Bam! Bif! Pow! Guacamelee 2 is out now

The week of Gamescom is dominated by chat about games we received’t get to play for months, however right here comes one brilliant new game out at present for all to play: Guacamelee! 2, sequel to the 2013 metroidvania which our John liked so. Once once more, luchadors should biff baddies actual onerous as they leap round, discover the world, and be taught new strikes to biff baddies even higher. Observe, a launch trailer!

Guacamelee! 2 continues the story of luchador hero Juan Aguacate, bringing him out of retirement to avoid wasting each considered one of us. It brings new ranges, new characters, new enemies, new facepunches… it’s a sequel, yeah? Developers DrinkBox Studios went over a few of the modifications in a blog post final month. Poultry antics are concerned.

I do know John has performed some Guacamelee! 2 pre-release and never been mega-thrilled with it, regardless of his fondness for the primary. But he’s been drowning in games currently and never but formally instructed us Wot He Thinks so hey, John, I’m volunteering you to do that – have enjoyable! Chop chop!

If you need to leap proper in, Guacamelee! 2 is out on Steam for £15.49/€19.99/$19.99. Folks who personal the primary game on Steam ought to discover a coupon for an 10% off showing of their Steam stock.