Review of Class of Heroes 2G Remastered Edition

Class of Heroes 2G Remastered Edition
Platform: PC, also on Switch
Developer: Zerodiv
Publisher: PQube, ACQUIRE Corp.
Release date: April 26th, 2024
Price: $19.99
Digital availability: Steam

dungeoneering as my major and party management as a minor.

Class of Heroes 2’s initial domestic release was difficult. After the game’s 2009 release to commercial and critical apathy, Atlus decided against publishing the sequel. However, after realizing there was a list of enhancements in the follow-up, Gaijinworks and MonkeyPaw Games teamed together to launch a crowdsourcing initiative so they could publish themselves.

Despite the lack of success, the two businesses persisted and eventually released a special version of the game that came in both a physical and digital format. A PlayStation 3 version that included bug fixes, adjustments, and a few small enhancements was released six years later.

Roll Your Own, Should You Choose to

Class of Heroes 2G launches on Steam with an adventurer creation component, much like it did in 2015. Similar to Class of Heroes, the game provides a roster of prebuilt protagonists, thus creating new characters is not necessary. But players who are looking for stalwarts or even complementary parties should explore the game’s nooks and crannies. A plethora of options are available here, allowing players to customize their allegiance, race, gender, and beginning stat bonus. Each character can choose from a variety of classes based on these variables. Thankfully, career paths are modifiable, allowing players to assign their characters to different professions.

Thankfully, COH2 takes its time revealing its expansive story to players, giving them a basic overview of a school where adventurers aim to realize their full potential. The most noteworthy aspect of Class of Heroes 2G is how self-sufficient and concise it is: the menu-driven interface eliminates the need to go around towns striking up talkative exchanges with idle NPCs.

Killer under Contract (and Collector)

Rather, players select tasks from an expanding list of errands. All of these missions have a ranking system and usually center around a school member needing to dispatch a specific enemy or obtain a specific item. Positively, there are no drawn-out dialogues between these activities and the narrative; instead, the instructions are typically brief. Concise contractors, however, may have parties searching for an item with very few specifications. It is up to the players to find out if items are assigned to random loot drops or have particular locations.

Exploring the title’s outer and interior dungeons reveals a number of enhancements over the initial Class of Heroes. The sequel wisely does away with the randomly generated designs of its predecessor, providing a variety of large landscapes that are outfitted with treasure chests, secret passages, and traps. There are two different kinds of adversity in the game: players will occasionally come across icons that represent more difficult tasks, and there will also be an abundance of chance encounters. Although the first-person viewpoint, which is controlled by an optional translucent map, is a welcome diversion from Class of Heroes 2’s other 2D presentation, the game’s modest polygonal graphics don’t often measure up to the captivating spritework. Nevertheless, this remaster chooses not to enhance the animation but rather to increase the artwork’s resolution. Remarkably, part of the original quirkiness has been eliminated through the relocalization of the script.

Grazing the “B” Squad

Exploration combat skillfully strikes a balance between tactical possibilities and brevity. While encounters provide players benefits such as enhanced group attacks, elemental and class-based advantages, and control over battle formation, these subtleties are frequently overlooked while facing common dungeon inhabitants. Players will be pushed to micromanage each exchange in a fight once some of the game’s more robust bosses confront parties. Although the possibility of eternal death hovers over adventurers, player morale is rarely destroyed by it. When adversaries become a significant threat by then, players will have either assembled an emergency Bravo team or figured out how to take advantage of the game’s handy save-anywhere feature.

One clear advantage COH2G has over its competitors is the game’s incredible sense of vastness. While spinoffs like Shin Mega Tensei and Etrian Odyssey may provide interesting demon cultivation and character customization, Class of Heroes outdoes them with an abundance of prestige classes, alchemical activities, and equipment options. Although the freedom can be intimidating at first, players will eventually come up with their own answers to the meta-problems in the game by some trial and error. This is particularly clear in the later stages of the game, when particularly strong enemies may expose any weaknesses in a party’s skill set.

In summary

Players must complete their coursework in order to survive the harsh opening few hours of the original Class of Heroes. A friendlier beginning, better graphics, and a general simplification of some of the first game’s features are all carried over into Class of Heroes 2G. Choose both if you’re a dedicated dungeon crawler. However, Class of Heroes 2G Remastered Edition will satisfy your Wizardry-but-with-moé desires for the majority of players.

I played Class of Heroes 2G Remastered Edition.
using a PC using the publisher’s review code.

Review Overview

Gameplay – 80%

Controls – 80%

Aesthetics – 80%

Content – 85%

Accessibility – 70%

Value – 80%

79%

VERY GOOD

Summary : Class of Heroes 2G is destined for the digital afterlife given Sony’s policy of closing its physical locations. Class of Heroes 2G Remastered Edition provides a means of accessing the dungeon crawl after it. You will not use a manual of any type and will only have to deal with a few little bugs that were never fixed. Years later, though, the anxiety of having to face a party wipe is still palpable.