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Sorcery! 2 – Roleplaying Game Review
Sorcery! 2 is a Roleplaying/Adventure/Books game from inkle Ltd, first launched in 7th November 2013.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 82+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Sorcery! 2 Stand Out
An epic adventure in a city of thieves, traps, and magic. Begin your adventure here! (Part 1 not required.)
Rock Paper Shotgun's best RPG of 2016
"Another spectacular rendition of classic interactive fiction" – (Kotaku)
"Fantastic, and you should buy it" – 5/5 (Gamezebo)
"Bigger, better, stronger" – 4.5/5, Editor's Choice (148Apps)
Top 20 Mobile Game of 2013, Touch Arcade
Top 25 Mobile Game of 2013, Gamezebo
"I love this app… It’s better than any gamebook ever was in your head when you were a kid" – 5/5, Interactive Fiction Game of the Year (Pocket Tactics)
"With a seemingly endless number of outcomes, Sorcery 2 offers hours upon hours of gameplay… one of the best games of 2013, and adventure fans, you can't afford to miss it" – 5/5 (Examiner.com)
Dare you journey into the Kharé: the Cityport of Traps, a town of thieves and murderers on the brink of destruction?
- Fully interactive story written on fly around on your actions and choices
- Plot your own path down every street of the hand-drawn 3D city map
- Go down into the sewers, aboard ship, or inside buildings with new interior maps
- 3D spell-casting system: cast over 48 spells, with weird and wonderful story-changing effects
- New gambling game: can you outwit the citizens of Kharé at Swindlestones?
- Adapted from the best-selling gamebook series by legendary game designer Steve Jackson
- Over thirty different monsters to fight with our unique strategic combat
- More than double the content of Part 1: over 300,000 words, with 10,000 choices, and every one is remembered
- Play as a male or female hero
- Start your adventure from here – or load your characters from Part 1
"A terrific adventure – one fraught with danger, rich in atmosphere, and pleasingly flexible in terms of how you shape its twisting, twisted narrative" – 8/10 (Pocket Gamer)
"Wonderful for genre fans and novices alike" – 4.5/5 (TouchArcade)
"An excellent experience" – 90% (4Players.de)
Kharé is brimming with things to do and creatures to meet. Visit the Festival of Thieves, battle a ghost, escape from slavers, gamble your fortune at the Halls of Vlada, drink at the tavern, worship strange Gods, and much much more. Will you uncover the secrets of the city, overthrow the Council, destroy an invading army, or leave Kharé to burn?
From legendary designer Steve Jackson, co-founder of Lionhead Studios (with Peter Molyneux), and Fighting Fantasy and Games Workshop (with Ian Livingstone), and designed and adapted by inkle, the app uses inklewriter technology to tell your journey in real-time, shaping the story around your choices. The text itself changes based on how you play and what you do. In combat, the action is described on the fly based on how you play.
Featuring original illustrations by John Blanche and maps by Mike Schley (Wizards of the Coast).
"Kharé: Cityport of Traps" is Part 2 of 4. Part 1 is out now and Part 3, "The Seven Serpents", is coming later this year. (But while you wait, check out our new game, 80 DAYS.)
