Beyond the Ice Palace 2

Before it hands you anything, this one asks for clean thumbs and a tolerance for repetition. You come back as the Cursed King, and the chains that held you down are now your whip, your grapple, and your crowd control, which means the entire game is built around reading enemy spacing and committing to a swing. Get that rhythm and the moment-to-moment combat sings. Miss it and you will eat the same corridor five times while you relearn the timing, because checkpoints are not generous and the level design leans on hazard placement more than clever geometry. What works is the feel of the chain and the boss fights, which go big and readable in a way the smaller encounters never quite match. What does not is everything around it: hidden areas that reward poking at walls more than actual exploration, a leveling system thin enough that most upgrades barely register, and a run time that ends right as the kit gets interesting. It is an indie action platformer doing one thing well and shrugging at the rest. If chain-based combat and old-school arcade pacing are the pitch that sold you, you will get your money's worth of that specific thing and not much else.

Alex · Scout Team

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