

The biggest problem is that the action button and change character button takes a while to properly learn – we would often change our character when we wanted to carry out an action or vice versa. The GamePad itself is unsurprisingly the best way to control the game, once you get over the small difficulty curve. Given the multitude of options – we saw fit to try them all out. The first thing most players will notice about Trine 2 is that there are many control options available to the player. This is great for newcomers, as there’s not much to catch up on, and allows the player to focus on the gameplay more so than anything else. Trine isn’t story intensive, as the characters aren’t properly explored and don’t really tell too much of a story. Being a sequel, one might be concerned that the lack of knowledge about the first game – but I’ll be blunt. All three of these heroes have been summoned to the kingdom to rid the evil hordes of Goblins. All three of these are bound together by a mysterious artefact called the Trine. Players take on the role of three characters – a mage, a knight and a thief. Trine 2 is a fantasy game that doesn’t have an immense amount of story behind it. Of course, Trine 2 also supports online play, voice chat and off-screen play on the GamePad. It’s a very meaty package, and the expansion in particular does a good job at expanding the Trine universe outside of the archetypal medieval environments and into more unconventional ones such as deserts and even the insides of a mysterious creature. It also includes the original game, the Goblin’s Menace expansion pack and a brand new area (the Dwarven Caverns) crafted exclusively for the Wii U. Trine 2: Director’s Cut, as the name suggests, includes more than just the base Trine 2 game. Given that you need to be online to obtain this, we are of the position that most will be in the capacity to update the game and experience the same product we are reviewing right now. As a precaution – please be aware that this review will be taking into consideration the patched version. It’s great to see FrozenByte’s puzzle platformer, Trine 2: Director’s Cut finally make its way to Australia and with the patch available from the outset too. The first major eShop title is finally among us Australians, and boy is it a doozy.