This Roleplaying game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Sorcery! 2 is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 21st September 2019
Recent improvements include:
Bug fixes for iOS 13
Download & Availability
Sorcery! 2 is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We are a magick fan and strategy lover. Not to mention when you give us a game that is good and well made. It will be an instant legend and always be played. More than likely you could play this game ten times over and not see the same thing twice. Its a very thought immersing, sophisticated, well put together and designed strategy game. The story, characters, lore, the items even are memorable, and the places you have traveled definitely will give you either fond memories or bad memories. Those memories and feelings can change quickly for one event that was previously not explored, or even a spell, or a different conversation can and will result in different reactions. We have so far, gotten through Sorcery One and half through Sorcery two, we did try Sorcery three and stopped to finish the second. We cant wait to finish them all and play again. You do not need thought provoking applications or memories and brain enhancing apps. Strategy, euphoria, thinking five, six and sometimes well ahead, while being mindful to a common person and just as cautious with what appears benign, but being open to take risks progress you in so many facets and ways in your mind and the game. It is in many senses, almost a game that can be utilized as a very seldom life experience for real life. Always be careful in all situations but live your life and have fun always while listening to all your senses and feelings. Your mind is the present, logic, and memories or reason. Your heart is what guides you and the present moment to always be aware of and follow. Your gut is instinct and the future. Always remember that and it will be understood in time to know if your heart and mind are being tricked by something you cant see if your gut is telling you no. Or if your gut says yes and your heart is weary is only telling you to proceed guarded but with courage. Always rationalize and never listen to anything but your internal voice. If it doesnt feel right. Its not. We guess Ive been playing this game too much. Well. Back to it. Thank you.
The text color for swindlestone on the ipad is bugged out where its white and you can barely read it. Amazing game otherwise but we hope this will get fixed at some point.
We cant stand this game. Im stuck with the old man in prison. Why is the old man so good at this. He doesnt guess wrong. Also the text color is almost the same as the paper color. So we cant even read wth the game is trying to tell us Weird mini game we hate it Why cant we cast dum on the old man in prison? And just beat him a few times and move on.
We went over the four apps in our review of the first book, Ill just add a few things. Again Inkle has enhanced an old, classic gamebook and created a fantastic game. This second volume is far superior to the first oneit takes a long time to understand whats going on, to gather all the clues that you need to succeed, although it is also the continuation of the previous volume. It can seem sometimes it will be difficult to finish it but it is never impossible, and the rich universe that lies behind the story is full of mysteries and twists and keeps you involved. A must-have.
We thought the first chapter was kind of short (finished in a day), but this one kept us entertained for at least a week. There's a specific objective in this one which is more challenging than the straight-forward journey of the first chapter, and this one also introduces a neat mini game that will keep you occupied for a while.
One of the few mobile adventure games we've played and couldn't put down. Rich lore, strong writing, and some smart elements of game design make for one amazing ride. Highly recommended.
We'd like more dungeon crawling treasure hunting stories after these 4 games.
We love that they give you the choice to continue the story or end it at the end.
This is our first game of the Sorcery series and it was brilliant, creative, and addicting. Going to download the first now, and then all of them.
It's the best game ever especially the gambling building and we know a way to never lose any tokens all you have to do is rewind a little bit whenever you lose and you never even lost! We would recommend this game to anyone.
Play all the sorcery games. They are amazing.
We love the choose your path story games.
We don't usually do reviews, however, this story is by far the best game driven read out there! For a phone anyways.
Game is great. Or Better to say, story is. Not updated for newer devices. No iCloud backup sync support. Cant play between devices.
In the first installment, we felt as though we were really choosing our own adventure there were so many things we knew we were missing as we blundered our way through which really made the game feel magical and unique, and made us want to replay it to see what Id missed. In this one, you have to wander aimlessly through a city, covering every inching and getting thrown backwards or killed at any wrong step. Youre forced to collect 4 spell lines, ensuring that you experience the exact same things every time. We felt as though we were being railroaded by a storyteller who insisted on us playing through one particular story. Whats the point of a choose your adventure that forces you to choose the one right path.
Based on the great reviews we read, we were really excited to play this game. However, after about 5 hours of playing, Im perplexed why people rate this game so highly. There doesnt seem to be any rhyme or reason to the consequences of your actions (sometimes you make a seemingly logical choice and you die; others times you pick something whimsical and get rewarded with treasure). The spell book mechanics are awkward, forcing you to flip back and forth between menus to try to figure out which spell might help in a given situation. And the storyline is a bit too linear for our taste, not allowing you to go back and explore areas you have previously been too. Thank god we bought this game a couple years after its release, so we only wasted $5 on it. Avoid at all costs.
