There is one betrayal that took me completely off guard, but even it is not used to its full potential. New allies conveniently have the exact piece of information that the player needs to progress upon meeting, and enemies are so stereotypically evil it is comical. Outside of FEN, the charismatic characters that Dot meets are mostly regulated to little more than quest givers. SteamWorld Dig 2’s story does a huge disservice to the world that Image & Form have created. The game gets a little too sappy for my tastes near the end, but Dot and FEN’s friendship is the highlight of an otherwise bland story. The two’s banter provides most of the humor in SteamWorld Dig 2, as well as the game’s most charming moments as they begin to settle their differences and become close friends. She is quick to call FEN out whenever he starts suggesting something murderous. Dot is a kind-hearted and responsible robot. The two companions clash for most of the game. In return, he helps Dot map the caverns she explores and provide waypoints to her objective. At the start of SteamWorld Dig 2, he joins Dot on a whim, hoping her adventures will satisfy his psychopathic fascination with explosions and mayhem. FEN is easily my favorite character in the whole game. She is quickly joined on her quest by the small blue sprite named FEN, long before he becomes the robotic ally of SteamWorld Heist’s Piper. He gives Dot permission to search for Rusty in the mine, on the condition she also look for gold, crystals, and all manner of sparkly rock and bring them to the surface to generate revenue. These tremors frighten the town’s inhabitants, to the point that none of the robots want to venture back down into the nearby mine, much to the chagrin of the greedy mayor.
She journeys to the town in hopes of finding a clue, but her arrival coincides with the emergence of some terrible earthquakes. Dot hears a rumor that Rusty was last seen in a nearby town called El Machino. Fans of the franchise may remember that Rusty, the hero of the original Dig, suffers an unfortunate accident at the end of his adventure, so he never returns to the surface and no one knows where he is. The player controls Dorothy (who goes by Dot), a little robot who is looking for her friend Rusty. You can tell that Image & Form know their stuff when it comes to crafting good steampunk. The world and characters are charming though. It is a wacky premise, and not one that survives under careful scrutiny. The robots they left behind now live peacefully on the surface, only venturing underground for valuable resources. Like the SteamWorld games that came before it, SteamWorld Dig 2 takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where humans have been driven underground and mutated into inarticulate monsters. Dig 2 literally starts where the original Dig ended, and the credits roll mere moments before the start of Heist. The game is not only the first true sequel to one of their SteamWorld games, it also provides a direct link that begins to connect the original trio of titles. SteamWorld Dig 2 marks a first for Image & Form’s beloved franchise.
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