REMNANT II®

the game is making thing really complicated than it should be . the storyline and grinding mechanic are really bad

yep buy it! you need some friend who willing to duo u all the way. Otherwise just beat it and experience the fun.

Incredible depth of build crafting. Many enemy types. The amount of secrets hidden in the game is quite insane so get ready to play through multiple times, and discover new things every playthrough. Can be a grind to get all the pieces of your build, as you need to roll prisms and look for hidden items.

Dark Souls and Destiny 2 had a child and it was called Remnant. Then, they had another baby and they called it Remnant 2.

Pick it up on sale or wait for Remnant (the first game) to be Free again on EPIC and just get that (and if you haven't been getting a free game on EPIC every week for the last several years then what the F*&^ are you doing?).

Very much like the first one from what I've played so far.

It starts off fun and there is a ton of replay-ability and deep dive content, even more than the first one..... BUT, its just to hide the poor design and crap mechanics. The elites and boss are some of the shittiest designed fights I have ever fought in 3+ decades of gaming. True Souls games have easier bosses and better mechanics than this game. Shit, ill take Radahn again please pre nerf for every fight and the shit would be better. BS damage checks, stupid mechanics to 2 tap you through MAX Armor & DR and so many stagger locks. So much aoe shit on the ground you cant even see the next attack and enemies that just "appear" in locations behind you after you have cleared everything mid fight to shank you in the back to then chain lock and kill you. Unless you exploit something in the game you basically HAVE to run their infinite stamina dodge everything build or die play style, IF you can find the ring. There is no real experimentation, just bad damage. Leveling takes forever and the random runs make trying to force a build almost impossible. Killing bosses even in "Normal" mode takes friggen forever when trying to level something to then go back to "max" difficulty content as you basically just get murked without max class damage. I just cant do this anymore and am killing the game at 90% achievement completion. (85 Hours)
There were a few really good fights, but most should just be a straight punch to the designers nuts. Please do NOT do this shit in Remnant 3. Go back to first game boss/elite design but keep the immersion and expanse of 2.

i love the almost endless replayability and challenges this game presents. i used to play this constantly on console before making the switch to pc. on top of the story being really fun and everything looking incredible, this game also really encourages teamwork and communication. the community that i've met here is always really helpful and i can't wait to pay it forward.

6.5/10 - Above average/mediocre fun, not quite great, amazing or perfect. Great concept and foundation, very flawed execution.
Most negative reviews give better more accurate criticism.

I'd recommend it, but on discount with a casual attitude and time investment. Little purpose or incentive to try harder modes, specially hardcore other than for items and clout. It's a fun game, fun overall feel, mechanics and concept. Fun gunplay, diverse items and melee combat. It's cool there are other hidden and thoughtful puzzle designs. Shooting, the guns and melee combat system are all interesting. I really do like the Co-op style, flexibility optional aspects of the game that never really trap you or your character.

I played on Veteran from the start, occasional nightmare content. Easiest mode seems stupidly easy, maybe for a lazy game rush experience, the story isn't that worth it though. Lot's of options and modes overall. A really cool concept, that missed the mark in a lot of ways, but an impressive attempt.

Some flaws:
Campaign and world feels so small and insignificant after beating it. All the RPG elements in the game seem tedious and irrelevant, or slow because you'll be done and beat it before getting to utilize or play with it enough. The story ends abruptly, while small stories within it might be interesting, it's random, and almost senseless campaign story. A lack of explanation, depth or logic the more you go into it. It seems like they rely on DLCs much for the game appeal, I haven't gotten any yet.

Maps, travel, "puzzles", etc. are slow and tedious. There is a lack of telegraphing in this game, from enemy attacks, certain actions or items or designating hidden areas. Just a complete and overall lack of intuition exercised, yu'll need to look up online how to trigger things, since too little in game is explained. Grammar and text errors on gear/items I noticed.

A lot of the enemies Ai, outside of bosses (sometimes bosses) are just too simplistic, numerous and just tedious, given how often they respawn and the game has you run through the same spots over and over. Pets behave stupid a lot.

