An Absolute Joy!!!
LocoRoco 2 is an absolute blast. This game is addictive, easily accessible and a joy for all ages. If you have played the first LocoRoco, the mechanics have not changed. The controls remain seductively simple and for the most part, the difficulty scales appropriately. As others have mentioned, there is a new stage select system. It is less sterile, more organic than the menu in the first game. While it takes a little getting used to, I find it an improvement that adds to the overall feel of the game. Additionally, there are several new mini games which offer a break from the traditional platform game. They are a very welcome addition and serve to break up the action a bit. My personal favorite is the Mui Mui House. As you play through the games stages, you collect items which allow you to build and furnish a house for all the Mui Muis that you rescue! For example, it takes 3 specific items to build a guitar. Once it's in your house, a Mui Mui will pick it up and play it...
LR2 is too similar to the first game
The Good: Charming visuals, fun mini-games, relaxed play style
The Bad: Finicky jumping mechanics, secrets are really tough to find, collecting items feels pointless, almost identical to the last game, grows tiresome quickly
LocoRoco was one of the PSP's killer apps and brought cute platforming fun to the handheld. LocoRoco 2 is a disappointment because of how little it changes from the first game. The gameplay and graphics are unchanged with just new levels and bosses. There are a lot of things to collect, but the mechanics a second time around just seem a bit frustrating.
You control the blobs by tilting the world with L and R and pressing both to jump. This is fine except I wanted more control. Some levels require precise jumping and tilting the world doesn't provide that precision. There are underwater levels that feel the same way, but I really enjoyed the mini-games however, they were short lived and only last seconds. The goal is to get to the...
Addictive Fun!
I have never been the biggest videogame enthusiast since I am more of a puzzle and challenge kind of girl rather than action adventure or shoot em up game. I just recently purchased a PSP so I had a change of pace from my Cooking Mama and Super Mario Bros on the DS that you have to use the pointer for most of the time to play (sometimes I just want to play a good ole fashioned videogame). I turned this on and literally have had to make a large effort to put it down since! It is challenging enough that you have to think about things however it isn't to the point where you just get frustrated and give up and refuse to play the game anymore ha ha. I can see how if you are a crazy action fanatic this can get boring for you, however if you are like me and like the puzzles but don't want to be stumped into not being able to do anything in the game then this is the game for you. I am looking into purchasing the first one as well since apparently it has more levels yet the same type of...
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