Shalnor Legends 2: Trials of Thunder

[b]My Playtime:[/b] 13.6h (24/25 achievement, finished the game) [b]My First Playthrough:[/b] 10.2h [b]Grindy Achievement(s):[/b] Yes (~9 achievements). [b]Optional Achievement(s):[/b] Yes (18 achievements). [b]Difficult Achievement(s):[/b] No. [h1]Intro[/h1] [b]Shalnor Legends 2: Trials of Thunder[/b] is an action-adventure game with a bit of grind. It offers 5 dungeons and 6 boss fights in a slow-paced combat. [b]Pros:[/b] - 5 dungeons - 6 unique boss fights in a slow-paced combat - Collectibles; some require specific unlocks to get - Optional areas to explore [b]Cons:[/b] - Some puzzles, especially the early ones, can be confusing to understand - Grinding is required to progress if you don't know what to do - Dying respawns you in the region entrance, not in the area entrance - Enemy hitboxes are too small, your hitboxes are too big [b]Specs[/b] Intel Core i5-9300H 2.40GHz, 8GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 [h1]Should you buy this game?[/h1] [b]Yes.[/b] [i]If you like action-adventure games with a bit of a grind, buy this game at a sale[/i] [hr][/hr] [h1]In-Depth Review[/h1] [h3]Visuals[/h3] [b]Shalnor Legends 2: Trials of Thunder[/b] is drawn in 3D visuals, displayed from…

Fairly meh game, as far as LoZ-styled games go. It's unique, I guess? But nothing really feels all that great. I'd normally do a pros and cons list, but nothing really stands out as much of a 'pro' beyond the game's uniqueness. As far as cons go... 1. Main character's movement speed is too slow, with no way to upgrade it. 2. Stamina and mana regen are too slow, even when fully upgraded. Especially considering that you /need/ stamina and mana for certain puzzles and fights. 3. Lots of money grind (surprisingly, the exp grind isn't /that/ bad, but the money grind is awful) 4. Humor is 90% memes and sometimes feels like it's at the player's expense, like the dev is laughing at the player instead of with them. 5. Most of the upgradeable skills are defensive in nature; I maxed out my offense around 45 minutes into the game, and the combat still felt absurdly slow. 6. The game gives you the strongest special ability way too early, then nerfs the hell out of it by adding traps that go berserk while it's active. Why even give me a time-stop if it's going to make everything go nuts outside of designated puzzles? 7. The abilities other than the timestop and axe throw are mediocre, only real…

compared to first one this one just stinks. very lagy slow movement and worse graphics then first game. got a little farther this game is absolute trash buy at own risk.

Do you want to beat a God? You came to the right place! While discovering Thunder Island, you will learn multiple abilities that are nifty and feel really satisfying to use. Throughout the game you will have to solve some puzzles and defeat enemies and bosses. The enemies aren't that big of a threat but the bosses can pack a punch. Sometimes they definitely caught me off guard. The bosses can be fairly easy once you learn their patterns, but that's the fun of it. The game itself has a lot of dialogue, but not enough to make the game boring to sit through. I find the dialogue very down to earth, it reads like how I sometimes talk to my friends. There are even references hidden inside of them to popular video's which is a touch that got a good laugh out of me. On average this game will take ~10 hours to beat and ~15 hours to complete. However completing the game can be a bit boring as it's mostly grinding to get all achievements. Would've loved more side quests to gain xp and gold, as those are fun to play. The ability to rebattle bosses would also be fun. If you haven't played the first Shalnor Legends game, don't worry. You can play this without prior knowledge. But I still rec…

This Game is a huge upgrade compared to the first part: The (main) story was better translated as a game part (I liked the first parts story more however). The combat not only had throwbacks to enemies from the first part, the bosses each had a different feeling to them and took one or two tries. The potion spam was mitigated with food and potion limit, however it made the larger provision bag unnecessary (wish the it would apply to materials). Traps now have different interactions with a certain ability (made some puzzles to easy) and there are more then three trap elements. The UI was reworked and give much more necessary informations and the now free buttons are used to give the protagonist more abilities to play around with. Now to parts I have a real problem with: Still to much grinding, while it got bette with buffs I was still stuck reloading certain rooms to get certain recourses like gold or xp. The lore books aren't important and just a collectable at that point. The 3D style wasn't used, it plays like a 3D port of a 2D game, at least have some puzzle or room that uses 3D perspective to it's advantage to hide a button for example. (also I liked the 2D art more than the …

I love the game and the level up system the puzzles are a lot of fun and the game story is hilarious the controls are easy to use and get used to the dungeon designs are fun to look at and the layouts are fun to play through. The one complaint i have is how easy it is to get stuck on corners.. which during a fight is very irritating.. that may just e more user error though