Pretty much like the first game, although you now get 1 extra hit point before each boss, making the experience a bit less frustrating. Weirdly, after the first phase of the final boss, there's a cutscene where he seems to give you an additional hit point but it actually sets your hp down to 1.

Like in the first game, the sections between the bosses have potential and should have been the focus, especially if puzzles had been added. This game has no puzzles as far as I can tell.

2.5H for completion without collectibles

It's a fine little game if you take it for what it is, that being a very short (I took 3 hours on the save where I ended up beating it) completely linear game that tells you where to go pretty much every step of the way. That is not a MV design fashion I've a fan of, but playing the game was fun taking it for what it was. It featured some decent puzzles and allright platforming as well as some pretty good environmental storytelling and setpieces. As someone who really disliked Teslagrad 1 this sequel improves of mostly all those issues. I don't remember any points in particular except for one where I forgot I was able to pick up things as it features in the start and never again until that point. I enjoyed the game, I really did. Is it worth 20 Euros? I wouldn't say that - grab it on a sale or in a fanatical bundle (I did the latter, it's still ongoing as of the time of posting this review).

Excellent metroidvania game with focus on movement and timing, Great art. The slide upgrade is so awesome that it makes every other metroidvania game worse, just because they don't have this slide move. Do better, all other metroidvanias, do better.

However, the final boss is trash.