Sorcery 1, 3, and 4 are all great and enjoyable games and stories but this has got to be the worst of them. It's just plain bad. It punishes any form of exploration and wastes your time over and over again.
Didn't sign up for going through the game six times to find all the spell lines.
This is a really fun game. It is the more the urn version of a choose your own adventure book that also has a fighting system. It's well written and has beautiful art. We also founded it to be very interactive. This second game in the trilogy is way longer than the first one. It has good replayability value and is more fun. If you like choose your own adventure games we highly recommend it.
We don't understand how this can have any reviews below 5 stars, the Sorcery! Trilogy is a masterpiece! Worth every penny and then some.
… It does. This game is an example of how apps should be made. Absolutely beautiful. Captivating. And to top it off, this game has a great deal more replay value than the first game in the series. Well done.
As a long time lover of both exploring puzzle adventures (we.e. Myst, Riven, The Room, Drawn: the Painted Tower) and Interactive Fiction (IF) (Infocom's Zork and the Frotz' IF engine), we have struggled to find worthy contenders that have made the transition to the mobile app store (feel free to make suggestions!). Inkle has done an excellent job bringing Jackson's Fighting Fantasy books to the new millennium and the mobile app store. Sorcery 2 is even more immersive and 'classic IF' than it's predecessor, placing you in a more non-linear environment that requires you to wander around much more to solve the puzzles and reach your objectives. The many sub plots and side stories (which culminate in a climactic twistable ending) contribute to a greater immersive experience and preserves the feel and culture of IF but makes it fresh and vibrant once again. If you love any of the games we've mentioned above, then you won't be disappointed with Inkle's work with Steve Jackson's Sorcery 2 (or 1 or 3 for that matter).
This game is so bad, we paid for Wi-Fi access on our flight just to write this review… Total piece of garbage. Text based adventure from 1985 where the "choices" make no difference- you lose your food, lose your health and die. Animation and graphics look like South Park circa 1998. The magic system is so obtuse, you have to call up this inventory to try and figure out the three digit code for the spell (more like a password)- except you can't cast spells because this little Elf tags along with you and prevents you from casting spells (what a great idea!). Steve Jackson made some OK games back in the 80's but they were always uninspired grinds, good to see that nothing's changed. We bought the adventure pack, played through part of the first Sorcery!, deleted it, and deleted Sorcery! 2 without even trying it. It's games like this that remind us why the Freemium model exists.
So, so good. Start with part one & get ready to lose days of your life.
We found the Sorcery! Series on a playthrough, and we immediately bought it, If you love choose your own adventure games, you will love this. We only have one problem with it, THIS GAME TOOK ME TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE. Great Game.
This game in fact this whole series is just amazing it is wonderfully well written fun to play and a blast we hope they make more like this.
We love this game but when is part 3 coming out.
We rarely find a game that won't lose our interest after playing it for a little while. However, when we played this game we played it non-stop until we completed it (both chapters). Even our little sister who has never been too great at reading and has always completely hated it has been playing this so much that she probably has no clue how much she's read. Even the art was spectacular from the map to the accession all picture hidden through the story giving a view of what your character was seeing. It was wonderful to see what was described in the story on the map. This is one of our absolute favorite apps and we can not see a time when it will ever leave our home screen. We are anxiously waiting for the next chapter of the story to be released.
If you like a good story it's the game for you.
It continues from where the first part stopped, and it keeps being interesting and fun from start to finish. Inkle got themselves a diehard fan with this series. Really looking forward to episode 3.
This was fantastically fun and a great sequel to the first game. They are building on a solid dynamic and we can't wait for the next installment.
Loved playing it through multiple times and cannot wait for the next sequel.
This game absolutely surpassed by expectations, it was by far one of the best games we have ever played. Worth every dollar.
