Everhood 2

Everhood 2 is one of the most pleasantly surprising games I've ever reviewed. With sensational combat, bizarre vibes and banging tunes, you'd be a fool to skip past this out of this world RPG.

Even if I can't fully piece together what kind of an experience Everhood 2 wants to be, it's a rhythmic odyssey of bizarre proportions.

A surrealist caricature of vibrant colours, absurdist personalities, and warped music—Everhood 2 is the latest project from the creative minds of Chris Nordgren and Jordi Roca. Following Everhood in 2021, this sequel takes on the tough task of evolving what was already a strong concept. These are rhythm game battlers where the notes aren’t just your obstacles but also tools to fight back against your foe. With a strong identity for the strange and bizarre, this sequel will have you puzzl...

The strangest game I have ever played in my entire life is equal parts fascinating, frustrating, and complicated.

First released in 2021, Everhood became a surprise hit that arrived in the right place at the right time. We were still locked in our houses due to the pandemic, games were being postponed due to developmental setbacks, there was nothing new in the horizon at the time. That trippy nonsense of a game arrived like an LSD-drenched missile and captivated me with its weird art style, rhythm-based gameplay, and plot twists. It was, however, a typical case of a game you’d never expect a sequel to ...

While we wait for the final episodes of Deltarune to come out hopefully sometime before the end of this century, Everhood 2 acts as a fitting substitute for those looking for a subversive and strange RPG that defies conventions. Its distinct mixture of comedic storytelling, unique aesthetics, and rhythm-based combat gameplay all make this one easy to recommend, even if it can feel a little shallow in places. We’d suggest you add Everhood 2 to your library at some point; the experience is certainly well worth it, although it’s best approached with an open mind.

Death is an event horizon. On one side there's life, and everyone alive knows how that goes, and inevitably there's death but it's only seen through life's perspective. The body stops and becomes fertilizer for the next generation, and unless someone is lucky with immediate medical care, it's a one-way transition with no coming back. If there's anything after death that information isn't coming back to the world of the living, so maybe there's pearly gates, maybe a river with a ferryman needing a couple pennies for the fare or maybe it's every bit as strange as Everhood 2.

Compared to its predecessor, with a well-defined motif, Everhood 2 will give you whiplash from how often the story changes directions. That indecisiveness is ultimately its downfall, leaving you scratching your head and wondering, “Is that really how it ends?”

If you’ve been looking for something to scratch the itch left behind by games like Undertale and even Earthbound? I would strongly suggest looking into Everhood 2. It’s one of the most interesting games I’ve experienced, in nearly every way. It still is stuck in my mind, and I’m not sure if it will ever leave.

Between the fun gameplay and unique narrative, there's a lot to love in Everhood 2, but the apparent input delay and nauseating visuals leave me feeling mixed overall. It never feels like Everhood 2 does enough to distance itself from either its predecessor or similar games, but maybe that's exactly what some players will look for.

It's a game I'll have to revisit when I'm prepared to overstimulate myself for another twenty hours to complete some of the tougher challenges and possibly uncover more secrets that may have been hidden behind some one-hit encounters or an elevator code that unlocks more answers. In the meantime, I'll need to take a break from it because it was too much for my mind.