The game is fun. It’s similar to the first, but something it loses is the first game’s charm. I can respect changing the style, but I preferred the more cartoonish look of the first game. It’s basically like the developer made Legacy and then was like, “if I make a true sequel it now needs to match Legacy”. The linear progression of the first is still here, but upgrading your party can seem like a drag with the addition of crystals. Instead of using gold, I’m forced to play battles to grind crystals too. There was certainly grinding in the first, but Idk this grinding isn’t as fun. Even grinding a past dungeon in Legacy was more enjoyable for me. In the same way Zombieville has always had a similar vibe (including 3D), I hope the next installment of Battleheart has the art of the first and humor of Legacy. I do appreciate this developer and have followed them on twitter and played all their games except Lost Frontier. Also I miss OMG Ninja that guy was awesome. As far as I know the developer works alone as well, and I’m totally ok with them putting their efforts to update Zombieville 3D if they have the time to do so. I think Battleheart still holds the place in my heart.

Mika mobile consistently puts out spectacular mobile titles. Many games try to work around mobile controls instead of embracing them, and the Battleheart series is a great example of the latter. This game plays like a dream, and sets the bar for how I expect mobile games to handle. I played a ton of the first Battleheart back in the day and immediately bought the sequel when it came out. Of course everyone will compare it to the first game and so I must as well. The diversity of characters and how you can build and upgrade each one is great, but I was a little disappointed at the relatively low level cap and grindy nature of this game. I think the linear nature of the first game lead to more tuned encounters instead of picking encounters based on rewards. Buying some of the upgrades requires you to run missions over and over again, and quickly lead to me turning down the difficulty at end game to clear encounters faster. The first playthrough felt great though and I will likely make another playthrough with different characters at some point. I easily put 14 hours into my first playthrough and there is definitely room for replayability.

The art style for this game is way beyond the previous game’s art style knocking it out of the park. The gameplay is phenomenal and the outstanding upgrade system truly brings this game to light. I do hope to see a few more characters in the future like a long distance Ranger or an evil Shaman healer or even introduce a new class that is like straight up tank/brute. I will probably be binging on this game for the next couple years. Great Job Mika Mobile!UPDATE: I am just going to take a guess since it has been a while, the devs are working on another class for this game. I am begging that you add another dark themed character. It could be a werewolf which would be new and cool. An evil gnome or a good one. Something stand out-ish. A dark healing fairy, an orc ranger. Something that will make the game stand out more to customers like a character who obviously isn’t your regular playable human character. I know you guys have never done this before but why not try it out. I think you will make it excellent!!! Just please add something soon because the App Store games are feeling dry and this game is the only thing that’s keeping me going right now.

This game takes the things that made the first game great to the next level. And you do not need to be someone who played the first battleheart to love battleheart 2. A beginner can pick up gameplay quickly and slowly challenge you as you play through the game. Rewards feel earned. Characters and environments are more detailed and visually appealing. More character classes to choose from and the new system for buying and upgrading weapons and powers has been expanded upon significantly. The game is very good size (less than half a gig)for the amount of gameplay it offers. Deleting the first game from my phone after having it for years nearly gave me separation anxiety since it was so good and that was after 100+ hours of gameplay. Saving your profile to the cloud is an excellent advance. The only suggestion I have would be to add an in app purchase option for adding more bosses, and character costumes. It would be advantageous to offer an in app purchase option for more levels, characters, and bosses for those fans that can't get enough, and can't wait another few years for more!