Xploquest 2

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Xploquest 2 is a single player role playing game. It was developed by Jean-Sébastien Nouveau and was released on February 20, 2018. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Xploquest 2 is a tiled based role-playing game based on the exploration and management of your character, which takes place in an open world.

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Single-Player

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Audience ScoreBased on 14 reviews

gameplay3 negative mentions

Engaging gameplay with diverse levels, interesting mechanics, and intuitive controls.
Character progression and exploration elements add depth and give players reasons to continue.
Well-balanced RPG experience with fast combat and meaningful challenges; autosave feature praised.

Late-game grind and repetitive mouse-only combat actions cause pacing issues and frustration.
Lack of keyboard controls and certain UI drawbacks hinder comfortable and smooth gameplay.
Minimalist presentation with no plot or dialogue and simple retro graphics may disappoint some players.

gameplay
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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33%
The gameplay features polished mechanics and fast-paced fights with a leisurely progression, offering several hours of engaging play. However, the mid to late game becomes repetitive and bogged down by grindy, mouse-heavy actions, leading to a slog that detracts from the overall experience. There are notable quality-of-life improvements from the first installment, but pacing and variety issues in later stages suggest room for improvement.
- “Compared to the first XploQuest, there are definitely multiple quality of life improvements in UI and game mechanics.”
- “Gameplay consists of tapping on various tiles to explore them then tapping on various actions to fight monsters, manage your inventory and so on.”
- “Compared to the first Xploquest, there are definitely multiple QoL improvements in UI and game mechanics, but the mid game is such a grindy slog with so many repetitive and boring mouse-only actions caused by mismatched player-monster HP/damage and no available options to progress smoothly to the next stage.”
- “The last fifth of the game really gets bogged down in the pace of gameplay. Each fight becomes a mess of mouse clicks. This later part of the game is an extension from the first Xploquest, and it did not get the same quality play-testing. The fight sequences are just a slog and they are not fun.”
- “They are an entirely mechanical RPG experience, and while the fights are fast, the level advancement is leisurely paced.”
story
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game lacks a traditional plot and dialogue, focusing instead on exploration with a larger world map and varied environments like caves, quest locations, and ruins. Story elements are minimal, primarily consisting of simple message quests involving combat.
- “There’s still no plot or dialogue, but the world map is larger and exploring caves is not as simple as just fighting monsters.”
- “Message quests have you kill things.”
- “☐ story?”
graphics
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
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The graphics are notably simple and retro, reminiscent of classic Commodore-64 visuals from 1983, which some users appreciate for their nostalgic charm. Despite their simplicity, the game's polished mechanics enhance the overall experience.
- “It has polished underlying mechanics, despite the shockingly simple graphics.”
- “Yes, the game has the award-winning Commodore-64 graphics that made 1983 such a banner year for gaming, but otherwise it's a fine game.”
grinding
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Grinding in this game is notably more tedious than its predecessor, with a repetitive and slow mid-game experience due to imbalanced player and monster stats, requiring monotonous mouse-only actions and often necessitating additional lives to progress.
- “Compared to the first xploquest, there are definitely multiple quality of life improvements in UI and game mechanics, but the mid game is such a grindy slog with so many repetitive and boring mouse-only actions caused by mismatched player-monster HP/damage and no available options to progress smoothly to the next stage.”
- “You'll need a second life for grinding.”