Luxor 2 Reviews

Luxor 2 has some improvements over the original, mainly in graphical presentation and the hit-detection on the spheres when you shoot them. There are new features too, such as an endless mode and a practice mode to help hone in your sphere matching skills. There is also an adequately detailed performance tracker and in-game milestones for completionist's sake. However, it is still hard to recommend the game because of the following issues: 1) For most players, the game will not run out of the box and will require a fan-made patch to run properly. 2) Despite the improvements to ball-accuracy, about half of the game's levels negate it by introducing too many twists, turns, and tunnels that only make shooting more frustrating than ever. Some of the worst map designs I've ever seen. It's not a skill issue, since the accuracy problems occur only in the twists and turns. Its difficult to explain in writing, but even in less than 10 hours of play I have encountered the strangest accuracy problems when trying to slot in spheres as they are making a twist or a turn in their pathway. Most of the time they will slot up to two spots out of place when these circumstances are met. Don't get me wrong, the maps are pretty to look at, but if half of them only allow adequate shooting conditions for less than half of the sphere's track, then what was the point of improving the ball accuracy problems from the original Luxor? 3) There is a strange issue with the swapping mechanic. By clicking the right mouse button, you can swap between two spheres that you can shoot. Too many times I have clicked the right mouse button to swap to the second sphere only to end up shooting the first one. It has caused me many losses and it is unacceptable. Even the first games did not have this issue. I don't know what went wrong here or why it happens. Luxor 2 is a good improvement, but the map design really drags everything back down. Its still not good enough to recommend at full price. Wait for a sale or buy the HD remaster.