Arcane Arts Academy 2 Reviews

I really liked the first game and was looking forward to this one but the story just drags and unfortunately REALLY boring.

The game was a nice way to pass the time (it took me 9 hours to play through it) but it wasn't my favorite GameHouse game (I think I've played all of them at this point except for [i[Undercover - Blood Bonds[/i]). The gameplay is essentially identical to the first [i]Arcane Arts Academy[/i]. Some of the levels (classrooms) are familiar and a couple of new ones have been added. There are also new mini-games. Liked: The game is well-made. The art and sound design is nice, the animations are smooth, and the game isn't buggy. Could be improved: The storyline wasn't as good as the first one, and I felt that the characters did things that were out of character for them (based on their personalities in the first game) so the story was frustrating. The dialog was awkward at times; it felt like the converations were written in another language and then translated into English with Google Translate or something like that, which has been an issue with other GameHouse games. However, my only major complaint was that the HUD (the panel along the bottom of the screen that shows how much time you have left, the items in your tray, etc.) blocked tasks or items in the level. There should have been more space between the HUD and the level.

I'm was so excited to play this game, seeing I really enjoyed the first Arcane Arts Academy. The follow up wasn't interesting at all, the story just drags on and on. It's like the developers ran out of a story and made up sh!t, the ending sucked as well. I'm not even interested in the follow up, this game really destroyed the whole story line and it made the game suck. Don't get me started on how I was expecting this huge fight in the story line with the mages battling and all they did was wave a wand around and that's it, pffft. I couldn't wait to just tick this one off, done and never to be repeated again!!