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The ultra-refined 2D side-scrolling action you remember from "Azure Striker Gunvolt" is recharged and better than ever! In Gunvolt 2, series anti-hero Copen joins the fray as a playable character! Copy abilities from defeated boss characters and use them as your own!
Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 is a action, indie and platformer game
developed and published by INTI CREATES CO. and LTD..
Released on June 21st 2020 is available only on Windows
in 10 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Simplified Chinese.
It has received 552 reviews of which 515 were positive and 37 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 6.99€ on Steam with a 65% discount.
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- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7, 8.1, 10
- Processor: 2Ghz or faster processor
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1GB VRAM (NVIDIA GeForce)
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 5 GB available space
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This game is one of the best 2D platform games I have played on my life, I can safely give the score of 10/10. The graphics, soundtrack, level design, game duration and difficulty (if you play without prevasion) are all perfect, without any doubt the best Gunvolt game Inti Creates have made. (I played and completed this game on the Gunvolt Trilogy version so that is the reason of the low playtime)
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Azure Gunvolt 2 is more Azure Gunvolt. It looks good, sounds good, and this time plays good too. This game includes more levels and a second playable character with a full campaign. It is still plagued by some faults that existed in the first game, but they are not as severe here. It is the same run-and-gun Mega Man style gameplay, but with much better level design. Narratively speaking, it assumes you have played the first game. If you care about the story, you will unfortunately need to play that to get the full experience, though the story itself is nothing special. Story This game follows the same narrative structure as the first. You have an introduction with cutscenes, after which you can freely choose which boss level to do in any order. There are no cutscenes in between, so the story is easily ignorable. You have optional scenes you can view at the level select with your companion, which are also easily skippable. The scenes are charming at best. Finally, there is a big story segment at the end. Additional story is told through mid-level dialogue, which is just as bad as in the first game. This time, you cannot accidentally miss it, which is an improvement. However, boss battle monologues are the worst part. Each time, you must sit and dodge just to read what they are saying, and it is not always trivial information either. To get the final "true" endings, you must play the final level two times per character, which is a little annoying. There is no indication in-game that you must do this, other than the lacklustre default ending. Both stories from Copen and Gunvolt feel quite threadbare. You do not learn much about either of them or their supporting cast. Bosses are not particularly well developed either beyond their single monologue. Some reappear slightly more often, but most meander and do not meaningfully contribute to the story. You also learn very little about the antagonists. The main antagonist of this game was a minor boss in the previous title, which is an interesting throwback but ultimately inconsequential. The most enjoyable part of the story was the side interactions between Copen and Gunvolt's supporting cast. These are viewed awkwardly during level select, where you roll the RNG in the hopes of getting a non-repeat scene. It is clunky. There is also a secret epilogue if you complete enough objectives. It is not really worth the effort to see. Gameplay You can play as Gunvolt and Copen, each with distinct styles of play. General gameplay still revolves around high scores and is otherwise quite easy due to pre-evasion. Pre-evasion being on by default is a poor choice, as it feels like easy mode is enabled automatically. If you want any semblance of challenge, I recommend turning it off. Gunvolt Gunvolt plays exactly the same as before, and it is just as good here as it was in the first game. You tag enemies, zap them, and win. High scores focus on zapping many enemies at once, getting simultaneous kills, and avoiding damage. In contrast to the first game, Gunvolt’s levels are much less gimmicky with respect to his electricity. The most interesting twist is the water level, where using electricity drains all your EP if you are submerged. Otherwise, the levels are fairly generic, such as an ice stage. Copen Copen is dramatically more agile than Gunvolt. His core mechanic revolves around his "bullets", which he uses to dash. If he collides with an enemy mid-dash, he gains Gunvolt’s auto lock-on, and firing his gun will hit that enemy from anywhere on the screen. Getting high scores with Copen mainly involves staying airborne, as that maintains the combo. Colliding with an enemy refreshes the used dash charge, encouraging you to dash into enemies consecutively. You dash extremely fast and far, making him a blast to play. Copen’s levels lack strong gimmicks or themes based around his moveset. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but it is noticeable when compared to Gunvolt. Most levels are reused between Gunvolt and Copen across both campaigns, with subtle differences. Each character has four unique levels out of eight or nine total. I suspect this reuse hampered the creativity of some stages. Equipment System Gunvolt’s equipment system remains mostly the same as in the first game. He can equip modifications to his gun, his EP, two eye accessories, and more. Copen, on the other hand, uses a "memory" system. You can equip anything as long as you have enough memory slots, with each item consuming a significant amount. Some items are generic, such as damage reduction, while others grant movement abilities like double jump or air dash. Copen’s options feel more generic overall compared to Gunvolt’s. Quests Quests are moderately improved. You no longer need to manually accept three every time you return to the level select, which is a massive quality-of-life improvement. However, they are still very monotonous. A quest such as "Complete stage under 11 minutes" unlocks "Complete stage under 8 