Aztaro Reviews: Poker Night 2

Title: Poker Night 2
Platform: PC
Genre: Gambling, Risk, Comedy
Online Interaction: To download

Story: This one isn't said but I'm sure it goes off the original of "just to play poker" if you wanna see the first Poker Night at the Inventory's story, it's here

This is the same game... that's only be about a quarter true if I said that. Sure they still have the Texas Hold 'em but they introduced Omaha Hold 'em too which is basically the same game but the players get 4 cards instead of 2. This time around you have some new contestants and a new dealer. You have the Body Guard Brock Samson from the Venture Brothers series, CL4P-TP General Purpose Robot or better known as Claptrap from the Borderlands series, Ash Williams from the Evil Dead and then Sam from Sam & Max series [don't worry Max still appears in a booster seat behind Sam]. And lastly the new dealer GLaDOS from the Portal series. If you wouldn't imagine it, I'll tell you now, more people means more stories and more comedy. This one has definitely brought a few more laughs in than last game. The characters portrayals are pretty darn good, I think even spot on, they way they communicate and tell each other stories will definitely make you wanna play a few rounds just to hear what they have to say. The game plays as it should, nothing to complain about, it's poker, unless the code messes up I haven't seen any issues with "bad bets" or "better outcomes being thrown away for a pair". With a bit more unlockables and even made it a bit easier to get them, this one is surely a notch higher than the original for me.

Rating: 72/100

Reason: Visuals good, the frame rate was a bit more stable too. The overall kicker for this game though was the new Omaha Hold 'em which made the game help me learn the ways to win and give me a sporting chance. Again, I will go back on, these characters being together are funny. It's a good laugh seeing them interact with each other. Why not play a poker game with a body guard, another worldly robot, a supernatural mercenary, a dog detective and an evil mastermind robot as your dealer?

Aztaro Reviews: Poker Night at the Inventory

Title: Poker Night at the Inventory
Platform: PC
Genre: Gambling, Risk, Comedy
Online Interaction: To download

Story: Poker night has been around for quite a long time and then moved underground due to the gaming ban which later was abolished. They have kept it underground just in case they try to take away the games again. Besides that just have fun playing some high stakes poker.

Not much to a story and sorry about missing last sunday [was sick]. Anyway this is a game of Texas Hold 'em with some familiar faces. Heavy Weapons Guy from Team Fortress 2, Max from the Sam and Max series, StrongBad from... [checks internet] the Homestar Runner series and Tycho from the Penny Arcade. There's even a cameo of "Reginald Van Winslow, former captain of the Screaming Narwhal, and sidekick to Guybrush Threepwood in Tales of Monkey Island" as said by Wikipedia cause I had no idea who that guy that let you in was. anyway just standard Texas Hold 'em with some silly conversations, smack talking and some odd collateral which if you knock the person out you can use that item in Team Fortress 2. Also there's achevements, unlockables and visuals, nothing to fancy.

Rating: 60/100

Good visuals, some funny humor if you know what they are talking about and nothing broken about the game but it's poker. If that's your cup of tea then it'll be fun, something to kill time, it's good too. It's a good time occupier but nothing that'll blow you away. Also it's fake money so... yeah go have fun.

Update

Sorry, to busy getting owned in Warlords Battlecry III to remember to actually do a review