History VideoGame / RogueLegacy2

** The Lute would not be seen as anyone's first choice for a weapon, but its musical note projectiles can block almost every enemy projectile. With the game's bullet hell tendencies increasing with the difficulty, the Lute can come in clutch where it counts.

* AbortedArc: [[spoiler:Z/Maria]] is revealed to be pregnant, but nothing seems to come of it. Due to the convoluted nature of time in this game, she has either given birth long ago or [[RidiculouslyLongPregnancy has been pregnant for centuries]].

* AbortedArc: [[spoiler:Z/Maria]] is revealed to be pregnant, but nothing seems to come of it. Due to the convoluted nature of time in this game, she has either given birth long ago or [[AbsurdlyLongPregnancy has been pregnant for centuries]].

* AbortedArc: [[spoiler:Z/Maria]] is revealed to be pregnant, but nothing seems to come of it. Due to the convoluted nature of time in this game, she has either given birth long ago or has been pregnant for centuries.

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* TwoPointFiveD: The game uses 3D models, although one may not be able to tell at first glance due to the heavy use of shading and stepping technique for animations, emulating the look of 2D sprites.

* StealthPrequel: The game initially seems like a standalone sequel with no story connections to the original. Then, after defeating all of the Estuaries, [[spoiler:you're tasked with collecting a Fruit of Immortality from the GardenOfEden, and returning to your brother Cain at the castle you've spent the game building up...Castle Hamson, the castle from the original game. After Cain's attempt at becoming immortal backfires, the final EscapeSequence leads to the castle getting warped to a forest, and Charon taking toll at its entrance, matching its state in the first game]].

* VideoGame3DLeap: The game uses 3D models, although one may not be able to tell at first glance due to the heavy use of shading and stepping technique for animations, emulating the look of 2D sprites.

* MakeMeWannaShout:
** Barbarians retain their "Fah Ro Dus" ability from the previous game, now renamed "Winter's Shout". In addition to doing everything it could in the original, it now also momentarily Freezes any enemy in range.
** The Bard's unique class talent is "Crescendo" - "Always end on a high note". When used, your character belts out an operatic shout that turns all enemy projectiles into harmless floating roses, which can be Spinkicked to deal damage in a shockwave.

* BodyHorror: The Black Roots can infect people and cause some pretty bad effect. [[spoiler:Tubal's entire head has been replaced by a Root, which you can see when his mask falls off after his defeat.]]

** Downplayed with Pishon Dry Lake. While you can go down there as soon as you find the area, your visibility will be almost nothing which will likely get you killed by enemies you can't see and traps you aren't aware. Traversing it safely requires killing the Sun Tower's boss, after which the nameless knight gives you a lantern that lets you see.

While the core gameplay remains the same as the original ''Rogue Legacy'', ''Rogue Legacy 2'' aims to be bigger, better, and fuller than the original in almost every possible way: the explorable kingdom is over twice the size of the castle from ''Rogue Legacy'', game mechanics have been refined and expanded upon with elements such as the Spinkick, permanent upgrades called Heirlooms, and Skill Criticals, a wider range of playable classes and styles are present, and new {{Metagame}} mechanics that allow progression to carry over from run to run have been introduced.

* StealthPrequel: After defeating all of the Estuaries, [[spoiler:you're tasked with collecting a Fruit of Immortality from the GardenOfEden, and returning to your brother Cain at the castle you've spent the game building up...Castle Hamson, the castle from the original game. After Cain's attempt at becoming immortal backfires, the final EscapeSequence leads to the castle getting warped to a forest, and Charon taking toll at its entrance, matching its state in the first game]].

* BladeOnAStick: Valkyries. They have great reach and have the unique ability to attack in the four cardinal directions, but they are a bit slower and weaker than the standard broadswords that Knights get.

** The Icarus's Wings Relic used to halve the user's normal jump height in exchange for three additional mid-air jumps.
** The Aether's Wings Heirloom you can find at the Far Shores bestows a double jump. You can also augment it with Vault Runes that grant more mid-air jumps.

** After beating the game, the player is capable of starting a NewGamePlus "weave" without any additional ChallengeRun modifiers. However, playing with additional challenges increases the amount of gold enemies drop and allows the higher-tier armor blueprints to be found in chests, and defeating harder variants of the Estuary bosses unlocks new lore entries.

* ArtificialStupidity: Averted. Despite many enemies being undead or animate weapons and armor, the actions they take are almost always a danger to you.

** House Rules exist partially for this reason, the other can be towards making the game more challenging. Have a boss you're having a particularly tough time with and just want to beat? Want to see the full story without hitting a brick wall of difficulty? You can turn down enemy HP and damage output, as well as negative traits and contact damage with House Rules to help you get through, and all without locking you out of things like further New Game Plus cycles or trophies/achievements.