minutes", forcing you to replay levels even if your best time already meets all criteria. This is quite annoying. Some quests are unique to specific levels, but they are not particularly interesting. They reward materials used to craft gear for each character. Crafting After each level, you are given random materials. All of their sprites look very similar, making it difficult to tell materials apart. Beyond that, the RNG-based system means that if you want to craft something specific, you have no idea how to obtain the required materials. Are they tied to certain levels? Are some more likely to drop in specific stages? The game never explains this. The system is frustrating and actively interferes with engaging in the entire equipment system. This was also an issue in Gunvolt 1. Level Design and Bosses Level design is vastly improved over the first game. In Gunvolt 1, many enemies fell from the ceiling directly onto you or fired from off-screen, resulting in unavoidable hits. This happens far less here. Cheap hits are much rarer, making S+ ranks feel more attainable. However, cheap hits still exist, primarily in boss fights. Some bosses have poorly telegraphed moves, particularly when they suddenly jump or move across the arena in unpredictable ways. Many boss ultimate attacks function more like puzzles that must be learned rather than tests of pure reaction. This leans heavily into memorisation for high scores, which is not appealing to me. Gunvolt, and to some extent Copen, still suffers from poor visual clarity when using EP moves, leading to additional hits. These issues discourage me from learning levels deeply enough to pursue S+ ranks. The combo requirements are too strict given how often you can take unavoidable or barely visible hits. On that note, S ranks are much easier to obtain than before. It feels far better than constantly earning B ranks, but it also feels overtuned. I frequently achieved S ranks on my first attempt. Despite performing very well, I often failed to reach S+. The gap between S and S+ feels massive. The ranking system would benefit from interim ranks, such as "SS" or "SSS", to provide a clearer sense of progression toward S+. Once again, vocal tracks are tied to achieving a 1000+ combo, which is frustrating. You want to trigger them, but reaching the threshold is difficult, and maintaining it is often brief. This significantly undermines a large portion of the soundtrack. Conclusion I highly recommend this over the first game. The levels are fun, and the new playstyle brought by Copen makes the experience feel fresh. The story is... present. It is plagued by many of the same issues as the first game, but overall this feels like what the original should have been.
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An excellent 2D platformer and a worthy spiritual successor to the Mega Man Zero series. I played it nonstop on the 3DS. From the gameplay and story to the character design and OST, everything is perfect.
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a much sturdier game than gunvolt 1. features actual level design, and a whole second campaign. Gunvolt's gameplay doesn't change but honestly the actual level design more than makes up for it, it feels free from Gunvolt 1's weird idea of kind of being a Megaman Zero game but not really. also a better PC port, including a better resolution and asset scaling, even though the game crashed once for me on the final boss and I had to redo that whole segment. infuriating but not worth dumpstering the game for.
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The masterpiece of the Gunvolt series gunvolt 2 is great at everything a 2D megaman-like platformer: the gameplay flows smoothly both as GV and copen, the stages are memorable, bosses have personality and their gimmicks are mostly fun to tackle and replay. in classic inti-creates fashion the game wants you to be moving at top speed thru the levels demolishing the oposition to get a high ranking, thankfully the ranking system is really well balanced this time around and you dont need to be a mechanical god to get S+ on every level; which ties in to the amazing replayability of the title, it MAKES YOU WANT TO KEEP PLAYING IT to complete challenges and get better at it, this is thanks to the fast paced gameplay and the positive feedback the player gets from: a) defeating multiple enemies at once as GV b) getting insane air chain combos as copen the only rough spot i can think of for casual players is the kudos mechanic: for JOULE or LOLA to start singing you must hit 1000 kudos by defeating enemies and building combos, this is the most hype part of the gameplay loop and where skill expression is, however this requires you to not get hit a certain amount of times (unless on gutless mode) and dont get checkpoints as those bank all your kudos into score which can be really hard to do if you arent an absolute pro so you may not hear them sing for long on the first playthrough and it can feel a bit unrewarding to conclude: Get this game and have a blast, give it a shot even if you havent played 1, the story is not hard to follow and its self contained enough youll be able to understand when they do callbacks to the previous game by context clues alone (plus, in the steam version you can fight the bosses from 1 in the extras tab of the main menu, it was DLC on 3DS but here it comes included)
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Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 is currently priced at 6.99€ on Steam.
Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 is currently available at a 65% discount. You can purchase it for 6.99€ on Steam.
Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 received 515 positive votes out of a total of 552 achieving a rating of 8.68.
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Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 was developed and published by INTI CREATES CO. and LTD..
Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 is not playable on MacOS.
Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 is not playable on Linux.
Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 is a single-player game.
Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 does not currently offer any DLC.
Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 does not support Steam Remote Play.
Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
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21 Jun 2020
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