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Difficult, from the estimators of the indie scene, there is someone who does not know Trine , a game that should now reside in the hard drive of all the players if only because it was "given" several times now in the most varied promotions. Short but not very challenging, as the first single difettuccio Trine had to not support online co-op but only locally, making it a bit 'too skeletal system - such as overall game experience - juicier than its potential. The Finns have always promised that the Frozenbyte multiplatyer Internet would come with the second chapter and in fact here it is now one step away from the exit, provable in beta by those who have already preordered Trine 2 on Steam, and by whom if ' delivery is seen by a publisher, as in our case.

As can be deduced from the two levels (more than a boss) content in the beta, Trine 2 does not want to revolutionize the good has been erected, in terms of mechanics, the predecessor back then side-scrolling platform gameplay, interspersed by fighting with enemies and solving puzzles, or by overcoming those obstacles to reaching the next checkpoint. At this point, however, we must separate the speech from the single-player cooperative mode on because, as you might easily guess, is a very different face same puzzle alone or in company with two other players.

The game is again based on the use of three characters with different abilities: the magician, who can manipulate elements (and possibly creatures) on the distance and create objects from scratch, the thief with grappling hook, a bow and arrow, and then the knight, Panzano, particularly armored and armed with sword, shield and sledgehammer, it useful to break the rock walls where necessary. In solitary, through the power of the artifact that gives its name to the game, you can check any of the three characters at any time you want, so basically, choosing which skill set is better suited to overcoming an obstacle or creating the conditions for a character with another character can continue. It may sound complicated, but in practice it is all very simple and most of all fun.

As soon as you add more players to the recipe above, the effect is a bit 'to a co-op Serious Sam : all hell breaks loose! Of course all depends on who you find yourself in the game and, unless we decide first through the friends list, leave the slot open to the "first passing" can be translated into an appropriate banner: people in the chat Finnish people jumping here and there without an apparent plan of action and so on (the samples you can imagine), but the beautiful Trine 2 is that the game still goes on because the levels are designed to also be resolved on their own.

Embark on evaluations only after trying two levels is of course impossible, but we can already say satisfied with the choice to include a variation Unlimited, always for the co-op mode, which allows three players to choose any of the three characters, thus making it possible to move forward with three magicians (for example) and opening up even more crazy and unexpected solutions for the various puzzles. On the technical front, at the moment, there is "only" signal an even more baroque and colorful graphics than the first chapter providing flawless in the field of lighting, and control via mouse and keyboard which does not regret the pads. We would have expected maybe a little entertainment 'more convincing and less bugs, as the game comes out in less than a month, but we are confident that Frozenbyte is doing everything possible to churn out another small masterpiece of his.