Cave Quest 2
- August 24, 2021
- MD Studio
Get on SteamFight back against the underworld by acquiring powerful talents and spells on your journey to save your friends in this exciting and clever Match 3 game!
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Reviews
- The game offers a unique blend of Match-3 mechanics with adventure elements, making it engaging and fun to play.
- It features a well-thought-out interface and customizable difficulty settings, allowing players to tailor their experience.
- The story is complex and enjoyable, with a variety of tasks and puzzles that keep the gameplay fresh and interesting.
- The game can be overly luck-based, leading to frustrating moments when the pieces don't align as needed.
- There are excessive repetitions of Match-3 gameplay, which can make the experience feel stretched and tedious at times.
- Some players may find the reliance on Match-3 mechanics for nearly every action in the game to be boring and limiting.
- story24 mentions
- 17 % positive mentions
- 71 % neutral mentions
- 13 % negative mentions
The story in this game is praised for its complexity and depth, featuring a protagonist from a protectorate society on a quest to find her missing sister while battling monsters from a parallel dimension. Although the narrative is distinct from the previous installment, it includes engaging side plots that enhance the experience. Players appreciate the balance between storytelling and gameplay, though some feel the match-3 elements can occasionally disrupt the flow.
“Amazingly good story and soundtrack.”
“While this sounds like a very simple premise, as you play, you'll find that the story is much more complex than that and there are all sorts of little side plots going on.”
“While this game is part of a series, the story here is completely different and unrelated to the first game.”
“Story-wise, you are a nun-like member of some protectorate society in a magic-fantasy world that goes looking for her missing sister, only to get embroiled in a mission to save the world from monsters invading from an evil/hell parallel dimension.”
“I'd say because of the evolving story it's a bit less repetitive than smartphone match-3 games, certainly less repetitive than basic ones like Bejeweled, but several times it feels a bit of a slog, a bit like they put too many match-3 parts to stretch the gameplay instead of it being logical to do so.”
- gameplay10 mentions
- 20 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 30 % negative mentions
The gameplay features unique match-3 mechanics combined with adventure elements, appealing to fans of the series while offering improvements over its predecessor. Although the evolving story helps reduce repetitiveness compared to typical match-3 games, some players feel that the game stretches its length with excessive match-3 segments, making it occasionally feel tedious. Overall, it provides a distinct experience for those who enjoy this genre fusion.
“Unique match-3 level mechanics and fusion of adventure gameplay.”
“For those who liked the first entry in the series, this is an extremely long game in the exact same vein as the first, with several improvements in mechanics.”
“For those who liked the first entry in the series, this is an extremely long (a bit stretched too far, to be honest) game in the exact same vein as the first, with several improvements in mechanics and whatnot.”
“Those who never played or just don't remember... well, it's like an Artifex Mundi hidden object puzzle adventure game minus the hidden object and puzzle part, all replaced with match-3 game mechanics.”
“I'd say because of the evolving story it's a bit less repetitive than smartphone match-3 games, certainly less repetitive than basic ones like Bejeweled, but several times it feels a bit of a slog, as if they put too many match-3 parts to stretch the gameplay instead of it being logical to do so.”
- music4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The music in the game is highly praised for its quality, complementing the engaging story effectively. Players appreciate the option to download the entire soundtrack from the extras section, enhancing their overall experience.
“Amazingly good story and soundtrack.”
“The entire game soundtrack can be downloaded from the CE extras section.”
