

However, upgrading equipment does not end there as there are multiple tiers worth of upgrades that gradually increases in pricing and cogs can be collected and assigned to provide an entire additional set of upgrades per item of equipment. For instance, a tier 2 backpack provides one extra slot for ores and gems costing $8, while a tier 2 lamp reduces fuel consumption to prolong the duration of lighting surrounding environments for a price of $20, alongside a tier 2 pickaxe made of iron that increases digging efficiency at a price of $25 and much more besides that are gradually unlocked. As you are digging your way through the mine you will find trashium, copper, cinnabar, ironium, cornflorium and much more, which is made up of various diamonds that the town requires as it will be purchased by Barnacle Jones.

In-game currency requires the player to essentially sell various types of ore collected in the mines in order to be able to afford the costs of equipment upgrades that enable further progression into the mines. Dorothy quickly stumbles upon a sign advertising for miners in an area to the east known as El Machino in which she pursues in desperation of hopefully finding Rusty.Ĭharacter design is intriguing as Dorothy meets a lot of friendly and not so friendly robots along her journey, while enemy design is varied as there are bugs that scutter back and forth, cactuses that fire out a group of thorns when touched by anything, crazy birds that scream as they are in pursuit of Dorothy, insane snails that roll around firing out projectiles and more besides.ĭorothy is capable of learning new skills that allow her to explore previously out of reach areas such as sprint hydraulics enabling faster movement combined with higher jumps, a map of the surrounding environment provided by the first boss after being defeated, a jackhammer that drills through harder rocks which is powered by water, a hook shot that allows a rope to be thrown onto a surface to pull her up onto significantly higher platforms and much more besides. The story revolves around Dorothy McCrank searching for the lead character named Rusty from SteamWorld Dig: A Fistful of Dirt who has went missing. Can SteamWorld Dig 2 surpass not only the quality of its direct prequel, but also the entire SteamWorld series?
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SteamWorld Dig 2 is the direct sequel to SteamWorld Dig: A Fistful of Dirt, although a game set within the side-scrolling turn-based action strategy genre titled SteamWorld Heist was released in late 2015 through 2016 on numerous platforms including PS4 and Vita that was also met with critical acclaim which really showcases the quality of the series.
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The SteamWorld series began in 2010 with a real-time strategy tower defense game titled SteamWorld: Tower Defense, while SteamWorld Dig: A Fistful of Dirt took the series in the direction of an adventure platformer having released on a variety of platforms in 2013 prior to the PS4 and Vita versions in 2014 before going onto receiving many nominations for a variety of categories in multiple Game of the Year Awards such as Best Original Game, Best Indie Game, Best Handheld Game and Overall Game of the Year 2013.
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SteamWorld Dig 2 is an adventure platformer available from retail stores for PS4 and for download from the PlayStation Store for PS4 and PS Vita.
