History VideoGame / GravityRush2

* ApeShallNeverKillApe: Averted, unlike the first game; this game is ''not'' shy about showing the lengths the Council, their lackeys and beneficiaries will go for their own gain, up to and including ''[[MurderIsTheBestSolution mass murder]]'' of people occupying space they want to use. There are plenty of battles against human foes and their vehicles, and while the standing rule seems to be the NonLethalKO, [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential nothing is stopping you from picking soldiers up with a Stasis Field]] and [[KickTheSonOfABitch throwing them into the abyss.]]

''Gravity Rush 2'' (''Gravity Daze 2'' in Japan) is an ActionRPG Main/WideOpenSandbox video game and sequel to the critically-acclaimed KillerApp ''[[VideoGame/GravityRush Gravity Rush]]'' developed by SIE Japan Studio and Project Siren and published by [[Creator/SonyInteractiveEntertainment Sony Interactive Entertainment]] for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4. It was set to released on December 2, 2016, but due to some [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV anticipated]] [[VideoGame/TheLastGuardian triple-A games]] set to be released at that time, it was officially released on January 18-20, 2017 instead.

* EvolvingAttack: Most of Kat's moves can be empowered with Gems, as in the previous game. This includes extending her normal combo, the number of times she can dodge in a row, increasing the inherent properties of her styles' special throws and special attacks, and so on. Suffice to say that comparing a fully powered-up Kat with starter Kat is [[JustForPun like comparing a panther with a kitten.]]

** ''Gravity Rush'' concept artist [[WordOfGod Takeshi Oga]] [[http://www.siliconera.com/2018/03/08/satoru-iwatas-directly-pose-hand-rebellious-gravity-rush-2-design/ stated]] that the hands that points the player to the direction they need to go was inspired by Creator/SatoruIwata's [[MemeticHandGesture memorable]] "directly to you" gesture.

* CameraScrew: Depending on your playthrough, the camera can be merciless in comparison to the previous game, especially if you're in enclosed areas and can't see where you're going. Especially JustForFun/{{Egregious}} during ''Black Eagle'', with its multitude of narrow hallways, which will have you twisting off at every turn, gravity shifting included.

* JustLikeRobinHood: [[spoiler:The Angry Centipedes]] turn out to be this, much to Kat's [[HeelRealization unpleasant surprise.]] [[TheAtoner She takes every opportunity afterwards to assist them,]] and [[OneHundredPercentAdorationRating quickly becomes just as beloved by them as she was back in Hekseville.]]

** If Raven is an AI ally, starting a Gravity Kick within proximity will cause Raven to join Kat for a CombinationAttack. After obtaining [[MightyGlacier Jupiter Style]] and watching the relevant tutorial, if you charge up a Surge Kick whenever Raven isn't preoccupied with something else, she will zoom to your side and begin charging up her ''own'' (weaker) version of the Surge Kick for a double dose of explosive brutality. And if you use the [[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning Spiraling Claw]], Raven will join in with her own to amp the damage of the attack.

** If Raven is an AI ally, starting a Gravity Kick within proximity will cause Raven to join Kat for a CombinationAttack. After obtaining [[MightyGlacier Jupiter Style]] and watching the relevant tutorial, if you charge up a Surge Kick whenever Raven isn't preoccupied with something else, she will zoom to your side and begin charging up her ''own'' (weaker) version of the Surge Kick for [[UpToEleven a double dose of explosive brutality.]] And if you use the [[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning Spiraling Claw]], Raven will join in with her own to amp the damage of the attack.

** Yet another side mission (rather, [[UpToEleven a chain of them]]) have Kat being offered roles in the show biz, with promises of stardom. In all but one, what she is actually doing is [[spoiler:working as a double for the REAL star]]. [[ThrowTheDogABone And when she]] ''[[ThrowTheDogABone does]]'' [[ThrowTheDogABone get what she was actually promised]] in that one mission, [[spoiler:a Nevi attack prompts the leading director to step down, with the assistant director stepping up and promptly dismissing Kat in favor of another, seasoned actor (presumably the same person Kat has been working as a double for).]] [[YankTheDogsChain Ouch.]]

