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I'm Charles Martin a and now it's time for bit.trip presents runner to future legend of rhythm alien okay so why did I leave that Charles Martin a intro in place I can almost guarantee that you've heard Martinez voice several times over this man in your life but you might not know who he actually is Martin a is the voice of mario luigi waluigi baby mario baby luigi and even Paarthurnax dragon from the skyrim he's a gaming icon and legend whether or not you've ever actually heard his name before he has been representing Nintendo alone since the dawn of voice working gaming for that company anyways I'm Joey Davidson senior gaming editor at TechnoBuffalo and I'm bringing you a look at the recently released Runner 2 from the gaijin games or as it's known entirely bit.trip presents runner to future Legend of rhythm alien before we go breaking this game down further I'm just going to step away and let you listen to the music and pay attention to the visuals run our - in case you haven't already figured this out is an infinite running game just like its predecessor players are charged with pushing buttons in order to jump over duck under smash and block the obstacles that get in that way I'm actually playing this game on the PC I can use a keyboard but the user interface the the menu that gaijin games created for this one really recommends using a gamepad or a controller so I am music and controller and the difference is remarkable it's a much better game when play with the controller so maybe you can use that to inform you and in regards to which platform you pick this thing on on but much like everything else in the bit.trip series from gaijin games runner 2 is also based heavily on the music that you hear in the background so everything you do in the game builds that song that you hear while you're playing and the result is just really charming fun ambience that accompanies the controller hurling frustration that comes from memorizing patterns and reacting quickly so yeah despite the overall sunny disposition and exceptionally cheery music run or two is a tough game you're gonna repeat levels over and over and over just to make sure you've collected each and every stack of gold unlocked all the costumes and add the extras it's an insanely addictive formula that works really well and one of the compliments that I have to pay gaijin games is that they made things happen quickly so yeah you're gonna play levels that are really frustrating but when you die or when you hit something you'll either revert back to a checkpoint or get sent back to the beginning of the level and it happens really fast you're not gonna wait for a loading spring every time you run into a brick wall that would be exceptionally frustrating and make this thing no fun so I'm sure you've noticed I've hit a few obstacles already this was the first playthrough I had with this game but just like that you're sent back to the starting block if I had hit a checkpoint in the middle of the level and I think checkpoints are new to this game at least memory serves they weren't in the original you're sent back to the beginning of the level quickly so there's no real frustration that comes from up I just died I got to sit through a loading screen I hate that game and at least run or two skips that and kind of incorporates losing into the overall scheme of eventually winning it's part of the reason why this formula so as a recording this video runner 2 is available for the PC Mac Linux Wii U and Xbox 360 platforms it's bound for the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita soon but those others are released right this very moment that might change by the time this video is posted but as of Wednesday it's the 27th of February 1 I'm recording us those are the platforms that it's available for it's a $15 game I believe on Steam if you paid 20 bucks you can get the soundtrack as well so definitely worth it it's a cool cool little pick up and these support indie gaming and gaijin games has been doing this for a while and it's the runner game is really are probably their bread and butter I'm in a bit rip series anyway it's really a fantastic gorgeous game and I highly recommend it to anyone with some free time and some extra bucks thank you guys for watching and check out TechnoBuffalo comm for more you