Hammerwatch II on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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Gather your heroes and journey beyond the dungeons of Castle Hammerwatch to explore a pixelated world like never before. Aid King Roland’s resistance while helping villagers along the way. Battle beasts, finish off hordes of the undead, and face the forces of evil.
Hammerwatch II is a hack and slash, action rpg and co-op game
developed by Crackshell
and published by Maximum Entertainment.
Released on August 15th 2023 is available only on Windows
in 11 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 2,069 reviews of which 1,278 were positive and 791 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.1 out of 10. 😐
The game is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.92€ on Gamivo.
The Steam community has classified Hammerwatch II into these genres:
System requirements
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 or later
- Processor: Intel Core™ Duo or faster
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: OpenGL 3.2+ / DirectX 11+
- Storage: 500 MB available space
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I found this to be the best Hammerwatch there is, its not a roguelike, it is a campaign, it has a story. If you like oldschool hard quests to figure out, this is the game for you, you need to backtrack and look at things and explore things, and read the actual quest log, there is no arrows pointing you to where you have to go and what you need to do, really a rewarding experience. Day and night cycles can at times be a bit annoying but you just run around and explore or sleep at an inn to pass the time, its not a huge problem. Enchanting and crafting could be a little bit better, but its a solid enough idea, and it encourages you to make food buffs if nothing else. Crafting armours and the likes from scratch is rarely worth it however. Most of the bosses are pretty hard and fun which is good. It really hits that spot of having to read into what things mean and explore MUCH further than you think at times to figure out a clue to what something can be used for or how to find it. You can respec at any time granted you have the gold. Some sidequests even has a hidden timer on them, not too big of a deal, but it rarely says if it has one, which isnt optimal. Some classes are not super well built, while others are powerhouses, i suppose that doesnt differ from most games. The biggest selling point is that the game offers a certain difficulty in combat and how to solve quests without being completely unfair about it, playing with a friend or more is fun. I understand why many dont like game this but then again there arent many games like this around. I would really wish the game had a second campaign, balancing class skills a lot more reason and depth to crafting. At 25€ its a steep price, i would say get it on sale, it needs much more overall tlc if they want that kind of money.
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While I have yet to finish the game, at around 16 hours in playing on the hardest difficulty I cannot for the life of me understand the legion of negative reviews. While it seems the game has its share of odd bugs, thus far I have yet to encounter a single one. Likewise, while I have not touched multiplayer, the general sentiment seems to be that the game is simply not Heroes of Hammerwatch and the multiplayer experience does not align well with this predecessor. Bugs there may be, and multiplayer game this may struggle to be, but for what it is I am thoroughly enjoying the experience. The game has an interesting enough story to make me want to pick up the OG Hammerwatch, and does so with an unforigiving, old-school open world that harkens back to old DOS RPGs. Most of my struggle has been from not meticulously reading the quest text to tell me explicitly where to go, and is in this vein that I feel most people are struggling to enjoy the title. The game tells you exactly what you need to do, but at the same time simply gives you text and leaves the rest for you to figure out. Too often you find yourself drifting around the open world just wanting to explore, only to stumble upon some place unexpectedly that you were not supposed to be quite yet while fighting the urge to explore it. Don't get me wrong, Hammerwatch II has its annoyances and flaws. By far the most annoying quest thus far is a "loan" where you're given 20k and have to pay back 30k where the consequence of not doing so is to be endlessly annoyed for the remainder of your save. But, generally speaking, these are relatively minor and are offset by the solid gameplay and enjoyable challenge at the hardest difficulty. The bosses I have encountered thus far have been well-composed and enjoyable to fight with a great measure of creativity ala Heroes of Hammerwatch, and the skill and equipment systems are interesting. As with all publishers, I am sure Crackshell has been under pressure to deliver with tight schedules and unforgiving budgets. But they did not churn out a garbage title with Hammerwatch II, and while it looks like the early release had some problems and bugs those seem infrequent to non-existent in my personal experience. The amount of vitriol really just seems disproprortionate to what the product has to offer. For my two cents, I think it's a solid game and I look forward to finishing it and perhaps doing a playthrough with another character or two.
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Review 26/12/2024 Gameplay is similar to Hammerwatch 1, albeit with some new mechanics. Open world is very beautiful and the travel system between towns is a nice feature. Unlike Hammerwatch 1, this is not so linear, since its more open world you can travel more and take on quests to level and gear. Plays very much like a 2D Diablo rpg with gearing and levelling progression. However, as I am playing with the wife, this game is extremely RNG, especially when it comes to certain items you need to progress. The grappling hook for instance, some players had gotten the item very early in the 1st town, I stumbled upon mine on the 2nd town. The layout also differs, for example cave locations can be randomised so the tileset is quite random. Dont think it affects the gameplay but does mean you need to spend a bit of extra time looking around. Also, this game requires you to read. A lot of your clues to progressing your quests and the game is in your journal so you need to read. The crafting system is also not a bad idea, but as you have many more skills, items etc, you find yourself running out of binds but it makes you less reliant on potions like Hammerwatch 1, as you can craft food for health and buffs. All in all, its a decent game and does get more interesting. The open-world RPG element of gearing and levelling is nice and fits the game style. I would still prefer Hammerwatch 1 in terms of playstyle, classes and general gameplay, but the 2nd one is still very good and opens more pathways to playing than simply working your way to 1 objective. More variety with NPC's and gearing definitely keeps the game interesting. Note: This game is hard if your playing solo. Some of the monsters even with 2 players is challenging but not impossible.
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Great game so far. My son loves Minecraft dungeons and I don't, I got him into this game and he hasn't remembered Minecraft Dungeons since. My wife, my son, and I all three play this game as an evening hobby. This is a great RPG, and with all the patches since launch I haven't had a single issue with the game. The retro style, themes, and enjoyable play bring me back to happier times of my youth. I whole heartedly recommend this game. Get it, get your boys to get it, and settle down for an evening with the boys and a drink. P.S. PC can be modded. I think this game has a lot of potential on that side.
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I grew up playing games like Gauntlet and 2d overhead RPGs. And this game is absolutely amazing. The best of it's kind since Gauntlet 64, which it pays homage to at some points. The online play is flawless, the gameplay is quick, fair, challenging, and well paced, the NPCs have nice flavor, and the map traversal and exploration couldn't be better. The improvements since Hammerwatch 1 makes this feel like I woke up from a 40 year coma and this is Hammerwatch 8. My buddy and I couldn't be happier playing this, every gaming session we come out of it utterly impressed with how well this game does what it does. I don't make a lot of reviews but I noticed this game has a Mixed review status and I thought I might as well do my part to bump it up slightly.
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Hammerwatch II is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam.
Hammerwatch II is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 24.99€ on Steam.
Hammerwatch II received 1,278 positive votes out of a total of 2,069 achieving a rating of 6.06.
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Hammerwatch II was developed by Crackshell and published by Maximum Entertainment.
Hammerwatch II is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Hammerwatch II is not playable on MacOS.
Hammerwatch II is not playable on Linux.
Hammerwatch II offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Hammerwatch II includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.
There is a DLC available for Hammerwatch II. Explore additional content available for Hammerwatch II on Steam.
Hammerwatch II is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.
Hammerwatch II does not support Steam Remote Play.
Hammerwatch II 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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Developer
Crackshell
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Maximum Entertainment
Release
15 Aug 2023
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