** Additionally, Kat can equip a max of three Talismans at a time, one per Talisman shape, and each shape corresponds to one of her styles. This is not to say that only one is in effect at a time depending on the Style you're currently using, but rather that a number of abilities are style-specific and only drop naturally in that shape. The only way to get those abilities in a different shape (in order to stack it more than 3 times) is to get multiple copies of talismans with the same abilities in order to turn them into a single talisman of a different shape with that same ability set, rotating from Sphere to Crescent to Triangle to Sphere (or Normal, Lunar, Jupiter and Normal styles). This can involve copious amounts of ItemFarming to transfer abilities two shapes over, but [[UpToEleven the results can often be rather extraordinary.]] [[labelnote:Example]] For example, stacking the Driver ability (which increases the travel distance of Lunar Style's long jumps) about 7 or 8 times [[InASingleBound results in long jumps that cover several hundred meters horizontally and several dozen or even hundred meters vertically]], essentially obsoleting the need to perform a gravity shift except to travel to places where there is not enough matter to jump from.[[/labelnote]]

* SequelEscalation: This game's world map is "''about 2.5 times bigger than [Gravity Rush 1]''". Players of the first game will [[UpToEleven understand how mind-boggling this is.]]

* WreakingHavok: Kat's new Stasis Field ability lets her pick up environmental pieces and chuck them at enemies to deal damage.

** The ending is very similar to that of ''Anime/{{Diebuster}}''.

* ShoutOut: ''Gravity Rush'' concept artist [[WordOfGod Takeshi Oga]] [[http://www.siliconera.com/2018/03/08/satoru-iwatas-directly-pose-hand-rebellious-gravity-rush-2-design/ stated]] that the hands that points the player to the direction they need to go was inspired by Creator/SatoruIwata's [[MemeticHandGesture memorable]] "directly to you" gesture.

** The {{Dual Boss}}es [[spoiler:Kali and Durga Angel]] have several combination maneuvers, including the latter creating [[FloatingPlatform stepping stones]] for the former to do air combat with, and providing matter for [[BladeBelowTheShoulder bladed weaponry,]] as well as simply synchronizing attack patterns.

Now has a [[Characters/GravityRush2 character sheet]] that NeedsWikiMagicLove.

* ContinuityLockout: The story makes numerous references to events that transpired in the first game along with introducing old characters without going into much detail as to who they are. Furthermore, some important details like how Kat, Raven and Syd were displaced from Hekseville or [[spoiler: Neu Hiraleon's gravity engine]] are covered in the animated short ''Overture.'' If you didn't play the first game or watch the short, prepare to be terribly confused at points.

* ContinuityLockout: The story makes numerous references to events that transpired in the first along with introducing old characters without going into much context. Furthermore, some important details like how Kat, Raven and Syd were displaced from Hekseville or [[spoiler: Neu Hiraleon's gravity engine]] are covered in the animated short ''Overture.'' If you didn't play the first game or watch the short, prepare to be terribly confused at points.

** [[spoiler:Mutated Kali, by the most generous and simplistic of definitions, is [[BodyHorror a bizarre mishmash of Kali faces, arms, legs and bloated ampules]] grafted to the side of Vendecentre's clock tower. Apparently someone missed the memo that this wasn't a ''Franchise/SilentHill'' game, because that's were '''''[[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LeK4Cpj_jcM/maxresdefault.jpg this]]''''' belongs. [[{{Squick}} Ugh.]]]]

* PermanentlyMissableContent: Averted. Side quests that by all rights should be made unavailable to you because of story-mandated character disappearances or changes to the environment are treated as flashbacks if you do them late.