Cat Quest II - Ishvii Reviews

I'm really disappointed with CQ2. I finished Cat Quest five times and have all the achievements. I loved it. CQ2 adds some new stuff, but for some reason they added multiplayer, and completely ruined the single player experience. I put it on the backlog for a while, then saw there was a huge update (Mew World) with improvements to gameplay and managing the gear for two characters. Now that's out, I don't really feel like it's made any difference at all - the UI for managing the spells and equipment of the two characters is still clunky. Sadly, adding co-op makes playing the single-player version inferior to Cat Quest 1 in every way.

Pros

You can now pan the map while paused to look around
Ranged weapons
Audio and visual feedback if your attack is ineffective - like a dull thud when you melee a rock creature
Enemies that are significantly higher than you now show a level instead of a skull
Teleporter pads back to the beginning of long dungeons
Environmental hazards which can damage enemies too

Cons

Some enemies also now shoot projectiles with no warning.
Same system for upgrading weapons as before - every chest gives you a random weapon. If you already have it, the weapon levels up. So no deliberate progression there
Adding a second character has the following downsides:
- Enemies don't target the AI character, which means they come straight for you, making ranged attacks pointless
- The AI is often killed
- Having two characters makes it harder to see enemy telegraph attacks
- The UI for managing gear and spells for two characters is clunky
- If the other character dies, you're suddenly playing a different character
- Having a second character on screen makes it hard to tell which one you are playing
- Both characters have different gear and spells, which means you're never sure what your abilities are
- enemies always come straight for you instead of your AI partner, which makes ranged weapons basically unusable