GameLight - Cladun X2

Official Site: http://www.nisamerica.com/games/cladun2/
Steam Page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/206250/
Source: Youtube Channel NISAmerica

There was a very unexpected game that released on Steam today.  If anyone recalls, I posted a review of Cladun: This is an RPG! last year of May and explained how surprisingly fun it turned out to be.  I had spent 30+ hours on the first game as its versatile character creation system, customizable builds, random dungeon generator, catchy tunes, and addictive hack 'n slash and looting system got me hooked for a really long time.  I was excited to hear that a sequel was being made, but then kinda gave up after hearing that it wasn't going to be sold retail for PSP and was instead sold on the PSN network.  I did not hear any sort of PC port being brought to Steam which really surprised me when I saw it on the front page this morning.  The game consists of dungeon crawling with characters either within the story (if it's anything like the first one) or with ones created by the player.  It seems that customization was brought further with the ability to customize the look of not only your own character, but to your weapons as well.  As shown in the video, there are a lot of classes to choose from, many weapons to wield, and tons of dungeons to explore.  What's great about the system in the Cladun series is that one character can have other characters team up with them to give crazy stat boosts to make them immensely powerful, or tanky, or incredibly fast.  There's a lot of combinations to experiment with and a lot of risk/reward factors that's really rewarding.  Although it's considered a "Hack 'n Slash" Action-RPG, it is not easy at all.  If it's anything like the first one, the game will be extremely challenging and does require a bit of patience in order to get through some areas.  The release on Steam is truly a pleasant surprise.  Cladun X2 is available on Steam for $15.99 until August 21st, 2012 before reverting back to $19.99.