UI has room for improvements, especially in menu space.

Better control or easy of direction leading a co-op, waiting on players and certain inconveniences of multiplayer exist.

Some movement aspects are clunky, with dodging, ledges, rolls, touching, interaction speed, cast speeds, mod usage. Friendly fire with weapon and mod designs are annoying, especially with pets.

The trait system seems very oddly and poorly balanced, with lots of junk stats or stats that should be default (like friendly fire reduction) and gear in this game. Too much stuff or content just seems useless or inferior; pointless and horrible scaling or balance. A lot of situational stuff, mods, rings, relics that have fun effects but too much content it won't apply to.

The game can eat up your time, it's tedious, too much running and forcing my eyes going wild trying to find where things are or puzzles, hidden areas, items, interactions. Again the game needs to lead players better; have something in game to read and be a bit more obvious visually. There is tons of visual clutter, mind you some "puzzles" are, but like half are not. Like wearing items to trigger something, at specific locations: Should be a plaque that you read hinting it or something.

Sub-optimal tech performance both for the PC and internet connection side.

Additional thoughts:

The game is fun, I'm a completionist and this kind of shooter RPG genre is my cup of tea, but the game is effectively short in it's good content, too tedious for the content offered, despite map sizes being large, and visually filled, but managing to be and feel empty, depressing and bland; of which you have little impact on.

I have way more hours than I should, because I left the game on and AFKd half of the time or more with it running. Some of the game is very fun, other parts tedious and time consuming. I also spent more time than I feel worth it.

The game could use more scenario content, like Boss Rush.

A fantastic third person shooter action rpg, it has a lot of replay value and is a blast to play both solo and even better in coop.

Well, the gameplay is good and addictive. It's a fast-paced shooter with souls-like elements. The replayability is great if you're a curious gamer.

However, the majority of the most interesting content is not explorable without a guide that is available online. Here's an easy example:

There is one unlockable class that requires you to explore or go to an unpredictable spot on the map and take some items from there. It sounds interesting as an exploration aspect, right? But the problem is that this unpredictable spot is covered by poisonous smoke, which indicates, "This is the edge of the map. Turn back!" There's no way you want to (or even know that you need to) explore a spot that the game clearly marks as the end of the map.

At the end of the day, I'm not going to lie this game is really fun. It's a solo-friendly, fast-paced, smooth, and action-packed shooter. You can synergize your build with many useful items and weapons. This game is a dopamine booster.

I recommend this game as just a fun experience. If you want to explore and find things on your own, you absolutely can. But, you might only discover a small portion of the content. You'll need to google the majority of the content you're searching for.

I loved Remnant 2 for its thrilling combat, diverse archetypes, stunning visuals, and endless replayability, but the map design felt confusing and hard to navigate. Great game overall!

Aimless run and gun while collecting rings to do absolutely nothing with because most of them are useless. No armors, no armor upgrades, sparse resources with no way to obtain them otherwise, final boss is a bullet hell but easily predictable and frankly did not have fun with the game.

Got this game on sale. Huge value for 50% off. So far its a fun game. Gun play is great. The co-op is fantastic. Can be a hard game for the weak.

I waited for a decent sale to pick up this game and play it with a few of my friends. The current state of the game (post DLC 3 & Boss rush release) is incredible! Feels fleshed out, the Prism system is a great addition, and i don't think anything is particularly lacking. Lots of content, gameplay loop is satisfying, and the stories within the different worlds are enjoyable. If you are a fan of the first game, or just enjoy a competent souls like experience, this one is for you.

The performance is poor on the Dark Horizon DLC and select zones, notably in the open areas. Other than that, the game runs fine with my specs (Win 10, i7-9700KF, 1080TI) although i am playing with low settings to have a stable 60FPS.

Very good game. Nice to play with friends and random people are nice and helpful.

It's pretty good. 7/10

Good replay ability which is a strong suit of the Remnant games.

It's also a pretty easy (in my opinion) souls like game due to the focus on ranged combat over melee.

