Seven years after defeating Carlos Calaca, Juan Aguacate is forced to don his luchador mask again to face a new threat – this time to the very fabric of space and time. Punch your way through a whole new Metroid-vania style world and try to save the Mexiverse!
Explore a huge, hand-crafted world inspired by Mexican culture and folklore, filled with sassy new villains and weirdos (and a few old friends!). Learn a deep repertoire of bone-crunching moves to fend off the skeletal hordes and overcome a multitude of platforming challenges.
…and who said anything about a Chicken Illuminati? Certainly not us!
Key Features:
Guacamelee! 2 Key Features:
1, New moves like Eagle Boost, Pollo Shot and more add to Juan’s arsenal of combat and platforming abilities.
2, New powers for Juan’s chicken form! Ridiculous chicken-based platforming, combat and exploration. More chicken than you’ll be able to handle (probably).
3, An epic adventure through the worlds of the living and the dead, across rifts in time and space — more gorgeous than ever thanks to a fancy new rendering engine.
4, Bigger maps, twice as many enemy types as the first game, and a roster of eccentric new bosses.
5, Discover “trainers” from around the world, defeat their challenges, and upgrade your abilities.
6, Soundtrack featuring new music from the composers of the original Guacamelee! OST, plus tracks from special guests Mariachi Entertainment System!
7, Drop-in / drop-out 4-player local co-op through the entire story.
Seven years after defeating Carlos Calaca, Juan Aguacate is forced to don his luchador mask again to face a new threat - this time to the very fabric of space and time.
| Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 2.4GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+ | Intel Core i3-3240 3.4GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 40 |
| VRAM | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| RAM | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| OS | Win 7 32 | Win 7 64 |
| Graphics Card | nVidia GeForce GT 720 / AMD Radeon HD 3800 series | nVidia GeForce GTX 650 2GB / AMD Radeon HD 6770 |
| Direct X | DX 11 | DX 11 |
| SOUND CARD | DirectX Compatible | DirectX Compatible |
| HDD Space | 10 GB | 10 GB |
| Game Analysis | Drinkbox is back Guacamelee! 2. Head back into the Mexiverse for a Metroidvania-style 2D platformer with four-player co-op, insane wrestling moves, chickens, sassy new bosses, and an electro-Mexican soundtrack. | |
| High FPS | 200+ FPS ( GTX 1060 ) | |
| Note | Supports Xbox 360 Controller and other XInput-compatible controllers | |
| Optimization Score | - | |
butter smooth controls
the humour :)
artwork
Chicken powers!
harsh platforming difficulty
co-op loses its value in the puzzles
I’ve always been a big fan of Metroidvanias, so having that coupled with a co-op action brawler is right up my alley really.
at first i didn’t feel there was a lot of differences introduced from the first one, it’s very familiar.. which isn’t a bad thing per say but it wasn’t hugely innovative aside from the added power upgrades and more prominence of the chicken powers (which are a ton of fun XD).
Both the humour and the artwork are fantastic, you’ll find yourself nodding and smiling all the way through. And it would actually be a very ‘feel good’ kinda game.. if it weren’t for the sadistic platforming 😀
Don’t get me wrong, those controls are buttery smooth and it plays fantastic, but some of the platforming gets insanely hard to the point you have to redo the same screen 50 times in a row, and some of those being the main path not simply the optional chests. The other main issue is that those sections are pretty much impossible in co-op (yet alone with 4 players i imagine!), so you end up with your buddy floating in the air trying to stay out of your way while you desperately try to make it through a screen.
Conclusion: Great fun, superbly crafted world and themes with a hilarious humour.
Watch out for the very tough platforming however, it could be rage inducing for some.
The abilities upgrade system was vastly improved and properly fleshed out. Now there's teachers/coach/trainers behind each category of Juan/Tostadas' abilities.
Having the Pollo Power being more prominent all throughout was great and super fun; bunch of new mechanics tied to it, too!
The main enemy roster was simply not as memorable and charming as the one from the original. None of them felt as fleshed-out as the original team of baddies.
[Doesn’t include story spoilers. But maybe details about the gameplay and late-game abilities.]
Being a sequel, and specially since I just replayed the first one in preparation for this, it’s natural for me to compare them.
In that sense, Guacameele 2 feels like a proper sequel in some aspects, and just like an upgrade on the first one in others.
Visually, the game looks wonderful— the backgrounds of the levels is detailed and always interesting to look at. A few of them are simply beautiful. The dynamic lighting on the foreground is often reflected on the backgrounds, making it all look very flashy and cool.
Some new visual details are appreciated, like enemies having a blur effect when they’re thrown away fast by Juan/Tostada, and enemies leaving a gooie splash of their remains over the surfaces when they’re destroyed— makes it all feel more organic.
I think it’s a bit of a shame that besides the Eagle Boost, there’s no new abilities for Juan/Tostada to enjoy. Just the same special moves from the first one are back, and the new thing about them is that their power can be upgraded.
Finally, I don’t think Guacamelee 2 can be considered a Metroidvania; the whole campaign is very linear, and there’s not much exploration or discovery. It’s more of an action-adventure with a heavy focus on tight platforming and combo-based fighting. I read somewhere that “Wrestlevania” is more appropriate term for it, and I couldn’t agree more. ¡Mucha lucha in this one! And a lot of the platforming actually reminded me a bit of Celeste.
All in all, the charm, mechanics, challenge, humor, easter-eggs/references, and feeling from the original are also here. It’s just that there’s not enough “new” stuff to make it feel as fresh as the first one felt.
Still, if you enjoyed the first one, you will definitely have a blast with Guacamelee 2.