MOAI 2: Path to Another World Reviews

I felt like scott lucas when i loaded this game just after he kicked 7 goals in a quater on his bombing left foot. I expected all the roast beef rolls in the world for only 7.99, instead i was given and Ed Cowan duck and only dissapointment. 3/7 would build wall again.

MOAI 2: Path to Another World is a time and resource management game and a strong sequel to the original. It doesn't, however, advance on the original very far in terms of graphics and sound, and the levels felt smaller and more confined. This isn't a bad thing as the original was pretty good for the genre, and It is longer with 78 levels compared to the original's 60. It's a casual timesink and not particularly difficult, and if you like the genre, or have played games like the Rescue Team or The 12 Labours of Hercules series, you will enjoy the Moai games too.

Disappointing follow up to the 1st game. I found the levels too straight forward with very little challenge unlike Build Your Dream. And anything like a storyline was non-existent. just sad

If you played one and you liked it, then this is more like that. Only mouse click needed to play this game. Fast fun for an hour a day.

I demoed the games in this series elsewhere and decided to take a chance on them since I like the genre. If you are like me, the first game in the series (MOAI: Build Your Dream) requires (at least for me) replaying levels over and over to go for gold which is too frustrating. I did finish MOAI 1 and enjoyed it but did not stress over gold for each level. Playing it that way was a lot of fun! This sequel (MOAI 2) has a CASUAL difficulty mode which is just right for me. I got to enjoy the game without the frustration of a fast timer running down AND still got gold on all 40 levels plus all 38 alternates. I did replay several levels because of strategy but several levels is a LOT better than ALMOST ALL! The CASUAL difficulty does have a timer but it is a lot more generous and you still can get gold. That is a big complaint I have with some of the games in this genre that if you go for a relaxed game play, the best you can get is silver or the equivalent. So if you like time management / strategy / building games but don't like harsh timers, give this one a whirl. I definitely recommend it over MOAI 1 although they are both great!

This is the only decent game in the series and it is very good indeed. The others have ridiculously tight timers for a casual player - or offer the zero challenge no timer option. Very sad as I purchased the set based on this one games excellence.

Those misfit Villagers are back with more adventures. Really good time waster. The story is pretty decent, graphics are nice. Easy to learn and very enjoyable.

This is a fun and challenging Time/Resource Management game! It is quite lengthy also, there is a alternate level for each level of the game, so it will give you many, many hours of fun! The graphics are great and it is brightly colored. Your little people are fun to watch as they go about their jobs! You will also receive upgrades along the way that will help you. You might receive a necklace that will give you a 10% increase when you are clearing stone obstructions. (That is just an example...I honestly can't recall what the various items do...so please don't think the necklace actually does that!) Your bonus item you receive are kept in your "Backpack", which is at the top left of the map screen. When you get a new item, it will show a little notification. There is a story but to be honest I don't really follow it, I just care about the gameplay so I can't comment on the story itself. The goals for each level are clearly listed on the bottom right of your screen. As you complete each goal, it gets crossed out so you can clearly see what you have left to do. You can keep playing when the timer runs out but of course you won't get the "goldtime", however you can go back and replay levels to try to improve your score. I tend to first play the regular levels, then the alternate ones and then go back and retry for getting all gold. However, that's just the way I do it. You can also choose to play an alternate level right after the regular level...it's up to you! Either way you play it, the bottom line is that this is a great game! I hope you give this game a chance, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!!

