Nidhogg 2 Review

48 Comments

1. Bring this to the switch

2. Why isn’t this on Switch?

3. this is one fugly game

4. too bloody many adds, gauranteed everytime 🙁

5. THE BOW IS NOT USELESS

6. I actually like the art style, I guess people don't like change :/ It's definitely better than the first having owned both games.

7. Bushido Blade: Weird 2D Edition.

8. I hope somebody is working on a mod that removes all the textures

9. I don't really like IGN reviews and this review shows why. You don't explain why the artstyle is worse, you just don't like it. That's not a review, that's an opinion. Secondly, you don't call the bow useless. It's obvious you just don't know how it works.

10. do you mean rapier? Because I don't think they where called "fencing swords" before fencing was even invented.

11. For me, the only problem with the visuals is that there's too much visual clutter, sometimes I can't tell the difference between a character and background (I've tried watching others play and I have that problem) aside from that, it looks like a lot of fun

12. Nidhogg 2 is a great example of a good game limited by its visuals they probably should have sicked to the original minimalist style of the first

13. The game's art style is amazing.

14. LOL @ all the morons who are passing on this game because of the art. Go ahead, miss out.

15. This game is fun as hell but a really miss the art styles of the first game, and to be honest it's better than nidhogg 2.

16. Her review is so opinionated. Where are the unbiased reviews?!

17. Why do the characters look like they were made out of balloon animals?

18. imo the art style looks amazing

19. The art style looks terrible at first, but after 10 minutes of playing with friends you instantly get lost in the combat and the art grows on you.

20. It's sad what mainstream games journalism has become. I get a strong feeling from this video that the reviewer wanted to be far more harsh on this game than they actually were, pulling every punch they could by spinning all their complaints to sound "not really that bad". The thing is, Nidhogg 2's art style, along with a number of gameplay changes, work counter to the design philosophy of competitive fighting games and turn this sequel into just another wacky couch-multiplayer party game.

    The big issue with the art style isn't that it's visually unappealing. If that were the only problem then I could much more easily look past it. The real issue is that it's far too noisy and visually cluttered. combined with the exaggerated swaying in the characters' movements and the stomping animation (as far as I could gather) automatically stopping the action after every death, this makes Nidhogg 2 seem far more unwieldy than it's predecessor. For anyone looking to for more than just a casual slapping fight of a game this kind of presentation becomes a hinderance. I understand that these decisions were always for the devs to make, but I can't help but be severely disappointed as a fan of the original game.

21. Ugh that new artstyle looks atrocious. I'm sure it's still gonna play great, the first Nidhogg was awesome, but those visuals are so awful.

22. I have no idea how they managed to make it uglier than the original game…

23. zombies? WTF WERE THESE IDIOTS THINKING? TRASH!

24. I never played the original Nidhogg and I love this new game to DEATH, especially its look

25. The art style doesn't bother me at all…I'd rather take a game with a lot of colors than an overly dark one.

26. Does this game have online and why didn't they talk about it in the review

27. The art style is wonderful wtf u talking about

28. I am skip this one. the art style is just….ewwwww

29. The simplistic art style of the first game is what I loved about it so much aside from the fun. This one just looks….bleeeehhhhh.

30. imagine playing this game in SWITCH!!!

31. The art style would actually be fantastic if it wasn't for those ludicrously over designed characters. They look awful. I haven't played the game yet but just those gameplay clips made it seem like the new character designs make it hard to tell what your character is even doing.

32. it would've been extremely boring and disappointing if they kept the old minimalist art style. This new earthworm jim feeling kind of style fits right in and is so much more expressive and fun

33. Yeah yeah, the art style is bad, but if it REALLY ruins a game for you, your just spoiled.
    Sure, im not a fan of the art either, but thats not going to take away my excitement and fun of the game.

34. Is it just me, or is ign getting more and more pretentious?

35. I love the graphics! The first one was akin to the NES era, while this one is much like the SNES era of graphics. Maybe the 3rd game will introduce polygons?

36. Made for free psn plus games not more

37. All messhof has to do is release an update that allows you to choose the original pixelmen to play as and I'm good.

38. I really don't like the art style, sorry.

39. im baffled by this artstyle choice, when the first one had such a great one to begin with

40. My nephews and I looooove Nidhogg and I'm sure we'll have a lot of fun with this. But in the original, the main characters stood out so clearly against the background and you always knew what was going on 100% of the time. Just watching this video, the characters seem to get lost amongst all of the busy background and foreground elements. I've got no problem with updating the graphics to a more 16-bit style, but the design seems to have gone out the window, and I feel like the gameplay will suffer. Anyway, I'll download it myself tonight and see what I think.

41. I can't believe all the whiny people here. This Nidhogg #2 it's not suppose to be the same game lol

42. I love the art style. It's my major draw for the title.

43. Song title?

44. what platform(s) is it available on? Is it too much to ask for such basic info to be listed somewhere in the review?

45. Art style is single handedly stopping me from getting it

46. that name is so fake. it just sounds stupid. Chloi Rad. dank bro.

47. Good review Chloi

48. How the hell they managed to change the art style of Nidhogg 1 to an abdomination straight out of Monster Inc.