Fun with friends, good aesthetic, although I miss the Remnant 1 zones and for some reason feel like the first game was more memorable and interesting, despite being more restrictive with builds. Remnant 2 definitely has way more builds available and they're all equally fun and viable.

DLCs are hit or miss and unfortunately re-hash old content but overall add some fun items to the game.

Good to play solo, but I'd rather play it with friends if I had to pick it up again.

Played the first one and absolutely loved it! Only real problem is i finished the game and all the DLCs very fast...Luckily there is a lot to do still! I need me the Archon Set~

I just can't. This game is so mediocre. I got it when it was like half-off during the winter sale, and even then I feel like it wasn't worth it.

Which is weird, since it improves on a few things the first Remnant was Meh on, but it also maintains a lot of Remnant 1's Meh. The shooting remains good, melee builds are actually really viable, the buildcrafting is pretty cool with the Archetypes and stuff... BUT they severely knee-capped the rate of scrap/material collection so there's next to no room for experimentation (armor doesn't upgrade anymore, which is absolutely a negative in my book, but that doesn't balance out the rate-drop). Also, adding platforming in a game without a dedicated jump button (you have to dodge roll at an edge to launch into a jump in this game) is ESPECIALLY frustrating when the ledge-grab mechanic they have doesn't even work half the time (and there's no clear indication of what is a ledge you can grab and what will just drop you to your death). On top of that, the story pacing is way too fast, and the ending is a huge, unexplained wet fart (which bugged out on me because apparently NPCs are supposed to comment post-end on what happened, and none of mine say anything but the usual).

I really wish there was a "MEH" option for Recommendations, because I don't feel strongly that this game sucks, but it's so MEH and mediocre, making everything so laborious while making enough changes to gameplay that it feels kind of improved but not really. I didn't expect much story, considering the first game's story was a huge mess, but this somehow is even more disappointing due to the confusion it leaves behind in the wake of most major "cutscenes".

I would not recommend this overall, but I would say it's okay to get it if you don't mind insane grinding and horrible storytelling, or you simply want to go do co-op stuff with friends (there are several Archetypes devoted to party support) since the core gameplay is still fun on its own. You might enjoy it more than I did, but I judge games on the whole rather than by one piece of it I may have enjoyed (like the Flautist or the Dog from being Handler).

But the game, as a whole, is just not good. It's not BAD, like 4/10 IGN score or whatev, but it's not above a 6 if you REALLY want a number score out of me. It's a "get it when it's on sale for 50% AT LEAST" kind of game.

AND IF YOU DO BUY IT TO PLAY SOLO, pick the Handler Archetype because it comes with Dog. Dog is good friend, best friend. You can pet Dog. Dog can support. Dog can aggro. Dog can revive you. Trust in Dog.

I went into this game without ever playing or watching anything on the first and it was still one of the best fairly current titles on my list. Didn't want to write anything until I finished it all but Its a solid buy.

Great so far, reminds me of playing the Gears of war games years ago which I adored, lots of action and interesting things going on. Good looking game, decent music/sounds, pretty immersive. Lose track of time playing this.

Currently at Yaesha and enjoying the game. It lacks something the first had, but not much. Maybe it's that they stretched the engine and the optimization is...meh.

That being said, difficult but satisfying combat as long as you play Veteran or higher. Beneath that it feels mostly perfunctory. Worth the purchase, but I don't envision replaying as much as the first unless something changes.

There is definetly a learning curve you have to get through if this is your first remnant game but once you get into it it's incredibly fun, i'd argue you don't even need friends but it does elevate the experience to a higher plane. 9/10 gunkata souls game

9/10 map is large, third person shooting game, it is fun to play.

Advertises as crossplay but it just doesn't work. You have to link an epic account, and even after doing that, crossplay just doesn't work. I tried opening the friends panel and it just wouldn't open, even with the epic games launcher open. My gf couldn't invite me through epic either. If you're looking to play this game crossplay, don't bother.

The first one was really good but this one is way better and plays smooth.

Extremely good game, will always recommend.

