Poly Bridge 1 or 2?

[Patruš]

Which one should u buy since I haven't played either should I go straight to Poly Bridge 2 or buy the first one?

[ice9]

Anyone want to give this person some thoughts on this?

I'd say you should go ahead and buy the newest one, Poly Bridge 2. It has many improvements and new features compared to Poly Bridge 1. If you love the game, you can always buy the first one to experience more (the core gameplay is the same).

[mbutton15]

Tricky question.
The biggest problem with answering that is the simulation itself. In Poly 1 it was not 100% accurate. What I mean is that you could get different results depending on play speed. In Poly 1 I think momentum was affected by play speed. Very hard to put into words exactly, but it was most noticeable with swinging motions. Play something at 100% speed and you get one result, increase the speed and you got another result as the swing motion seemed to have more momentum.

But that's not to say Poly 1 is not fun. It is. Some ways it's more fun than Poly 2. In Poly 1 I built some very weird and wacky solutions, but I don't seem to have done that in Poly 2. Poly 2 solutions feel more 'formal'. Best way to describe it is the Poly 2 solutions are more like bridges you find in the real world, but not so much in Poly 1. That's my feeling, anyway.

Personally I would play them in order. One criticism of Poly 2 is the tutorials, or lack of. By playing Poly 1 first that effectively gives you the tutorial. Not to say that either is a bad game. The biggest selling point on Poly 2 is that the simulation is 100% reliable. I kind of want to say Poly 2 is what Poly 1 should have been. But I don't mean that in an unkind way.

EDIT:
Here's a wacky bridge from Poly 1. I do miss the wacky stuff that Poly 1 had. I've completed up to world 3 on Poly 2 and nothing comes close to this 'wackyness':
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2133203302

[guacamolesausages]

the heck is that bridge

[guacamolesausages]

also you should get poly bridge 2