Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm

Game Info

Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm, set a thousand years before the events of the first chapter, takes the player on a magical journey across the vast world of Gaia, brimming with mythology and lore. A young Knight faces an impossible challenge, as Warlock Mesmeroth has returned with a formidable Dark Army. Will the hero be able to unite the Owrus, Gillfolk, and men in a fight for the fate of the world? The hero will not be taking this journey alone. Trin, the granddaughter of Arcadia's leader Archimedes, and Gen, a mysterious robot wielding an old samurai weapon, will join forces with him, and fight at his side against Mesmeroth's Dark Army. Contextual commands will allow the player to direct these allies into battle, or have them help them with the solution of the game's most clever puzzles. Bigger, better, and packed with new features! Oceanhorn 2 is not only one of the best-looking adventure games out there, but it also builds a unique experience on the shoulder of classic video games. The player will collect powerful items, wield the Caster Gun, solve the mysterious puzzles of the ancients, and discover all that Arcadia and its neighboring kingdoms have to offer.

Name

Companies

Cornfox & Bros.

Released

9/19/2019

Platforms

Mac, Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, iOS

Engines

Unreal Engine 4

Type

Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie

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Top 10 Favorite Games: Elden Ring, Dark Souls III, Devil May Cry 5, Stray, God of War Ragnarök, Days Gone, Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm, The Last of Us Remastered, The Last of Us Part II, Inmost

Reviews

Saturday, March 29, 2025 8:18:26 PM

2 Steam users votes up

Natlaan

Steam user

I had a lot of fun playing Oceanhorn 2, which is a prequel to the first one. I recently started a second playthrough.
Exploration: Feels good and varied. You can even first-person-crawl through tight spaces like wooden logs. Plus you'll find interesting navigation-related tools along the main story.
Story: I like it and it's ties to the original Oceanhorn. However: At some points it does contradict OH1 lore.
Aesthetics: Colours, lighting, locations, details, enemy design are all really well done. Same basically goes for the UI (I just have a little gripe with how it acts when you have a certain tool equipped.)
Combat: Looks good, feels good and works. Hits feel impactful. Even has a perfect-parry feature that staggers/stuns enemies. Critical hits and other aspects that increase your damage are also a thing.
Puzzles: These are usually very basic, and when they're not there's often a pretty obvious hint. I suppose, they really wanted to make sure, nobody gets stuck ;-). To be fair, I used to be bad at puzzles and might have appreciated their low difficulty back then. Also there actually is one moment that had me thinking for a while.
Travelling: In addition to vehicle-based travel-sequences, there are big areas that mainly serve as a path from point A to B. Some people may want more content for these areas, but I think they're fine. It feels adventurous to just travel and enjoy the scenery once in a while. Also enemies occasionally fall from the sky (which is a bit weird) to mix it up a little. What I do not like is that the camera zooms out to give you more of a landscape view in these sections. I'd prefer to stay closer to my character.
Other: This game is pretty story-focused and not as metroidvania-ish as the first Oceanhorn or typical Zelda titles.
And you'll actually get a small party of allies.
The game is polished but even though it has some really cool optional content, it does seem like they had to cut a few little things. Doesn't impact the overall quality though :-). The biggest thing is a missed opportunity to revisit a certain place from OH1.
There's an in-game card game and I'm not a fan. The card game itself is okay, but it's just sort-of all over the place:
Enemies sometimes drop their correspondant cards (and there's always a dialogue window for collecting them) and npcs randomly mention the card game, often at the end of a completely unrelated dialogue..
Conclusion:
Great game. I hope there's going to be an Oceanhorn 3 and that it's not going to be an apple exclusive for years, like its predecessors. Actually I think the devs might be preventing their success by making these exclusivity deals with apple. Oceanhorn 2 is probably the most high-quality zelda-inspired game there is. Maybe it would be significantly more popular if it had been initially released on more platforms.