A tale of two iPhone sequels: Zenonia 2 and Raging Thunder 2

It looks like 2010 will be the year of the iPhone game sequels -- we first saw Zen Bound 2 the other day and now Touch Arcade has news of two more sequels to popular iPhone games. Zenonia 2 brings back one of the App Store's first RPGs, Zenonia [iTunes link], with a whole new adventure and four different classes, compared to the last game's three. Ranged attacks will also be possible, as well as new difficulty modes and even an asynchronous multiplayer mode. Sounds like fun -- the new version of the game is due out in March.

And from Polarbit comes Raging Thunder 2, another sequel to one of the first games to make a splash on the iPhone, even before the App Store. As you can see above, the sequel will have some shinier graphics, what looks like smoother gameplay, a bigger variety of powerups, and (we presume) the same accelerometer steering that made the iPhone platform such a hit for the genre out of the gate. No date for Raging Thunder 2 yet, but we'll keep our eyes out for it later this year.

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Source: http://toucharcade.com/2010/01/13/zenonia-2-details-revealed…

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tekkenshihan

that song starts to get really good at the end! I want to hear the rest of it!

January 15 2010 at 12:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Orion

Raging Thunder 2 doesn't even look anything like the first, which is a good thing. Besides the graphics, the game was boring even back when it came out before games like Real Racing debuted.

This looks infinitely more enjoyable. It's faster, and the icons on the road don't seem to be so integral to making 1st in a race.

I tried booting up the first game last night after seeing the sneak peak of the sequel, and it really is a pretty bad game. Hitting the icons is extremely hard, and you need to get every one of them in order to come in 1st. This game doesn't need to try hard to top it.

Btw, what is it with Polarbit games looking really nice but playing like a floating turd? Waverunner was the same way. I was expecting a Hydro Thunder rip off and all I got was a really pretty, uncontrollable mess.....which also heavily relied on obtaining objects in order to win the race, which were very hard to hit. I think I see a trend.

I'll hold back on purchasing this until some reviews come in, comparing it to the first.

January 15 2010 at 11:00 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply