Creeper World 2: Anniversary Edition

Old but Gold.

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I love the Creeper World games and enjoyed most of the second installment, except for the time based trial-and-error levels.
They just aren't fun, just frustrating, and I haven't finished the game completely because of one of those.

Back to Creeper World 4, the boss.

This installment into the Creeper World series brings a literal change in perspective. The original top-down tower defense switches to a side-view.

The general gist of fighting off an endlessly oncoming liquid remains the same, however in this adventure, you will be digging through a narrow segment of the game world in order to get to the root of the threat.

The change is certainly interesting and refreshes the gameplay quite a bit. Mainly in the sense where it's difficult to tell by sight how much Creeper is located in an area. A single square can hold massive amounts of Creeper. Once you unleash them, well... Best hope you're prepared because that one square might devour you!

Not everyone might like this type of gameplay but as the second installment, it's certainly a test to see something different from the creator and it's definitely great to see that a small developer explores options. The third installment falls back to the first game and improves upon it. But I do think this game is a breath of fresh air.

At first I avoided this one in the Creeper World Franchise. I was introduced at 3, played 1 for the nostalgia, and love 4. This one just felt too different. I am so glad I finally sat down and played through this one. Uniquely different, the 2D aspect of the game provides a challenge I had not seen before, and when the final Victory! popped up when I completed the game I was surprised to find myself sad it was finished. While it is not at the top of my list when ranking the Creeper World games, I would still recommended it to those looking to experience gameplay in a different way.

For a flash game imported onto the Steam store page for $5, Creeper World 2: Anniversary Edition is not horrendous. Still, it is mediocre to the point where you would much rather play one of the most recent titles in the series rather than a SWF artifact. In terms of gameplay, each level has the player slowly build up their resources with a few bonuses here and there to create the illusion of diverse level design. After a few hours, whatever charm that this video game withers completely, and the only incentive to continue playing is to get all the achievements or have the right to say you beat this title in the Creeper World. In other words, you would have to suffer from some sort of mania.

I love the Creeper World games.

Creeper World 2 is fantastic little puzzle and real-time-with-pause strategy game. It's fairly simple and easy to pick up, but will require some persistence and head scratching to progress. The game doesn't tell you everything you need to do, such as arming certain units, and so some of the finer gameplay details are hidden for you to delight in discovering.

A real gem!

It's Creeper World. IYKYK

Perfect game for dull perfectionists.

This is far and away the worst creeper world game. The first one I can concede some finicky-ness because of age, but it's top down perspective made it bearable. This one's style is beyond atrocious, I was mostly playing it through for the sick creeper world lore but it's become intolerable. Mission 19 was the breaking point for me. It's a long slog that also requires you to be fast. I could get all the bunkers except the last one because 15 mil density and those drones who are legit invincible make it just obnoxious to crack.

I enjoyed it at first but halfway through the missions it AWFUL. I emphatically do not recommend this game. It has been a waste of my time.

flood the creeper with odd white viscous liquid

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Having barely touched the web version of this as a kid, I was pleasantly surprised to find the gameplay of this installment is a fun twist on what the first game had to offer. It keeps things progressing in the usual Creeper World style, but with far more emphasis on micro-managing units and resources, leading to some very challenging, yet fun, stages in the later story missions. A good bit of content, especially for the cheap price, and an installment to the series that holds up well to this day.

It's a little different than Creeper World 1, 3, and 4, in that it is a side view instead of a top down view. I liked the variation, recommended if you like the Creeper World series.

Hidden gem. From the initial screenshots, it doesn't look like much but this is a puzzle game that puts you against the "Creep" and it's set of tools to take you down. The game is always putting you at a stalemate with the enemy and you have to work out the fastest/safest way to destroy all Creep on the map.

The premise is the same as the previous game, but instead is remixed and presented in that classic DigDug 2D view.

My only complaint with the game was the final level spoiled my experience.
You will get to the end and fight "The Nexus" and if you don't Google how to beat it, you probably won't work out how to do it. Aim 1 lasers at it as these are costly to run, and keep throwing Conversion bombs at it. You'll see the health tick down slowly, its a slow process but will get you the win. Be cautious of the constant spawning enemies, they'll happily use your Rift to get up to the top and win the game

Similar to Creeper World 1, High tempo electronic combat music... building and stopping the creep from underground. I guess I have to like it.

Graphics: Similar tileset and design to Creeper World 1. You can parse this game if you can parse Creeper World 1, but if you have any color problems telling blue/grey/white apart you are going to struggle with creep vs anti-creep.

