For years now, I've always avoided this game around October and I'm not sure why. I thought the idea was neat enough, and I figured it was high time I actually give this game a shot. But damn, was I bored. Within minutes I realized the cutesy style of the game and theme couldn't support what was just a slow drag with little to keep me interested. Usually I'd just toss a game like this aside and forget about it, but what burns me the most about this one is that it's been on my backlog for years. It probably should have simply stayed there.

Costume Quest 2 doesn't feel like a proper sequel. Assets from the first game are everywhere, from characters to locations. It's at best a stale retread of the original, the worst kind of sequel. The funniest joke in the game is on the player if they opt into the new Candy Corn costume intentionally designed to do nothing. It's an alright idea, but playing with it felt like a drag. I bailed on it when I noticed my game time ballooning as my enjoyment was decreasing.

My memory of the first game is a little hazy, but every boss fight here seemed to lack any gimmicks and often wasn't even backed up by some trash mobs. Most of the random encounters posed more of a challenge and had more variety. The final boss fight got me thinking they'd be a few forms when it hadn't chipped away at my party's health much, but nope that was it. The game seemed to wrap up very abruptly from there, even with the credits doubling as an epilogue.

The story has a lot in common with Back to the Future Part II. The antagonist using time travel, a dystopian future, a trip into the past, etc. Not necessarily bad, except that the game doesn't bring many ideas of its own. If you want more Costume Quest story, I think you'll probably find the game a bit too much of a grind to get any enjoyment out of it. Costume Quest 2 is a disappointing sequel that lacks anything to distinguishes itself.

I played Costume Quest, but don't think I finished it.

This seemed short and I certainly enjoyed playing it while I was playing it, so that's good. And the story line was fun and it never got overly bogged down at any point.

My 4 and a half year old nagged me to keep playing this one. We had to take a break about halfway through as the trick or treating was freaking her out, but a few weeks later she was asking for us to play it again.

She was rather grumpy that it ended, but there was an achievement for honking the horn 1000 times, so she got to spend some time pressing the same button over and over again

I got this one for free with Games for Gold, so from that point of view it was certainly worth what I paid for it