Blossom Tales II: The Minotaur Prince

What a great game. Excellent pixel art and some 10/10 dungeons. One of the better zelda likes out there.

The game looks and plays almost the same as the 1st part. The game engine, graphic style and map size look the same, even most of the weapons and some of the riddles types were reused and it took me about the same time (23h vs. 21h) to reach 100% . All in all, I liked the 1st part better though as the 2nd part tends to be more grindy (fishing) and made it a bit harder to achieve 100%. Besides, there is one almost unforgivable flaw ("The bad") and most changes compared to part 1 were to the worse. But I still enjoyed most the game and therefore gave it thumbs up. The good Lily seems to have slightly less inertia than in the first game, so the "crumbling platform" parts are a bit better/easier to handle. The Sensor/Simon like melody games were removed as well as the (partly) erratic glyph stone puzzles. All in all the puzzles in part 2 are a bit more difficult with one or two where I actually had to think about a solution. Some new game elements were added like creating potions or riding a horse/pig (pretty pointless though). You can fast travel now from (nearly) every location earlier in the game. I think the map is slightly more usable than that of the 1st part but maybe I was jus…

Its alright. Some of the puzzles are annoying. Combat is pretty mundane.

This zeldalike is better than the first entry in the series, but not good enough. I played it on and off for quite some time as I pushed myself to complete it. Reached the final biome and decided enough was enough. The map design just makes exploration provide no dopamine. It's just not possible to keep track of where I would like to return to in the future and I hate making endless circles looking for secrets that I previously found.

Great follow-up to the first Blossom Tales. Rather interesting plot too. Both these games are great! If you like the Zelda franchise, you'll love the Blossom Tales games.

Simply, a love letter to ALTTP for grown ups