Patapon 2

This game is like drugs.

I fucking hate you Sony.

I was doing pretty good in Monster Hunter.

I was doing pretty good in FFXI.

Then I bought Patapon 2 off the Sony Store and LOOK AT ME!

Ok, if you liked Patapon, or if you like music games, or if you like strategy games, or if you like games where you have to repeat shit so that you can loot whore and upgrade your troops rinse/repeat, then Patapon is a game for you.

If you are rhythm-impaired, it's not going to be fun.

Some things I noticed

Easy Mode is FRIGGIN EASY
Take advantage of it. You can switch difficulty at any part of the game. It's easier to get your hero into HERO MODE and makes it easier to pwn the faces of things

Setting your Hero as a Dekapon is CHEAP
If you keep getting Hero Mode, your Hero Patapon will keep doing their "Hero Attack". I've only seen this with Robopon, Dekapon, and Kibapon, but the Hero will never stop attacking as long as you keep the attack song up.

Having your Hero as a Dekapon is INSANE, because you never stop attacking the boss, and it has monstrous HP, also, Dekapons can't be knocked back. Most of the time, the rest of my army is dodging, but my Dekapon Hero is attacking, stun locking the boss.

It's not for the faint of heart, but the only boss I don't think it'll work on are the Birds and the Transforming Dog/Bird shit.

No Longer Stuck with a class
If you played the last game, you had static units, and if you wanted to upgrade to a stronger/different patapon, you had to dismiss the unit and recreated. Now, they have a Class tree where you can level up the different classes and switch before any mission.

This is good because each class has it's own positives and negatives, and the missions are so varied. Some times, you might need to stock up on Ice resistant Patapons, other times you'll need to do all Fire resist, or Super Critical to stun bosses.

It added a new dimension to the game, but makes it so that farming/grinding plays a bigger role than before.

More rewards from minigames
But they do this because you have to grind a LOT more. Also, the minigames can "upgrade", giving you access to better rewards and higher-tier items.

Hero Patapon makes the game too easy sometimes
Seriously, this guy can easily change the tide of battle.

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All in all, I love Patapon 2. Best part was that I didn't even need to go to the store to buy it!