Buy Inferno 2

WOW, this game was really good! I have finished the normal levels and have not started new game +, but plan to in the future. This game is fairly short, around 4 hours of gameplay.

PROS:

- soundtrack is atmospheric
- controls are good
- feels good to play
- looks great
- upgrades
- different weapon types
- farily easy
- levels are good
- new game + for replayability
- bosses are fun and not grindy
- a fair amount of enemy variety

CONS:

- the way the game deals with difficulty is just by throwing more enemies at you at once
- some of the menus don't work correctly
- final boss didn't really make a big appearence, and was kinda underwhelming, leaving me wondering "that's it?"

Overall, super good game! 8/10 in my book

Geometry Wars meets Gauntlet, which is a good thing. Clean, classy neon graphics with a strong Tron-game-grid vibe. Looks lovely on ultrawide monitors, too.

Great game, already working through the 'New Game+' mode.


I noticed 2 things though during the playthough. 1. The portal locations I don't believe were explained and their usage isn't consistent on every level (the direction you enter from determines the way you exit, usually). Secondly, For some reason I can't select various upgrades (like Armor) on the upgrade panel. Given it's a prerelease its awesome.

I love this game. It's as if someone took a bunch of the best classic arcade games, like Gauntlet, R-Type, Berzerk and Tempest, and stuck them in a blender.

The most hopelessly addictive game I've played in a very, very long time. If you're a fan of arcade style shoot 'em ups then I can't recommend it enough.

Buy it, launch it, and kiss the next few hours goodbye.

It's like Geometry Wars but thought out. Reached the end in 2 days. So worth it

A minimalistic style is my thing, and this game delivers. However it's a bit too "clean" to my taste, graphically and sonically. Gameplay wise it's nothing special. I wish the weapons had more character and difference.

But it's a nice game, and well worth the admission (personally I got it for free for backing Overload...)

move left refuses to un-bind from 'a'

I can't change the controls. I painstakingly tried playing the game for a few levels and it seems really cool/ great game, but if I can't set the controls how I want I can't enjoy this game: its a shame

configuration WASD to up,left,down,right arrows is not possible :(

RadianGames is a FANTASTIC developer and Inferno 2 is a great successor to the wonderful Inferno. I cannot recommend it enough!

I liked the twin stick control+shooting interface of Inferno 2. It's similar to Inferno, with each level consisting of a maze to traverse while avoiding baddies trying to kill you before you kill them. As in the prequel, some walls are invisible and lead to more enemies and/or caches of upgrades and weapons or ammunition. Levels contain keys (they look like keys, so they're easy to know what they are, although they might be more difficult to find. Passing your craft over a key (or anything else) will collect it or activate it if it's a switch. Enemy bullets will damage your craft—"you"—or (hopefully only) your shield. Shockwaves from explosions will push you backward and possibly have other repercussions.

Hover over circles with an i in the center to display windows containing instructional information that will explain the game's mechanics as you progress through the levels. The instructions are available more frequently on the earlier levels of the game to help ease you into the mechanics of the gameplay gradually and whenever you encounter a new type of level or upgrade or new mechanic so—as long as you read these tutorials and hints—you'll never encounter anything you haven't either learned about via an info circle or been given a suggestion regarding a method to bypass. e.g. an info circle has just notified you for the first time in the game that walls can sometimes be fake and passed through. What do you think that might indicate about your immediate surroundings? ;-)

Your primary object in most levels is to reach the final circle (though not all levels are this way—some are bonus levels reached via a "bonus exit" from the previous level where you grab whatever bonuses you can before running out of time or exiting, or survival levels where your only goal is surviving until the counter reaches 0, for example), tasks made more difficult by the various obstacles in the level, disappearing and reappearing "doors", disappearing walls which can release hordes of enemies after you collect a specific item or pass over a switch or another, flowing arrows which move in one direction and act like a breeze of some sort, hastening your (and enemies') movement when you're moving in the same direction or reducing/stopping movement if you try to move in the opposite direction. Levels usually contain multiple locked walls/doors (one reason purchasing extra keys at a Store can be very helpful!). If you have a key, touching the locked door will remove the door and can also make walls in other parts of the level (behind which enemies might have been spawning the whole time you've been navigating the level. The easy levels place a key, followed by a door, behind which you'll find another key and another door, etc., until you reach the end. Some aren't so straightforward and you might find yourself searching for fake walls and keys after having used all your keys before requiring one more to access the only exit. Usually sticking around to eliminate as many enemies as possible is beneficial for the bonuses and XP they give you, but exiting sooner might be more helpful depending on the status of your provisions.

Gaining XP and/or (?) points will have you levelling up from time to time, at which time you'll be given upgrade points. You can pause the game at any time to unlock and upgrade attributes (damage, shot speed, shields, multi-tiered bonus modes, etc., and choose between bonus modes you've unlocked. Bonus modes will run for a specific time after activation, doing things such as giving you extra damage or slowing time as long as the bonus bar is reducing. When it reaches empty, the bonus effect will end and the bonus bar will recharge (faster bonus recharge speed is one of the many upgrades you can obtain with your level-up points)

A tutorial integrated nearly-seamlessly into the gameplay of a game is always good nowadays when games are delivered primarily digitally and people typically start games without reading a manual, even when a PDF manual exists as a direct link on the game's Steam Store page or when right-clicking the game in the Library view. (Often those reviews explain in detail everything the writers of the game's negative reviews complain about not knowing anything about... but I digress. I haven't even checked for a manual (YET) for Inferno 2.

I haven't made it there yet, but the New Game+ mode should provide me with even more fun after I complete the campaign mode of the game or do whatever is required to unlock it.

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• I think Inferno 2 is the first game by Radian/RadianGames to have been released on Steam. I was very excited when I saw it because I didn't even know it was in development!
  
• If you're unfamiliar with Inferno or any of the previously-developed games by this developer, I recommend them wholeheartedly. I purchased them all on D****a and hope they will all someday be available here on Steam now that *esur* has departed the land of game sales viability (as of the time of this review, at least).

I have played Inferno+ pre-steam, & this one even better. It's Smash TV meets Gauntlet in a TRON setting. Need more from Radiangames on steam.