Tails Of Iron 2 Review-as-Tails Soulslike

Tails of Iron 2 is better than its predecessor in many respects, but a lot of its new ideas unfortunately fall flat.

January 27, 2025 · 1 min · 191 words · Ashley Hughes

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Much like its predecessor, its a tough-as-tails 2D Soulslike unashamedly inspired by Team CherrysHollow Knight.

For the returning ideas, its Tails of Iron, but better.

With the game adding traps, its strange that theres not more to these hunts.

characters making drugs in schedule 1.

It completely disrupts the flow that makes combat so thrilling in the first place.

These often dont trigger for no apparent reason.

It doesnt add much to the world.

Meta Quest 3 on an astral background

Then theres the whetstone.

Or rather, there isnt.

In response,the whetstone was repurposed into an optional, reusable damage buff.

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Removing the whetstone saved its combat, but its philosophy can still be felt in so many other respects.

Thats true of Tails of Iron 2 and Arlo, but it now goes a step further.

Theres a drive and purpose to restoring Winters Edge that far supersedes The Crimson Keep.

Tails of Iron 2 screenshot of an ancient stone statue to an enormous bat, covered in frost, with the word ‘Review’ above.

What works in Tails of Iron 2 works better than its predecessor.

But the additions weaken the formula.

Many of the new ideas feel out of place, underused, and poorly implemented.

Tails of Iron 2 Arlo preparing to fight a giant frog.

More often than not, they simply get in the way rather than adding anything of value.

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