History YMMV / RogueLegacy2

* EvenBetterSequel: The first game was great though had some obvious rough edges. ''Rogue Legacy 2'' improves on almost everything. The classes now have unique fighting styles, magic is significantly more useful, areas are larger and more varied, and the game’s difficulty is better balanced.

** Many consider Vampirism to be a broken trait, with the right setup. It increases the damage you take by 125%, but in return gives your weapon 20% lifesteal. Coupled with various relics that increase weapon damage or increase your invincibility window after being hit, its completely possible to simply stand in front of a number of bosses and facetank their attacks while just pummeling them, and the boss will die long before you do. If you can luck into the Vampire God combo of multiple Ambrosia (each one increases the invincibility window after a hit by 1.25 seconds when default is 1 second invincibility) and multiple Rage Tinctures (each one increases the damage dealt while invincible by 100%), then as long as you aren't 1 hit KOed by a boss attack, you will be back at full health long before your invincibility expires.

* ThatOneSidequest: "Full House" requires that you exhaust every allied character's unique conversations over the course of however many New Game + cycles you do, until they give you a bunch of Soul Stones for it. On its own this would be just a matter of time, but the game does not tell you that this includes Ladon the Dragon, which makes this incredibly annoying because it's not even obvious that Ladon ''has'' conversations because he goes to sleep until the next run after you [[spoiler: defeat Tubal]], so unless you get curious and go check on him there's [[GuideDangIt no signposting at all that he has new dialogue]], and unlike all of the other characters he's in the castle itself instead of on the docks, and in Pishon Dry Lake at that, so visiting him requires going and finding the boss room in the most lethal area of the game over the course of multiple runs. By the time you finally figure this out, you might be several [[NewGamePlus burdens]] in and have to turn it into a chore you're trying to catch up while all the other characters have likely long since had their personal dialogues wrapped up.

* EvenBetterSequel: The first game was great though had some obvious rough edges. ''Rouge Legacy 2'' improves on almost everything. The classes now have unique fighting styles, magic is significantly more useful, areas are larger and more varied, and the game’s difficulty is better balanced.

** Perfectionist makes your attacks deal no damage if they aren't skill crits. For some classes, such as the Barbarian[[note]]whose grounded attacks ''always'' skill crit, since they're slower, and their aerial attacks crit while dashing[[/note]], this is moot, but for others with more complex skill crit conditions, notably the Bard[[note]]they can only get skill crits after their note projectiles turn gold, which takes three seconds after shooting them out[[/note]], the game gets much, ''much'' harder.

** Many consider Vampirism to be a broken trait, with the right setup. It increases the damage you take by 125%, but in return gives your weapon 20% lifesteal. Coupled with various relics that increase weapon damage or increase your invincibility window after being hit, its completely possible to simply stand in front of a number of bosses and facetank their attacks while just pummeling them, and the boss will die long before you do. If you can luck into the Vampire God combo of multiple Ambrosia (each one increases the invincibility window after a hit by 1.25 seconds when default is 1 second invincibility) and multiple Rage Tinctures (each one increases the damage taken while invincible by 100%), then as long as you aren't 1 hit KOed by a boss attack, you will be back at full health long before your invincibility expires.

* CompleteMonster: [[NameOfCain Cain]] the Immortal King is the [[GodEmperor founder and ruler]] of the kingdom of Genesis. [[ImmortalityImmorality In the pursuit of immortality]], Cain [[SiblingMurder murders]] his brother [[CainAndAbel Abel]] in order to gain the Fruit of the Tree of Life. Using his newfound power, Cain subjugates the underground, creating the Estuaries from his own flesh in order to oversee it. Despite claiming the Estuaries as his adoptive family, however, when they fail to grow another Fruit of Life to extend his power, Cain abandons them to lead his armies on a campaign of conquest on the surface. When Cain finally returns to Genesis, the kingdom has fallen into ruin from infighting, but Cain only desires the Fruit. Using the relic Hestia's Reliquary to reincarnate his brother's soul in the form of successive descendants, Cain manipulates the reincarnations into killing the Estuaries as sacrifices for the Tree. When the descendants instead rebel and bring him a poisoned fruit in order to weaken him, Cain attempts to kill them without hesitation. When he's finally defeated, he merges his soul with the Stygian River, causing it to rise up and flood the underground, attempting to [[TakingYouWithMe drag the survivors down with him]] in a final act of spite.

* CompleteMonster: Cain is the ruler and founder of the kingdom of Genesis. [[ImmortalitySeeker In the pursuit of immortality]], he murders his brother Abel in order to gain the Fruit of the Tree of Life. Using his newfound power, Cain subjugates the underground, creating the Estuaries from his own flesh in order to oversee it. Despite claiming the Estuaries as his adoptive family, however, when they fail to grow another Fruit of Life to extend his power, Cain abandons them to lead his armies on a campaign of conquest on the surface. When he finally returns to Genesis, the kingdom has fallen into ruin from infighting, but Cain only desires the Fruit. Using the relic Hestia's Reliquary to reincarnate his brother's soul in the form of successive descendants, he manipulates the reincarnations into killing the Estuaries as sacrifices for the Tree. When the descendants instead rebel and bring him a poisoned fruit in order to weaken him, Cain attempts to kill them without hesitation. When he's finally defeated, he merges his soul with the Stygian River, causing it to rise up and flood the underground, attempting to [[TakingYouWithMe drag the survivors down with him]] in a final act of spite.

* EvenBetterSequel: The first game was great though had some obvious rough edges. ''Rouge Legacy 2'' pretty much improves on everything. The classes now have unique fighting styles, magic is significantly more useful, areas are larger and more varied, and the game’s difficulty is better balanced.

** The humble Wooden Spoon is one of the most powerful weapons in the game if master, thanks to its ricochets being nowhere near as difficult to nail as you would think they'd be. Just a little bit of practice with it and you have an already strong weapon that you can get easy skill crits on with significantly more range and directional input than you'd initially think.

* GameBreaker: Prior to Version 0.3.2, the Knight's Perfect Block ability was ''ludicrously'' effective. Available at any point while walking, jumping, or dashing, it blocked damage and provided a short period of invincibility, neutralized small projectiles, and dealt damage to enemies while knocking them away, and it did all of this with ''no'' downsides. With a decent level of timing, you could even [[https://youtu.be/CyxblOSLJSY?t=863 run circles through bosses]] using this skill. Version 0.3.2 balanced it out by giving it a 10-second cooldown between uses, while letting it retain its useful properties.

** Osteogenesis Imperfecta causes your character to [[OneHitPointWonder die in a single hit, from any damage source.]] To make up for it, this trait has the highest gold bonus out of any negative trait, and some relics such as the Lotus Stem can be a big boon for heirs with this trait, but surviving without taking damage from ''anything'' in this game is extremely difficult. You're often better off picking a less-risky trait and gaining more gold from surviving longer.

* GameBreaker: Prior to Version 0.3.2, the Knight's Perfect Block ability was ''ludicrously'' effective. Available at any point while walking or dashing, it blocked damage and provided a short period of invincibility, neutralized small projectiles, and dealt damage to enemies while knocking them away, and it did all of this with ''no'' downsides. With a decent level of timing, you could even [[https://youtu.be/CyxblOSLJSY?t=863 run circles through bosses]] using this skill. Version 0.3.2 balanced it out by giving it a 10-second cooldown between uses, while letting it retain its useful properties.