[b][u]Game Information[/u][/b] "MOAI: Path to Another World" is a Strategy game. The game was developed by Toyman Interactive & Alawar Entertainment and published by Buka Entertainment. "Path to Another World" is the second episode of "MOAI." Previous episode: "Build Your Dream." [b][u]The Game Review[/u][/b] Game Visuals I want to mention the visuals in the game are well done. The visuals can be adjusted in the game's option menu. Game Audio I want to mention that audio for the game is well done. Even though the audio is somewhat simplistic and repetitive. The audio can be adjusted in the game's option menu as well. Gameplay There are two different difficulty game modes to choose from: Casual and Normal. This is a strategy game, where careful planning is required, due to the limited amount of resources that are available. There are four island masses with forty levels in total to playthrough in the game. There are building structures that generate resources but they need to be collected manually by the player. There are special power up bonuses in-game that allows the player to complete the levels much quicker. The special power up bonuses does have a time limit attached to them. These special power up bonuses show up much later in the game. The character's rank updates after earning a certain amount of points from playing the game. There are twenty-four different relics to collect in the game. All artifacts are stored in the player's backpack. These artifacts can be equipped and they have different purposes in the game. There are fifty-four different achievements that can be unlocked from playing the game. Each of these achievements does come with some requirements that need to be completed before they can be unlocked. Miscellaneous There are six different trading cards to collect. Only three of those trading cards are given out by the game. There are several ways to get the rest of the trading card: Purchased from Steam's Community Market; Trade with friends; Booster Packs and its' Booster Pack Creator. Final thoughts: I have found the game enjoyable to a certain extent. The replay value for the game is low. I would recommend this game, but not at the game's full price value.

After the happy end of MOAI, Bright Light and the Hero are living a peaceful life until the God of the Underworld kidnapped the princess, forcing the Hero to journey through many lands to save her. MOAI 2 is following what the previous game established but with many revamps: indeed, now, you have only 40 levels in the campaign, contrary to the 60 from MOAI. However, this number is increased as you can play at least 38 alternate levels: same "level" with different objectives AND harder. The gameplay didn't really changed: MOAI 2 is a casual time management game, where objectives must be met in order to advance. But you have to respect the timer if you want to win the "gold star" (in other words, respecting the time) - which is changing from a timer divided in three and representing stars. In each level, you sent workers to remove obstacles (down trees, rocks or holes), to build/upgrade/repair buildings (fields, quarries, houses, temples, markets, bridges, trees, statues), to trade with bandits or hindus, to open chests, to fish or even to cut down trees. The novelty here is a new building: the bakery that allows you to produce more food by giving a certain amount of food. About the chests, there is also a difference: golden chests have artifacts or bonus while normal chests will contain resources. Indeed, you have five types of resources - all of them can be traded with hindus or found in chest): food (obtained by fishing or by building fields), stones (obtained by removing rocks or by building quarries), essential oil - replacing the sandalwood - (obtained by building trees), wood (obtained by cutting trees or by trading other resources at the market) and mana (obtained by praying at the temple by giving sandalwood). However, the game includes also bonus: a wealth scales to have more wood at the market, a horn to have more produced resources, sandals to make your workers work faster, a shield to repel ghost. Indeed, many levels has waves of ghosts attacking your buildings: you can whip them by clicking on them or build statues (Moai Statues) that will destroy them. The ghosts are of three types: blue (easy to kill and giving 5 mana), red (fast and giving 10 mana) and purple (slow but hard to kill and giving 20 mana). Moai 2 adds also a backpack that can give advantage to the Hero: more wood, more food, more stone, more essential oil, more mana, less sick workers, faster workers, etc. etc. It will come handy for alternate levels but also for the normal levels later in the game. However, Moai 2 perpetues the legacy of bugged achievements: you have to play the game in English if you want to unlock Steam achievements (else it will be unlocked only ingame). So, make sure to change the properties of the game to English (your Steam can stay in your language). Add to that that the achievement On Your Own was hard to unlock as you can't use any bonus unless they're stated in the objectives and that many people unlocked it differently. Indeed, some couldn't despite not using bonus or artifacts, others did with artifacts, others unlocked it only while playing normal levels when the rest had to play the alternate levels. As far as I know, for me, artifacts were used and I had to play alternate levels to see it unlocked. Anyway, while the game isn't really getting many novelties, the bakery idea is nice, like the backpack and the reduced number of levels in normal play. Graphics are still nice and exotic, with the Hero now living like a local, despite him being a Westerner and making new friends. The soundtrack is also good. If Moai 2 is a good game, it's really MOAI 3 that will see many novelties. However, it's like 12 Labours of Hercules, you can easily play all games and enjoy yourself very much. Go ahead, seriously, MOAI 2 is really a good sequel.