Remnant 2: The Co-op Sci-fi Action Game You Can’t Miss!

Unlock the First Door of the RPS Advent Calendar 2023

It’s that time of the year again, and the excitement is buzzing! The RPS Advent Calendar 2023 has begun, and each day unveils a new favorite game from this year, leading up to the highly anticipated Game of the Year (GOTY) announcement. Get ready to dive into the gaming extravaganza – check out the main calendar post to see the full list.

Open the First Door and Experience the Thrill of Remnant 2

Lock, load, and bring a buddy! It’s time to open the first door of this year’s calendar. Brace yourself for an epic co-op experience with a touch of the Soulslike genre in Remnant 2!

An Unforgettable Bond: Remnant 2 and Me

Ed: Former RPS vidbud Liam and I used to work together a fair bit. We put out longform vids for Inventory Space, chatted about duds like Redfall and triumphs like, errr, Sonic Frontiers, and sent each other memes of questionable quality. It was a heady time! In an effort to keep in contact since he bid the Treehouse adieu, we’ve played a good amount of co-op shooter Remnant 2 together. And we are absolutely smitten with it.

A Simple Pleasure With Endless Excitement

I never played the game’s predecessor Remnant: From The Ashes, but it doesn’t matter in the slightest because Remnant 2 stands on its own as a simple pleasure. By which I mean it’s a looter shooter where you dodge roll out the way of spiked tentacles, fire a rifle, collect silly crystals, slot mods into sockets, and then repeat the process. Except repeating the process often means battling a boss, then being warped to dynamically generated (handcrafted zones, just randomly slotted together) areas where the rolls become more frantic and the crystals become sillier. It doesn’t overextend itself or split out into some open-world bollocks; Remnant 2 is happy existing as a pal-based shooter, and is all the better for it.

A Symphony of Guns and Environments

Funny thing is, there aren’t a bucket load of guns to loot like say, Borderlands. But the old-timey rifle, pistols, and shotguns you blast have such a lovely crack, that Remnant 2 is one of the few FPS games I’ve played where I’ve not been bothered by a lack of regular metal. This rings especially true when you’re warping between realms filled with dark fairies and transitioning seamlessly into some machinist alien worlds, tangled forests, or gothic streets. Interesting environments and gunfeel keep things plenty engaging.

Gloopy Special Weapons and Unforgettable Boss Battles

That’s not to say Liam and I haven’t encountered some wild guns on our adventures, as Remnant 2 does the Dark Souls thing where you can cash in a boss’s gloopy material for some form of gloopy special weapon. Liam’s got a ghostly rifle wrapped in fingers that lets him go invisible for a bit and go berserk with rapid fire, while my fave is a block of stone that zaps baddies with jets of electricity.

And the bosses! Damn, are they inventive. We’ve tangoed with a selection of giant sentient cubes in a series of narrow corridors, where winning wasn’t about chunking down a health bar but learning routes to avoid crushing. Another had us descend a winding staircase where we needed to avoid going too fast or too slowly through a deadly laser field. The boss wasn’t so much an enemy, but a nerve-shredder of a scenario.

An Imperfect Gem Worth Every Second

Sure, Remnant 2 isn’t without its flaws. Namely, it’s a bit unclear at times, and we’ve missed a whole bunch of unlockable classes and guns because no one was like, “Hey pal, you might want to check over here”. But the game is so good at leveraging its strengths – being a banger of a co-op shooter that takes you to some deadly places – that it’s a struggle to log off. In the midst of lots of 120-hour monsters, Remnant 2 is a pleasant surprise.

In conclusion, if you’re looking for a co-op sci-fi action game that delivers on excitement, unique environments, and thrilling boss battles, Remnant 2 should be at the top of your list. Don’t miss this incredible gaming experience that keeps you hooked from start to finish. Join the adventure today and immerse yourself in a world that will leave you craving for more!