Knights of Pen and Paper 2 Reviews

one of my favorite games of all time

What can u say? Just an one of the best 2D RPG out there. Love this game ever since I was a kiddo

I ummed and ahhed about whether I wanted to give this a positive review or not, same as the other game in the series. Knights of Pen and Paper are fun games but after a while they begin to feel too much like a grind. So great to start meh to finish. Suppose its on me for playing both of them.

I thought this would be a fun game to play on the Steamdeck and to some extent, it is. Although some of the writing is quite fun, the main issue is that once you've opened up the map and seen the locations it has to offer, you start feeling like every "quest" you go on is just another run through something you've already done many times over. Since the progression, character and equipment mechanics aren't too deep, you're left completing quests for a small purse of gold. It gets extremely repetitive and has an underwhelming end. The DLC adds much more of the same. At no point did I ever see the benefit of swapping out one of my already leveled characters for any of the new classes I came across. It's just far too grindy with no payout. Currently, the game is on a super sale for $1.99. At that price, you definitely get what you pay for and I wouldn't recommend you pay much more than that. I'm giving this a positive review due to the low price I paid and the fact that it's not a disgusting cash grab like their third installment. P.S. The KoPP3 is on mobile and it's by far one of the most microtransaction-filled and predatory games I've come across. I highly recommend you avoid it like the plague.