The ex-Apple Arcade exclusive action-adventure RPG Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm will be launching on Nintendo Switch on 28th October, it's been confirmed.
The game has players embarking on "an epic adventure through a gorgeous open world, in an attempt to save Gaia by uniting the land folk against imminent danger." It'll be available for €29.99 / $29.99 / £29.99 when it launches later this month, but pre-orders – starting on the 21st – will include a 10% discount.
"We are extremely excited to be at the finish line of this important milestone for Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm,” says Heikki Repo, Creative Director of developer Cornfox & Brothers. "Nintendo Switch is such an ideal platform for this type of game, providing smooth controls and an overall enjoyable experience that feels natural. We can’t wait for everyone to try it out for themselves!"
We had pretty mixed feelings on the first game when it came to Switch in 2017, so hopefully this second title – actually a prequel to the first – will fair a little better. In our review of the first game, we said:
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas is an ambitious title that does some things rather well, finding a way to endear itself to players. It has a few problems, some from design choices and others from its mobile legacy that should have been adjusted for console, but what it doesn't lack is heart. The desire of the developers to pay homage to classic adventure series, but in their own way, shines through.
Naturally, we'll have a review of this new Oceanhorn game for you a little nearer to release, too. Stay tuned for that, and share your thoughts with us in the comments below.
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Forgot about this game! Man seeing it, reminds me of fable. Loved that game. Def buying this day one.
€30 or $30 or £30. This pricing is just barking mad. $30 is £22. This is just a disgusting rip-off.
@popey1980 Yeah, it's just a lousy ripoff of Colossal Cave Adventure, just like Zelda.
@Agriculture Dayum son, that’s some history right ther
I used to love me some text-based adventure games!
The main character looks generic, I wish it had a customizable one. Despite that, I might give this game a shot.
First game was great - on iOS. It sucked, frankly, on Switch - not because it was a bad port, per se, but the character movement was so frustrating on a real console, and the environments felt cramped.
Played this briefly on iOS and had the opposite problem - this is so clearly made for a tablet sized screen with physical controls it was hard to manage on my giant iPhone. So weirdly, excited to finally try it on my Switch where it feels like it belongs. And if you haven't played the first one you should try it - but on your phone.
Never had an interest in the original, for the admittedly rather petulant reason that it was marketed towards people who wanted Zelda but felt entitled to have it on their iPhone instead of purchasing Nintendo hardware. This one, though feels and looks like it's doing its own thing, so I'll definitely check it out.
First game was fun. Will get the second one for sure.
I'm all in. Will be grabbing this on day 1
Not worth it at $30.
Played it on Apple Arcade and it deserves the 66 Metacritic It got. Did not care to finish it.
Genshin Impact runs circles around this.
It'll be day one for me!
I appreciated that the dev has focused on bringing this to switch and hope the improved controls over mobile will lead to better review scores.
I'm cautiously optimistic.
The pricing seems a bit too much outside of the US seems like they are just going with the same number to make it look like the same value everywhere without taking into account that in the UK that makes the game far more expensive so I won't even consider getting it. It works out at $39.19 in comparison to the US price.
@YaseenSaeed a rip off of which game.
Looks nothing like link. Link has a sharper nose and sharper ears and foreheads a little shorter and wider chin
Based on previous Oceanhorn and iOS reviews for Oceanhorn 2, it sounds like it's at least as good as the first. If it's fun, I'm interested.
@Agramonte I finished it and 66 is generous.
Lets hope it plays as good as it looks 😍
@Fulkaffe seriously if it does it'll be one of the best games of the year. In some ways I think it looks better than Breath of the Wild.
How many games are just going to blatantly rip off Breath of the Wild
It got fairly middling reviews on Apple Arcade, although it does look quite charming. One for a sale, perhaps.
@ummyeahnintendo they're not ripping off Breath of the Wild, Nintendo set off a trend and people are following. It should not only help drive up Breath of the Wild 2's sales but should also help invigorate and drive the evolution of the open world genre.
How about someone publishing a Physical version. As to Ripoff or cloning that how games are going for open world. I do say the color outfit is too close to Zelda outfit. That should be changed. Beyond that as long as it's not a Gannon quest then I am fine with it just like Genshijn quest then I can live with it. All games will start to look like Zelda and that is a given don't like them then don't buy or talk about them. Doing that means you want them but try to not admit it.
$29.99 kinda steep for a mobile game port. The original was $7.99 on iOS. Oceanhorn is a well done game but this should be a $14.99 price point on Switch at most.
The music in that trailer reminds me of the Mana games.
Genshin Impact is really spoiling me right now, I'll probably have to wait on this one for a bit.
I feel a mix of Fable, Zelda and Mana when I see this game. I'm totally in!!
The first one was really meh so I expect nothing for this one.
The first Oceanhorn had a lot of potential, just let down in a few key categories like very basic puzzles and a lack of any real interesting identity.
But I do think the devs were passionate about it, and was really peeved that 2 was set to be an Apple Arcade exclusive.
But I'll pick it up day one just to support indie devs that want to do something a little more traditional like a Zelda.
I am honestly pretty stoked for this one, and have been since i saw the first trailer of the game. I just hope it doesn't disappoint!
The first Oceanhorn was great. Especially if you got it on sail (Get it?).
This is my #1 requested port. Thank the maker it's before the November heavy hitters come on.
Getting this day 1. Only 2 weeks left
Looks so much better than the first; the first one I bought and wanted my money back after 2 hours cause it felt like where it came from: a phone. The graphics on this one present more widescreen vs. the first one's cell phone screen dimension feeling.
I actually enjoyed this on Switch. I understand where people get it feeling like a mobile title, but it had some meat to it. For the price, I wasn’t disappointed.
Of course, this brings me to this title, and price is likely to keep this from being a day one purchase. I just don’t see me dropping $30 on this. I know it will most likely get a huge discount around Christmas.
I’ll wait for that like I did the first one.
@NGNYS Honestly- it looks great on the outside, but for me, playing this on Apple Arcade on my Apple TV, it's pretty obvious this game had barely any to no destructive testing and can be easily broken if you are dirty minded. Bugs such as clips, collision seams, repeating audio, and such are everywhere. But if you really want to play it, just pay 6$ for a month of Apple Arcade and try it out- don't pay 30$.
Just my opinion.
No offense intended,
~@redpanda0310
I hope not every enemy has the health pool as that beetle otherwise there is much less incentive to physical CQC.
@ummyeahnintendo This game is nothing like botw, it was inspired by the zeldas PRIOR to it. if anything it's a lot closer to the old 3d zeldas up to, but not including BoTW. Genshin and phoenix rising are the BoTW inspired ones. and there is nothing wrong with that either. Every once in a while a game is so good it inspires a new generation of games. Metroidvania for example is literal genre because castlevania/metroid invented it. Does that mean Ori is a blatant ripoff? No, it just jumped onto a genre that was clearly winner and credit were credit is do for the two games that sparked that genre, but don't dismiss a different game for pushing that genre forward.
I recently re-re-played the best zelda-esque game available on switch. I think its name is breath of the wild. Not feeling like playing another rip-off
I'll wait for a sale.
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