Developer: Telltale Games
Publisher: Telltale Games
Rrp: £3.99 (Steam), £3.99 (Humblebundle)
Released: 26th April 2013
Available on Steam and Humblebundle
Played Using: Mouse and Keyboard
Welcome back to the Inventory for another round of Poker!
This time the characters you play against are Sam (from the Sam and Max series), Ash (from the Evil Dead movies), Brock Samson (from the Venture Brothers) and Claptrap (from the Borderlands series). The dealer is GlaDOS, injecting some extra humor into the game and occasionally getting involved in the banter between the characters. It also seems that Moxxi (of the Borderlands series) has a side gig working at the Inventory, either that or she’s franchising her bar.
I’ll skip the bit where I tell you the aim of the game because you could just read my previous review and well… it’s poker. You get cards, you play, fold and bluff. What more can I tell you?
To try and keep things fresh Telltale have included a few features that the first game didn’t have such as the ability to buy your opponents drinks. ‘Why would I do that?’ You may ask. There is a purpose to it, a tactical advantage even. An opponent with a drink exaggerates their tells making it easier for you to work out the nature of their hand.
Another new edition is the ability to unlock new skins for the poker table, chips and cards. To do this you need to acquire unlock tokens through completing bounty challenges and through generally playing the game. Bounty challenges are small tasks you can perform such as deploying a full table set or winning a tournament.
If you deploy a full set of skins the entire décor of the area will change too, along with the music. Case in point, if you use the full set of ‘Sam & Max 25th Anniversary’ skins the background looks like a film noire set and the music changes to light jazz.
As with the previous game Poker Night 2 allows you to unlock items for Team Fortress 2. Unlike its predecessor it also unlocks items for Borderlands 2 as well. To do so you need to win the prize that’s offered up by your opponents.
What to say? Well, I enjoyed it and even got quite a few laughs from the banter between the characters in this game. But I won’t lie I do get the distinct impression the game cheats, although I can’t prove it. Thankfully its not real money so I’m not too bothered that I’ve lost a hell of a lot. If you enjoy poker, or just any of the franchises the characters come from I think this is a worthwhile purchase.
If this appeals to you perhaps try;
Poker Night at the Inventory
Runespell: Overture
Card City Nights
