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The problem is there is no targeting system unless you are actively blocking, which prevents you from using other abilities. Hitting the shield at the right time will even parry and knock the enemy off balance. You have an attack button, a dodge roll, and a shield. They also serve to smooth over one of Oceanhorn 2’s greater failings, the combat.Ĭombat in Oceanhorn 2 fluctuates between, “I can live with this,” and “why oh Lord hast thou forsaken me?” On the surface it looks to operate much like modern 3D Zelda. But more realistically you’ll be using them to do the jobs of heavy rocks and hold down buttons. For example a ranged party member may be able to flip a distant, unreachable switch.

Depending on a party member's weapons they’ll have different uses throughout the adventure. This opens up a lot of interesting possibilities for dungeons and puzzle solving. This is essentially a 3D Zelda game that you play with a party. This is where we immediately see a contrast between the clearly Zelda influenced progression and more JRPG inspired elements. Along the way you’ll pick up a tropey though charming cast of party members including a princess who refuses to act like a princess and wants to fight, along with a robot who seems technologically more advanced than the world around him. After retrieving a mysterious lockbox and completing your training as a knight, you quickly find yourself on an epic quest against a mysterious evil force. Oceanhorn 2 sees you playing as a nameless hero. Add to that its very short loading times and you have a game that is set to stun right from the get go. In fact I’d feel perfectly comfortable calling it one of the best looking games I’ve played on Switch all year. Oceanhorn 2, whether playing docked or handheld, is incredibly good looking. While I don’t usually start my reviews with graphics and technical performance, I myself was caught off guard by them so immediately, they need to be given a moment here at the beginning. But can this expansive indie adventure live up to the titles it has been compared to? It is equal parts classic JRPG and The Legend of Zelda, landing not too far off from something like the Mana series. Fresh off its exclusivity to Apple Arcade, Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm, has arrived on Nintendo Switch.