Anodyne 2: Return to Dust
Summary: Anodyne 2: Return to Dust has a great plot, solid 2D & 3D gameplay, magical atmosphere & fantastic environments that will keep you gripped from start to finish. One of the best games ever made. 10/10
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Plot:
The plot to Anodyne 2 is fantastic. It is extremely well-paced and very well written, with twists and turns throughout that make you question what is right and what is wrong, all the while keeping you gripped from start to finish.
– Real player with 13.8 hrs in game
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After finishing the game and collecting all the achievements, I can say that this was well worth my time and money. However, I will say that this may not be for everyone. I will include more in depth information about the game below as well as a tldr afterwards. I will try to avoid spoiler information as best as I can unless it is needed for an example.
Story
Anodyne 2’s tells its story in an interesting way. The basic plot is explained to you fairly clearly, but it takes listening to NPC dialogue and some item descriptions in order to get a better understanding of all the facets of the story and world. The game also makes use of abstract concepts and wording in order to create a surreal world with strange and interesting characters. I won’t go into too much detail here because a good portion of this will be spoilers. But before I go into spoilers, I want to note that it did feel like I was blazing through the story, and some events felt like they happened sooner than they should have. You can take this as the game only staying for as long as it needs to, but I felt like there could have been more story beats without becoming like filler. There was also one part of the story that felt like filler, but I’ll get into that in the spoiler section. I want to stress however that I still really enjoyed the story and characters.
– Real player with 13.7 hrs in game