We have played the first game 4 times and gotten many different endings as we'll as doing 4 play troughs of number 2 when three comes out we will buy it no matter what. We're interested in the bird men they alluded to in the first game and what kinds of amazing art they will make.
We played the first game and was so happy to find a game with the combonation of turn based combat, choose your own adventure, and puzzle solving we also love the spell-system how you have to write a 3 letter combo/word/abrivation. We beat the first in 2 days and searched for all the clues in this one however we still gave up and let lorag curse us, what we want to see in the next game is a way to possibly win over Lorag and have him either leave you or assist you cant wait for part 3 hope you make it soon.
We can count off games of this quality made for mobile devices on one hand. This one does not wow for the graphics. The story is fascinating though. It took us two days of solid playing just to find all the clues. We know we missed loot and such we could have gotten. A word to the hesitant: buy the first one first. It is shorter, but it's important. And several days later we're still playing. For those that are startled by the price there is no advertisements. No nag to review and no in app purchases.
The original Sorcery! Was pretty short, so we were disappointed that we had already bought both games at the same time, but since our progress from the original was saved, we started to play this game. Boy, was we glad we did. This game is about 5 times longer, and really engaging. It also has way more items and spell usage opportunities than the first chapter. We seriously cannot recommend this sequel enough.
Find ourselves sneaking off at work to start a new journey we like part one better but both are worth it.
We can't believe how much mileage we got out of this game. We played the first Sorcery three different times and loved each adventure, but our first playthrough of Sorcery 2 was way longer than all three of the original playthroughs combined. We could probably play this game three more times and still not see all the content. Thank you Sorcery team.
We've played this through a few times, and still love it each time. We think we finally made our perfect run, and can't wait until sorcery 3 comes out.
Best game of its kind, period. Cannot wait for Sorcery! 3 This game couldn't be better. Fantastic improvement over the book, and that's saying a lot.
The game is a text-adventure, but it is so well written and has so many splintering choices it is well worth the purchase price. Great illustrations, compelling story, fun mini games within, and most importantly unlimited replayability! A must have game on the iPhone, can't wait for Part 3.
If u played the first game this one continues the story! If u like the first game u will love this game.
This is, by far, the most entertaining game we've played on our iPhone. It's amazing how visual our memories of the different moments in this game are considering it's mainly a text based game! This is not a game book, it is a constant stream of choices making the story feel like it's being written as you play. The places, characters and moments are well written, and there are so many choices and outcomes the game could be played multiple times. $5 well spent.
This interactive fiction/game is just superb. With cheats you could probably tear through it very quickly, but you'd be missing the point–unraveling a story, exploring the town, and ultimately finishing with the best combination of items to give you a leg up in part 3 are what this is about. Worth every penny for folks who love RPGs. One of the very best and somehow even better than part 1.
By far the best app we have ever bought. We couldn't put it down.
This story is very well laid out and the famous youtubers the Yogscast did a lets play of this game. It was very enjoyable and interesting and it intrigued us to buy it. 5 out of 5 for amazing story.
We played the Sorcery! Game books as a kid, and this app is even better than the original source material (which we loved). The minor bugs we previously encountered all seem to have been fixed. Our only minor critique is that we would like to be able to delete some of the cloud-saved games.
This is the one of the best iOS games to date and we can't wait for the next one! It has some great story telling, a fun combat system, a ton of interesting spells, and choices that really matter.
This is, without a doubt, one of the greatest games created for iOS. The story is gripping, the writing is great, and the level of freedom within the game world is unrivaled. Be sure to start with the first Sorcery!, as your character carries over. Certain items from the first game open up possibilities in the next one that are otherwise unreachable. We eagerly await Sorcery! 3.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.3.3
- Size: 261.79 MB
- iOS: 8.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor, Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence, Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes, Infrequent/Mild Simulated Gambling, Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References
- Developer: inkle Ltd
Last updated: 21st September 2019 | Genre: Roleplaying, Adventure | Developer: inkle Ltd