Waves 2: Notorious

Waves 2: Notorious

Steam Deck · unrated

Squid In A Box Ltd · Action Roguelike · Dec 16, 2015

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

It's free to play.

93%
Very Positive
322 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 8 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 4 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Controls: 3 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 83 sampled reviews

Based on 322 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 83 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
67% of themes are praise33% are divided0% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Even though the basic game still involves the same thing, the ship options have a surprisingly large impact on gameplay.
8 of 83 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
"Progress" lies primarily in campaign mode - which is going to change, so you can't really invest a lot of time in it, because progress might get wiped.
4 of 83 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Oh... and yeah... gotta play with a PS controller or the like for the real experience.
3 of 83 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Soundtrack is still great, but I can't recommend in its current state.
3 of 83 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Gameplay8 reviews
Story and characters4 reviews
Controls3 reviews
Audio3 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Graphics6 reviews
83%
Combat3 reviews
67%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
93%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
36
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.