Mos Speedrun 2 Reviews

Best hardcore precision platformers of the last decade, highly recommended

Water levels are atrocious. Everything else is good.

As a fan of the original, I love this. It's fun, cool and exciting, exactly how I pictured it!

After finding out it was available on the App Store as well, instead of being disgusted, I decided to buy it there too. Every bit as enjoyable as the trailer would suggest.

[b]Briefly:[/b] [i]Graphically it looks deceptively simple but I was surprised to find that Mos Speedrun 2 is actually a very enjoyable, challenging platformer. It has a nice amount of levels with lots of secrets to find and an amazing soundtrack![/i] After seeing the store page, I thought [i]Mos Speedrun 2[/i] was one of those simple and perhaps lame platformers but I was happy to note I was wrong. Despite (or perhaps because of) its simple presentation it packs with quite a lot of high-quality content. Game has 30 levels placed in groups of six through five worlds with their own distinct graphics styles and soundtrack (that fits the game very well), with enemies and traps going with that. In that it strikes a similarity with Super Mario Bros 3 and its diverse worlds. Of course [i]Mos Speedrun 2[/i] totally lacks a story and [strike]doesn't have weird suits[/strike] Mos' suits are merely visual. [h1]Jumping through the ages[/h1] Game play mechanics are almost as simple as they can be: Mos (I take it's the name of the protagonist) may run, jump and wall-jump and occasionally swing from a rope. Controls are simple and very slick and hit boxes are good, so every once in a while when you die, you know its your own fault. By the way, I used Xbox 360 controller but controls were simple and fine enough to play with a keyboard. My only regret is that up key is both "up" in menu and "jump" in-game, despite there being a separate jump key. I had to remap "up" to another button on the controller to make it playable but I'm glad this was possible. [h1]Travelling around the world[/h1] Level design is top-notch. While levels are usually rather linear with minor sidetracking, there is also a secret area or two in each and every level. In the course of the game Mos goes from avoiding giant bees, rats and spike traps to dodging ghosts and fireballs while avoiding saw blades and lava. Disappearing and reappearing blocks are probably the only platformer trap trope missing from the game. The difficulty curve is good, starting from rather easy first levels but going to pretty challenging levels close to the end. However, as a gamer who plays a lot of platformers, I would not call any of the levels very difficult, even if they are not a cakewalk either. There are respawn points every now and then to alleviate unnecessary restarts, although they work only once per game. Game supports "ghosts", i.e. the runs of other players (and earlier runs of yourself) are shown, so you can use them to perfect your run or even try to beat them to the top of the leaderboards if you like that sort of thing. [h1]Secrets! People love secrets![/h1] There are a lot of collectables in all levels. In addition to completing and speed running, to fully complete a level one has to grab all the coins (they are never hidden in unfair fashion), grab the hidden golden skull of the level and find the hidden daily collectable, day charm. The day charm is in a different level in each day of the month. There's an achievement for grabbing all of them, so ideally one would find them over the course of a single 30-day month. I liked this challenge a lot, though some people might disagree with time-limited achievements like this. Finally there's even a super secret that encompasses several levels throughout the game. It felt very rewarding to find this ultimate secret after a couple days of confusion and mad exploration. Getting achievements grants you suits, hats and skins for Mos. It's useless but fun feature to bring some personality to your character. You can be a dinosaur wearing a suit, a pipe and a top hat, which is just priceless. [h1]Conclusion: Get it![/h1] After about 17 hours and little over a month I was done. After all this time I can say [i]Mos Speedrun 2[/i] is a great platformer that is not too easy but not too difficult either and that has a lot of stuff to do and find out. If you love platformers, get it!

This is really one of my favorite platformers of all time. The word "speedrun" is not a gimmick, this is an actual speed running game, and it's got great mechanics, really challenging levels and an awesome soundtrack. If you like video games you should play it. I personally got pretty addicted and ended up playing for many days straight. That's more entertainment than most AAA-games will get you in this day and age, and AAA-games don't have funky background music.

I have been waiting quite a while for this to come out and even though my time playing is not much i am already pleased that i bought this game. Once i complete this entirely ill most likely buy Dungeoning. This is a really great game. Thanks Nick and Tony!

Absolutely Great Game!...I'm not that fond of speedrunning, however this game is just excellent and can be enjoyed by all platformer fans whether you like to take it slow, explore and find secrets, or you like to make the best time and compete with others around the world for the gauntlet.

There are 30 levels, each with collectibles. But what stands out is the speedrunning aspect of the game. Ghosts from your previous attempts and those of other players with a slightly faster time than you will race towards the finish line alongside you. That will allow you to understand how to improve your time on each level. If your movement in some parts of a level isn't optimised enough, you might have to stop and wait for a few seconds before you can move on. In that case, you won't be able to see what the helpful ghosts are up to anymore. But if you're determined enough, you will improve your times sufficiently and eventually spot the very fastest ghosts. That way, you are likely to discover rewarding tricks on levels such as [spoiler]1-6, 2-3, 2-4, 4-5 or 5-6[/spoiler]. Trying to optimise your gameplay can be really fun. You'll be able to check your progression on the Steam leaderboards as well. All in all, this is definitely a game I needed to recommend.

Fantastic game, it's been a while since I had so much fun with a platformer. The game is a no-nonsense platformer, simple and to the point graphics and physics. The game concentrates on the core: The level design and elements are brilliant. The sountrack is C64 sid style genius. High replay value as levels can be played for speedrun times or for exploration to find all secret areas.