Genuinely a good upgrade in gameplay and mechanics since From the Ashes. Plus you get to visit fantasy london, or just london.

its a fun take on a souls like has fun gun play and co-op the campaign isn't too long with a lot more world building and story if your a completionist only issue i had was with a few "puzzles" that came across as more dickish than problem solving but a quick web search and you'll be pointed in the right direction

Tomb Raider on steroids.
Brilliant game, albeit not one you want to try alone. You are going to need help, whether it's just in the fighting or for the series of extremely clever maps and puzzles. Failing that, Youtube is a must!
Now it's appearing on sale, there's no excuse not to get it and all the DLC.

I'm writing this review just as I got all achievements for this game (which requires all 3 DLCs). This game has become one of my fav games of all time. If you like exploring and finding secrets, tight ranged combat and experimenting with different playstyles and builds, this game is for you! If you have friends to play with, even better, because the co-op in this game is fantastic! To me, I think the one area that disappointed me is the campaign storyline, which had an overwhelming ending, which sucks considering the last boss is so epic. But the 3 different worlds you will explore have very interesting themes and storylines of their own, so that makes up for it (especially if you purchase the DLCs).

I hope you have fun with this game and support the dev team that did a fantastic job with it. I already have Remnant: From the Ashes wishlist and will probably play it at some point. Can't wait to see the future of this franchise

Best third person action shooter I've played. No playthrough is the same with the procedurely generated areas. Really fun with co-op online just wish they allowed cross play between console and PC. Puzzles, Combat and Story are all great really well done 9/10.

Don't even know where to start. A pristine, expertly crafted looter shooter gameplay loop set in a magnificent multiverse of madness that refuses to justify itself and never stops surprising. GOATed out the ass, some of the most fun I have ever had with a computer.

It needs an optimization patch badly, but this is still a game with thousands of hours of potential fun. Just get it already.

I liked Remnant 1, but unfortunately certain changes in the second did not work for me.

This is a co-op game and is not designed for solo players.

If you have a partner or a friend, you will truly enjoy it. This game fosters a sense of harmony between you and your friends. I recommend that anyone interested in playing it do so with a friend who has a similar skill level; otherwise, you may struggle to keep up with each other.

Overall, considering all factors, the game is definitely fun to play.

A big step up from Remnant 1. The visuals, audio, and responsiveness are all significantly improved and the settings explored are experiences in their own right. The combat mechanics work nicely with plenty of build variety, so lots to toy with. Having friends to play with gets more value out of the game, but a solid pick on a discount either way.

Fun but,
It's a shame that it as a sequel, gave up the simplicity I used to love in Remnant1! Maps design feels unnecessarily overcomplicated, and 200% frustrating when you have to leave unsolved puzzles/unopened doors behind and are forced to go back and forth among multiple maps trying to find that one damn key, when all I really need is blood!! I'm here for the intriguing gun-shooting not the not-so-well-made puzzle-solving GUNFIRE GAMES!!!

never really been heavy on souls likes and idk if its because this one has guns or if its the co-op that kept me playing but i genuinely really love launching this game up and coming up with broken ass builds.

very cool!!!!

Im bad at souls likes, but this game has got me hooked. Its been a long time since a game really had its claws in me, making me want to play. Destiny 2 was the last one and its been 3 years since I've played that. I, a random person on the internet whose opinion doesn't normally matter,recommend this game.

its good game but the problem is my friend wont play it with me they said its too scary or we need to play it 3am they have million reason not to play it im so sick of them i just want to play it. However i recommend it good game
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Abhorrent performance when playing despite owning a top of the line AMD card. 4K at high settings ran at an average of 62fps but would CONSTANTLY stutter when trying to render in LODs (moving the camera around at high speeds confirmed this is the thing causing the performance drain). Maybe UE5 is to blame with Nanite? either way; shit ass performance for a shit ass game on a high end rig.

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A prime example of a developer thinking that making a "souls-like" is an excuse for including the most annoying bs they can think of because "it's supposed to be hard". Examples include;

-Narrow walkways everywhere, especially in the DLC areas, without a dedicated jump button and where a lot of enemy attacks can send you flying or staggering off the edge to insta-death (when you're not simply fumbling a jump on your own thanks to that context sensitive jump action).

