Turnip Boy Robs A Financial institution Overview – Overview

In 2021, I reviewed Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion based mostly on a fast look at screenshots and its eccentric title. Three years later, the garden-dwelling ragamuffin returns to perpetrate a financial institution heist. The lifetime of crime continues in Turnip Boy Robs A Financial institution, however the action-adventure trappings of the unique recreation have been swapped for extra of a roguelite expertise. Does this vegetable-filled sequel ship the products or get caught red-handed?

The premise is an easy one: Turnip Boy is tasked with aiding a financial institution theft, alongside a group of thieves who furnish him with instruments to tug off the deed. Because it seems, this heist is one that can solely be accomplished in bits and items as that you must spend the cash you gather on every run via the financial institution to buy objects that open up new areas of the financial institution or enhance Turnip Boy’s stats, like well being and melee harm. When you change into accustomed to the brand new gameplay loop of the sequel, it is a largely enjoyable romp via museum-like halls, workplace areas, a darkened underground, and extra. Early problem spikes will be overcome by selecting up upgrades again at your hideout or discovering higher weapons to dispatch the safety forces attempting to halt your progress.

Turnip Boy strikes fairly speedily–particularly for a member of the mustard household–and he can carry solely two completely different weapons at a time. You may must determine which of them to carry with you, however you possibly can return new weapons to a fellow in your hideout to analysis new everlasting weapons in your arsenal; these can be found to decide on firstly of each run. Fast scores could be a good technique early on and while you get caught since it is simple (and advisable) to carry again the money and treasure you discover in an effort to spend it earlier than shedding it to a failed run. There’s additionally a timer on every journey via the financial institution, beginning at 3 minutes, that may be upgraded so as to add a couple of further minutes. I am nonetheless amazed at how a lot of a departure Turnip Boy Robs A Financial institution is over Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion, however the change is essentially an efficient one.

What’s much less efficient is the finale of Robs A Financial institution, which requires a Herculean quantity of talent and energy. There is a stark distinction between the shorter runs and comparatively lighter problem of the primary three-quarters of the sport with the sequence of duties wanted to efficiently full the heist. When you’ve maxed out all of the upgrades, there’s actually no different solution to make the finale extra palatable both. Repetition, preparation, and luck are wanted to beat the ultimate challenges, and for essentially the most half these end-game moments are extra irritating than enjoyable.

Coming back from the primary recreation is quite a lot of characters with humorous dialogue and charming personalities. Lots of them provide sidequests to finish and whereas it’s good to have extra goals to finish, the reward for these is commonly only a new hat to adorn Turnip Boy’s leafy scalp. Whereas the world of the primary recreation felt a bit extra participating, the gun-shooting and sword-slashing gameplay of the sequel take middle stage, and so it does nonetheless really feel like there’s one thing lacking. A greater amalgamation of the 2 video games would possibly yield a extra full and satisfying total expertise.

Turnip Boy Robs A Financial institution presents a lighthearted roguelite romp within the pursuit of Smelly’s riches, hidden inside the bowels of the Botanical Financial institution. The gameplay loop is fairly enjoyable, and discovering new weapons to dispatch the safety wildlife standing in the way in which of your heist manages to entertain, at the very least up till the ultimate elements of the sport. The efficiency on Change additionally leaves one thing to be desired, with extra detailed areas of the financial institution resulting in noticeable body drops. When you wished a bit extra motion out of your Turnip Boy escapades, this observe up may be the serving of veggies you’re craving. That mentioned, it doesn’t fairly do sufficient to rise to the higher echelons of roguelites already accessible on the eShop.