8-Bit Adventures 2
8-Bit Adventures 2 is everything you love about NES, SNES and PS1-era JRPGs - with all of the charm, heart and soul, but none of the inconvenience. Dynamic turn-based battles & pixels with personality!
8-Bit Adventures 2 is an adventure developed by Critical Games, released 31 January 2023 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What 8-Bit Adventures 2 is
8-Bit Adventures 2 is an adventure game developed by Critical Games and released in 2023. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on RPG Maker MV.
The premise, in the publisher's words
8-Bit Adventures 2 is an all-new RPG experience that mixes modern design with retro style. Explore a vast and varied world, brought to life by vibrant 8-Bit graphics, memorable NES-accurate music, and people with personality. Players can enjoy strategic, fast-paced combat that focuses on unique character traits, swapping party members, managing the turn order, and using a variety of unique skills (including powerful Omega Bursts) – no mandatory grinding required! The antagonist takes the form of a video game ‘glitch’. Faced with erasure, the Glitch lashes out, distorting the world and threatening its people. It’s up to the player’s party of 7 distinct characters (3 returning, 4 brand new)…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 45 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
8-Bit Adventures 2 holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 14 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo or better, 2 GB RAM and DirectX 9/OpenGL 4.1 capable GPU. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.
What it launched against
8-Bit Adventures 2 launched on 31 January 2023, within three weeks of Hogwarts Legacy, Atomic Heart, Dead Space and Metroid Prime Remastered. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Hogwarts Legacy, Atomic Heart, Dead Space, Metroid Prime Remastered.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for 8-Bit Adventures 2 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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