Rogue Legacy 2 is a roguelike platformer developed and published by Cellar Door Games. There are different factors in the game that can make them easier or more difficult depending on the situation. Players can choose to play as different characters, battle enemies, and gather loot. The game lets players pilot a cartoon-y character through the medieval setting, and collect pieces of lore throughout the map. Each character has its pros and cons, as well as different classes that players can take advantage of to rise to the top.
In Rogue Legacy 2, traits are assigned to every character when they are created. Different traits can give bonuses to players, and each has its own list of pros and cons. Traits that give bigger boosts for gold can also make runs more difficult, making higher rewards riskier. There are also similar traits for mana, health, and damage, but there is usually a trade-off that needs to be made. At the moment, traits are only unlocked at the character selection stage. At every new playthrough, players can choose one of three characters, all with different traits, classes, weapons, talents, and spells. Traits are also visible in the pause menu, as well as their bonuses.
There are 37 different traits in Rogue Legacy 2. Some of them change different attacks, while others change how players can view the game. These traits can be broken down to “visual”, “bonus”, “combat”, and “setback”. There are more Visual and Setback traits than any other category of trait. Weigh the pros and cons of each character’s traits before deciding which ones to pick for the playthrough. Or, pick a character with a fun visual trait to make the game more fun.
Combat Traits
There are many combat traits that can affect how difficult or easy the combat is, as well as how enemies will react. Check out some of the traits below to see if they’re what your character needs for the next playthrough.
Visual Traits
There are a lot of visual traits within Rogue Legacy 2. These can make the game more fun, or slightly difficult. Many of them will add a filter over the screen, affect how enemies can be seen, or not allow players to see certain parts of the interface. Some of these traits can be considered distracting, but they make the game more interesting to play.
Bonus Traits
There are many traits that characters can receive to make the game much easier. Again, each bonus trait has its downside. While it might make the character harder to hurt, it might also make it harder for them to attack enemies.
Setback Traits
Setback traits can make the game very difficult to play. Sometimes, enemies will be harder to see, fight, and defeat. Many of these traits give players a greater reward to compensate for their trouble. Players should consider picking a character with a Setback trait to make the game more difficult and rewarding, if they’ve already completed a playthrough successfully with easier traits.
Choose wisely from this list of traits to decide which character to play as to get the best experience in Rogue Legacy 2. Or, choose a character with a much more difficult trait to make the playthrough more challenging and rewarding. A lot of these traits can also be very funny, so players can get a laugh out of every playthrough, no matter the situation.
Rogue Legacy 2 is available on PC.