. Big heavy knight + platforming felt like a weird combo to me, so I put it down. But not every game is for everybody!

I think the only thing I might have changed about the first game is removing relic slots. It felt a little needless to limit the number of keys/exploration upgrades the player can use at any one time. Other than that, solid game.