-Enemies and Bosses with way too much health making a lot of the fights a slog. Additionally, many bosses have either no weakpoint or very small windows of vulnerability and will endlessly swamp you with adds, so simply waiting for your character to stand up from getting thrown around by mobs or a ranged attack and then get into position to shoot will waste an entire window. Maybe this could be mitigated by just upgrading my weapons, but that leads me to:

-The game is VERY stingy with scrap (money) found while adventuring. Only one amulet that spawns as a random drop in one of the worlds allows you to increase the pickup amount, and there aren't any traits that increase it unlike the first game. This means that in the early and mid game you are constantly strapped for cash so you cant even use up all your upgrade materials. Ignore all the weapons you find. Pick dedicated loadout early on and stick with it. It simply costs way to much to try experimenting. It seems like only after you've found most of the items (rings/amulets/etc) after multiple runs (you get extra scrap instead of duplicates) do you finally start feeling like you're making a decent amount of cash to try different builds.

-Also, on the point of experimenting with new weapons you find. Can one of these souls-likes please give us a non-upgraded comparison? It tells me nothing that my +5 gun is better than the new gun I just found. I could have guessed that on my own, and I don't want to commit the resources to get them both to the same level just to find out.

-Also, most weapons just suck. They have small magazines, take way too long to reload, they're married to mods which suck (even if the developers didn't want us taking off those mods to put on something else, at least let us override it with another general one), the special mechanics for using them are unclear or make using them less fun (*cough* monorail *cough). Feel free to try them out at the firing range if you want, but I found very few beyond the basic guns that you can buy from the home base merchant that are reliable.

-This game does not have scythes. It has oversized sickles. Scythes are 2 handed and should have a basic horizontal attack that is good for sweeping groups of enemies, akin to reaping a field. As a fan of scythes in games, I consider the claim that this game has scythes as an option for melee weapons to be false advertising.

-Heaps of rings and amulets that have the most bizzarly-circumstantial requirements for them to even do anything, rendering most of them useless trash that just takes up space in the inventory, and offering laughably small bonuses for the effort. I wish the game included an ignore tag so that I can clean up my inventory of all the items I'm never going to use.

-Continuing on from "laughably small bonuses"; the developers seem to have taken this into account in balancing, so you have heaps of avenues that you need to use to stack these small bonuses as high as you can, necessitating excessive theory-crafting and tweaking (Rings, amulets, mods, mutators, traits, class abilities and perks, prism fragments, consumables, grenades, status effects. and possibly more that I'm forgetting). I feel like I've spent almost as much time going through my collection of rings as I have adventuring. And even when you do focus-build for a specific advantage, you don't really feel very powerful for it. If that's your thing then I thank you for potentially contributing to the online guides and calculators that make games like this playable for the rest of us.

-Weapon mods that are horribly unreliable. Because having my special ability do what it says on the tin would be too powerful I guess? ("An ability that makes all attacks count as weakpoint hits for 5 seconds!? That's way too strong! Make it dependant on a massive projectile that will get deflected by the smallest object in the way (especially if the player is trying to peek around cover) and have the ability straight up do nothing against certain bosses.)

-The unreliable weapon mods, small windows of vulnerability, and getting thrown around by enemy attacks will often combine to mean that you'll almost never be able to get a combo off and even when you do, it's barely do that much damage anyway.

-The story is barebones on a single playthrough and the ending makes no damn sense. You have to play through multiple times, re-rolling for all the different quests and events, to get the full story. And even then it's not anything to write home about. Another bad and poorly-executed souls-like feature that's equally unfulfilling and unnecessary.

-Combat is clearly balanced around multiplayer, with no little-to-no discernible changes if you're playing singleplayer, meaning you will be swamped by endless swarms of enemies and everything will be way more bullet-spongy than it should. It seems that in this game's opinion; "If you're playing on your own, then you're already playing the game wrong".

-Lastly, the game is poorly optimized. Loading times are way too long and I keep getting bouts of sub-30 fps which in the middle of combat is simply unacceptable by modern standards.