Gameplay: Imagine taking the concepts of Creeper World 1, making it subterranean and instead of having the area around your ship gather energy it provides the light that powers the buildings around it. Upgrades have been changed from something you collect on the map to a resource you can divert energy to create (or find.) YOU CAN TURN OFF THE AIR RAID SIREN... THANK THE HEAVENS SOMEONE WAS SMART! Final mission has a jump scare, I hate you for having this stupid forced explosion.

Story: You play a commander who has a dispute with the alliance about the truth being given to a panel. The admiral keeps you busy sending you to planets while they fend off invading forces at home. You have to jump around the galaxy (without a map because tiled story missions are in and a galaxy map is out :( ) and save the universe. Yeah its about as bland as the first, but you get pictures of the characters.

I will give props, THE MUSIC IS GOOD. When did the development team go clubbing, because the DJ was rad and a serious inspiration to overstay a few of the levels.

The worst part about this is there are several "Race to the rescue" missions that have a timer but because of the light system you may not know unless you catch where the emitters are and where the cracked dirt is.

Games this good make you realize how bad steam's review system is, because people will negatively review the game just to make sure it's got negative reviews. But, you can't really make them prove that they mean their recommendation. So there's no way to fix that.

But seriously, perfect game. 1 and 3 are better in my opinion, but this one is still essentially flawless!

I really like this version of the attrition based anti creeper gameplay.

CW2 is probably my second favorite game in the Creeper World series (just behind 3).
The change in perspective gives the game a more puzzle game vibe and the level designs also tend to lean more in that direction.

Highly recommended.

Great game! I quite enjoyed how well this game scratched my time management, resource management, ant tactical thinking simultaneously. My biggest complaint is that there isn't another one I can buy. A great innovation on the standard creeper world series. 100% would recommend!

this is a weird, experimental entry between the janky CW1 and the polished CW3. the difficulty curve makes a little more sense, but just barely. i like the side-scroller view instead of the top-down perspective in the other games and it really helps differentiate the two flash-based CW games. please let me use dark beam in more levels

I prefer the missions that were available on Kongregate. I wish I could play those missions on this version. But it's still my favorite of the Creeper World games.

After over a decade of attempting to beat this game, hitting extreme difficulty spike walls, and quitting for years at a time, I finally beat the game 100%! It's not as initially enjoyable as the first game, but it's honestly pretty excellent once you get the hang of it. The final five bonus levels in particular are a blast to play! If you're looking for a hardcore difficulty tower defense / territory conquer game, this is the game for you.

This is effectively the Zelda 2 of the series for a ton of reasons. Creeper World 1 is top down perspective, has a gentle difficulty slope, and feels fair to play, just like Zelda 1. It's a zen difficult game where even the trickiest levels can feel calming to slowly conquer. Creeper World 2 on the other hand is a side view perspective, has multiple Extreme difficulty spikes, and can feel very unfair until you figure out the exact approach to take to beat the level after multiple attempts. It also adds a bunch of new building types, enemy types, anti-creeper, and gravity. Yes, it's literally raining creeper, and it's raining hard. Now to 100% Creeper World 3 (another top down title, so it's this series' Zelda 3: A Link to the Past) and 4 (a 3D version) before IXE (another side view game like CW2, but way better based on the previews) comes out...

Game is very good (not as good as CW1, but still good).

There is a bit of trial and error involved in later levels, but not a lot (my advice, save often in case you make a mistake, and don't be afraid to experiment and just see what happens).

The one sore spot in this entire game: Level 13 (Horror). This is one of THE MOST EXCRUCIATING levels in any game I have every played. Even after seeing tutorials on YouTube on how to beat it, it still took me 1-2 hours to beat it. I had 5-6 saves for this level, at various points, and I kept coming back to at least 1-2 prior checkpoints. Otherwise this would have taken me even longer. Most levels after this one are child's play by comparison.

Is good

You put the creeper on the skin or you get the nullifier again!

The missions were awesome until the last couple. After a while trial and error of loading and saving gets incredibly tiresome. I've spent the last hour trying to build a single building, and honestly I have absolutely no idea how to do anything at this point.

Levels are challenging but once you get used to them you can try to beat them in different ways. There are a ton of great player-made levels available to download. A great upgrade from CW 1 (although 1 and 3 are also great).

Though Caligula Simulator 2 is a sharp turn from the first one, it still captures the bottled lightning of the first title.

Good retro tactical game, in the later stages you have to hang in and survive and use your resources in different ways before you can think about how to achieve the mission - which is a good variation on tower defence. e.g. didn't use shields until Day 18 - and can't see how the stage is possible without them to hold off that creeper space invader.