Awesome Pea 2

Awesome Pea 2 is a tightly focused precision platformer that proudly embraces old-school design values while refining the formula introduced in its predecessor. Developed and published by PigeonDev, the game strips platforming down to its essentials—movement, timing, and pattern recognition—and builds a challenging experience around those fundamentals. Rather than chasing modern trends or layered systems, it commits fully to delivering short, demanding levels that test player skill and patience in equal measure. The premise is simple and intentionally light on exposition. You once again control the Greedy Pea, a small but determined character driven by an insatiable hunger for gold. This minimal setup exists largely to justify movement through dungeon-like environments filled with traps and enemies, and it never distracts from the gameplay itself. The lack of narrative focus feels deliberate, allowing players to remain locked into the rhythm of learning levels, failing, retrying, and eventually mastering each challenge. Gameplay revolves around classic 2D platforming mechanics with a strong emphasis on precision. Movement is responsive and reliable, with jumping and double-jumpin…

Not as good as the first. Despite many cons, I am still glad I played it and I still got all the achievements. If I could, I'd give it a middle review but too many gripes land it as a negative. - bugs - - One of the earlier levels, 2 I think, has a pipe at the end and if you jump over it, you plummet off the edge but won't die and the game carries on as if you're alive. - Level 11 has a wall that will kill you despite having no spikes. Can easily replicate as I did it multiple times. It's the wall to the right of the gem. + pros + + Being able to do the double jump after falling from a platform. Was sorely missing in the first game. + Music. + The last 2 levels I actually liked. - cons - - Why no native d-pad support? Had to manually configure within Steam to make the d-pad act like an analogue stick. Why force the use of a 3D stick for a 2D game? - Every level looks the same. It's either a cave or factory. - You can run underneath and miss collecting the hovering coins when they're at the peak of their hover. Some sections have spikes on the roof so I have to just stop and wait. - Agreeing with another reviewer here who said the hitboxes are too large. Too many unfair …

An improvement from the first game in every single way. Awesome Pea 2 is still a basic platformer where you collect treasure and avoid dangers while navigating levels. However, Awesome Pea 2 has everything from a more clear artistic style with more fluid animations to better level layout and better controls. The game is still pretty difficult, in fact, more so than the first game, but it also manages to be a lot more fair in its difficulty, so when you lose, it feels far less frustrating. I gave the first game a reluctant thumbs up, but Awesome Pea 2 manages to more easily clear the thumbs-up bracket.

You may not like it, but this is what Pea performance looks like. Certainly more Awesome than the first game, which I remember being a decent, but janky platformer. [b]Awesome Pea 2[/b] is a bit more polished and tightly designed in comparison. It's a simple, but challenging and enjoyable platformer. The only real knock I have towards the game is that there are a few levels where the level design feels lazy, as in it's reused with few tweaks. Level 25 is the most obvious example of this, because it begins the same way as the level before it, but altered a little bit. Though I only noticed two such instances. Otherwise, the level design is quite solid, and manages to squeeze a fair amount out of the limited selection of mechanics. If you're looking for a short and challenging platformer, I can recommend [b]Awesome Pea 2[/b]. I beat all the levels and got all the treasure in just over an hour. The visuals are solid, and the music is good. A classic example of an indie platformer that is no-nonsense about its design - simple but fun.

This game took me right back to my childhood, it felt very nostalgic yet very fresh. The artstyle and music were particular stand-outs, and I very much enjoyed my limited time with this game. [b]FULL VIDEO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4lVATF7ExE[/b]

In my opinion, its a bit harder than the first one but I still enjoyed it.