History VideoGame / MonumentValley2

A game for iOS and Android, ''Monument Valley 2'' is the sequel to the 2014 hit ''VideoGame/MonumentValley'' by Creator/UstwoGames. Both are isometric puzzles game where perspective is used for otherwise impossible geometries to exist à la Creator/MCEscher. A "Panoramic Edition" port to UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows was released via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in 2022.

* SplitAndReunion: There are many examples of this trope in this game:
** In level III, part of the monument collapses, separating Ro from her daughter. The two embrace upon reuniting.
** In level IV, this becomes a mechanic, in which Ro and her daughter are often separated and have to cooperate in order to progress. Again, at the end of the level, Ro and her daughter are reunited.
** In level IV, [[spoiler:Ro sends her daughter away on a boat, and in level XIV, Ro's daughter returns a grown woman]].

A game for iOS and Android, ''Monument Valley 2'' is the sequel to the 2014 hit ''VideoGame/MonumentValley'' by Creator/UstwoGames. Both are isometric puzzles game where perspective is used for otherwise impossible geometries to exist a la Creator/MCEscher. A "Panoramic Edition" port to UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows was released via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in 2022.

* NoNameGiven: Ro's daughter has no name.

Compare: ''Naya's Quest'', ''echochrome'', ''VideoGame/TheBridge'', ''VideoGame/{{Antichamber}}'', and ''VideoGame/{{FEZ}}''.

* BeautifulVoid: The Valley is uninhabited apart from Ro, her daughter, [[spoiler:Doortem]] and the ghosts of the matriarchs that came before them.

* TheFaceless: Ro, her daughter and the spirits are depicted with blank, featureless fronts of their heads, which may or may not be just because the art style is abstract and low on detail.

* RiteOfPassage: In level XIII, [[spoiler:Ro's daughter creates the first piece of three-dimensional sacred geometry seen in the game, and later on the mountain top, she takes her place among her mother and their ancestors to create more sacred geometry]].

** To ''VideoGame/{{Ico}}''. In level XIV, one can find a small, silver tailed lizard. Tapping it earns you an achievement.
* SmallSecludedWorld: All of the worlds in which there are conversations with the ancestors are very small pocket realms with no visible entrances or exists.

* IronicName: Level III's proper name is "The Oasis", but the level seems to be full only of crumbling monuments and grey sand.

A game for iOS and Android, ''Monument Valley 2'' is the sequel to the 2014 hit ''VideoGame/MonumentValley'' by ustwo games. Both are isometric puzzles game where perspective is used for otherwise impossible geometries to exist a la Creator/MCEscher. A "Panoramic Edition" port to UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows was released via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in 2022.

A game for iOS and Android, ''Monument Valley 2'' is the sequel to the 2014 hit ''[[VideoGame/MonumentValley Monument Valley]]''. Both are isometric puzzles game where perspective is used for otherwise impossible geometries to exist a la Creator/MCEscher.

* TheNameless: Ro's daughter has no name. She's not even referred to ''in the game'' as Ro's daughter; the connection is merely implied.

* MinimalistCast: Just like the last game. The only characters are Ro, her daughter, and the recurring spirits.

* AdultFear:
** Ro is preparing to [[spoiler:send her daughter away so that she can learn her own lessons about sacred geometry]]. It's a scary moment for any parent.
** In Level III, Ro is caught in a landslide. Her helpless daughter could only watch and frantically try to catch up to her, coming close to losing her mother. Fortunately, Ro is set on a different path when she reaches the bottom, but it's nonetheless a harrowing experience. They hug when they reunite.

* ArtEvolution: While the first game is no slouch in the art department, ''Monument Valley 2'' has extremely lush backgrounds and more intricate animations, such as Ro's daughter's SkipOfInnocence. The ghosts Ro and her daughter encounter also have unique appearances compared to the ghosts from the first game, who all look the same.

A game for iOS and Android, ''Monument Valley 2'' is the sequel to the 2014 hit ''[[VideoGame/MonumentValley Monument Valley]]''. Both are isometric puzzles game where perspective is used for otherwise impossible geometries to exist a la Creator/MCEscher.

Compare: ''Naya's Quest'', ''echochrome'', ''[[VideoGame/TheBridge The Bridge]]'', ''{{VideoGame/Antichamber}}'', and ''{{VideoGame/FEZ}}''.

** Ro and her [[spoiler:grown]] daughter stand at the top of the mountain, and [[spoiler:their sacred geometry floats in their air among that of their ancestors]].

* AdultFear: Ro is preparing to [[spoiler:send her daughter away so that she can learn her own lessons about sacred geometry]]. It's a scary moment for any parent.

** The things the spirits say to Ro become relevant to the game's plot later on. [[spoiler:They tell Ro that she must have courage for the moment where she must send her young daughter away to fulfill some great task.]]

** No actual rain is involved, but the monotone gray of the opening of level VII has a similar effect.

* IronicName: Level III's proper name is The Oasis, but the level seems to be full only of crumbling monuments and grey sand.

* RidingIntoTheSunset: [[spoiler: Ro and her daughter take their places on a mountain with their ancestors as they all create their own sacred geometry]].

* WhamEpisode: Level IX. [[spoiler: As Ro enters Doortem's portal, she travels farther back in her memories until she revisits the moment she had to leave her own mother]].

Ro and her daughter are on a quest to restore the monuments of their people. Despite the fragmented ruins of Monument Valley blocking their way, paths can be made, regardless of impossible geometries.

This game, similarly to its predecessor, doesn't have much going story-wise except for a few distant crumbs, so don't expect us to write a particularly large article about it.

* EyeScream: Averted. During some levels, you can walk sideway on [[spoiler:Doortem]] and, in the process, step on its eye. However, all that happens is that [[spoiler:Doortem]] blinks and a calming sound effect plays.

* WhamEpisode: Level IX. [[spoiler: As Ro enters Doortem's portal, she travels farther back in her memories until she revists the moment she had to leave her own mother]].

* ShoutOut: To the old game in level IV, where one of the crow people is depicted in statue form.
** To Ico. In level XIV, one can find a small, silver tailed lizard. Tapping it earns you an achievement.

A game for iOS and Android, ''Monument Valley 2'' is the sequel to the 2014 hit ''[[VideoGame/MonumentValley Monument Valley]]''. Both are isometric puzzles game where perspective is used for otherwise impossible geometries to exist a la Creator/McEscher.

[[caption-width-right:350:Geometry can't save you now]]

A game for iOS and Android, ''Monument Valley 2'' is the sequel to the 2014 hit ''[[VideoGame/MonumentValley Monument Valley]]''. Both are isometric puzzles game where perspective is used for otherwise impossible geometries to exist.

A game for iOS and Android, ''Monument Valley 2'' is the sequel to the 2014 hit ''[[VideoGame/MonumentValley Monument Valley]]''. Both are isometric puzzles game where perspective is everything.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Ro and her daughter kneel before the sacred geometry they've created.]]