TL;DR: Guacamelee 2 is everything a solid sequel should be: more of the same, with extra garnish and seasoning on top.

Heartily reccommended.

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Plays more or less the same as the first Guacameele at heart, with tight controls, great writing, fantastic music, and fun gameplay involving beating up various forms of dia de los muertos themed enemies.

There is more salsa compared to the first game by way of additional upgrades, more enemy variety, harder optional platforming levels, and expanded chicken form gameplay.

Graphics and music are top-notch as ever, and controls are tight and fluid with plenty of moves chaining into one another. It's fun to play because you feel just overpowered enough to take on the enemy hordes as long as you have good sense of timing to maneuver and dodge as required. Getting hit feels like your own fault as opposed to oppressive design.

The story is even wackier than the first game: it parodies many video game tropes and franchaises while making numerous callbacks to the previous game and the current state of pop-culture references (read: Avengers Infinity Wars).

No real cons in my opinion.

Can it be improved? Probably.

Is it impaired in any form? Absolutely not.

TL;DR: Guacamelee 2 is everything a solid sequel should be: more of the same, with extra garnish and seasoning on top. Heartily reccommended. ------------- Plays more or less the same as the first Guacameele at heart, with tight controls, great writing, fantastic music, and fun gameplay involving beating up various forms of dia de los muertos themed enemies. There is more salsa compared to the first game by way of additional upgrades, more enemy variety, harder optional platforming levels, and expanded chicken form gameplay. Graphics and music are top-notch as ever, and controls are tight and fluid with plenty of moves chaining into one another. It's fun to play because you feel just overpowered enough to take on the enemy hordes as long as you have good sense of timing to maneuver and dodge as required. Getting hit feels like your own fault as opposed to oppressive design. The story is even wackier than the first game: it parodies many video game tropes and franchaises while making numerous callbacks to the previous game and the current state of pop-culture references (read: Avengers Infinity Wars). No real cons in my opinion. Can it be improved? Probably. Is it impaired in any form? Absolutely not.