The are more criticisms I can list, but this review is long enough. Hopefully, you get the point by now. The only way I can recommend this game is if you have 2 friends to play it with (the co-op is 3 players max for some reason?). Now that isn't a good thing (playing with friends makes almost anything a lot better), and even then there's a strong chance at least one of you will find this unplayable. Better yet, play the first game instead. It has it's own issues but it's sooo much more basic and is more fun for it.

One of the best Souls-like available on the market - 10/10.
It took every best aspect of From the Ashes and even more, world are expanded, improved combat - you literally hit what you shoot which is crazy that some souls likes cannot do that, fun part of the game was re-rolling the campaign to find that loot from the guide that you need for your build, replayability is present thanks to procedural generation, every campaign feels like its new but its only on first 20 hours of gameplay, afterwards you'll be seeing similar patterns in some locations and calling out "I've been there before", Boss fights are some much fun in comparison with prev game cause Bosses had only a few attack patterns but now they do all crazy shit me and my homies were cracking on what the hell was even that move, world is really atmospheric with the world and lore, I do prefer base game lore over dlc cause I almost skipped every possible dialogue in dlcs but still very nice, having cool drip while rocking OP build to one shot Bosses feels so much fun, especially when you friend said he won't log in today and you start to re-roll the campaign to find that one set to humble his in-game looks feels great, Gunfire Games cooked on this game from the beggining to the very end - ofc 10/10

The perfect harmony of guns going boom, deep lore, and in depth RPG mechanics. I love it.

its fun but imo 1st game was better the new gem system is great but grinding xp is a drag

copy paste remnant from the ashes items everything. literally just Ctrl+C old game Ctrl+V into remnants 2
not only that the game flops hard af incomparison to remnants from the ashes in mobs areas and bosses just feels like a huge slack off in the copy paste of designs to the mechanics of new mobs and bosses

Atmospheric and varied level design consistently brings you to new worlds modeled after different genres long before the surroundings can become stale. Dynamic and fun above all else. A co-op team's dream come true.

Builds and weapons are significantly better than previous game. Maps are great. Bosses are a good mix. Trait point cap is bad. Rings are excessive in number with very few allowing better combinations.

Remnant 2 takes a unique approach by combining a third-person shooter with the mechanics and difficulty of a Dark Souls-style game. While this concept is intriguing, the execution falls short of delivering a truly memorable experience. The core gameplay is solid, with tight shooting mechanics and the occasional engaging boss fight, but it struggles to sustain interest for the long haul.

One of the game’s biggest issues is its final boss, which introduces a sudden and extreme difficulty spike. Up to that point, most of the bosses present a fair and manageable challenge, but the final fight feels more frustrating than rewarding, leaving a sour taste as the game wraps up. Compounding this is the story, which is utterly forgettable. There’s little to no reason to care about the world or its lore, making the journey feel hollow.

Post-game, Remnant 2 shifts focus to its grind-heavy endgame, which allows players to invest hundreds of hours building and optimizing their characters. While some may find this depth appealing, the gameplay loop simply wasn’t engaging enough for me to pursue it. The repetitive nature of the endgame content combined with a lack of meaningful variety made it easy to step away rather than dive in further.

Overall, Remnant 2 offers an interesting concept but is undermined by an unmemorable story, uneven difficulty, and an overly grindy endgame that fails to justify the time investment. It’s a game that may appeal to hardcore fans of the genre but left me feeling underwhelmed.

6/10 (7/10 with friends) I would not recommend this game unless you love dark souls and grinding games.

Easily one of the funnest games I've played in a while.

•Gun-play is snappy and feels impactful

•Enemies (especially on harder difficulties) are challenging and engaging tests of skill

•The main story is it's weakest point but this is not true for the different worlds stories themselves.

Also I found the final boss of the game to be one of the best bosses in the genre.

Hey game devs, instead of releasing another dlc how about we take time to program the game to launch correctly and NOT hijack my entire computer with a black screen so I cant do anything but shut it down entirely. This is the only game that does this. Unbelievable