Recent reviews by Cykelero

An artful game.
The visuals are gorgeous and so is the mood. The music is subtly interactive, which works great.
The gameplay is mostly light, but interesting enough. There's never annoying friction; I actually enjoyed failing because it meant I'd see more of the game in action.

Warmly recommended!

Janky gameplay, unpolished everything, full of mediocre dialogue, and and barely coherent sidequests.
Probably enjoyable if unlike me you're used to the sad blandness of AAA open-world games; otherwise, yyyyyikes.

Good ideas, nice views; but the writing is a mess, and the story and its okay twists quickly get confusing, and are never very satisfying.

The visuals are beautiful, but the gameplay is very average—fights don't feel that interesting, upgrades barely have an effect, and level layouts are hard to navigate. On top of that, the writing is mediocre; sometimes it's just very flat, often it's confused.
Not a terrible game, but a very flawed one. You might enjoy the visuals, maybe even the combat, but definitely not the story.

A laid-back, pleasant stroll through a cozy world. It's got interesting platforming, a few moments of surprise and delight, and it's warm and nice throughout.

Smart puzzles, delightful visuals, great attention to detail overall and a very neat ending.

An excellent puzzle game!
There are very few rules, and from these, the game comes up with a bazillion small, unique puzzles. I had three distinct “holy crap” moments over the 1.5 hour of gameplay.
Super clever and elegant. A delight.

The game's design feels clumsy and inelegant.
Its world is goofy, but still tries to come off as serious.

The game has obvious qualities (look at the other reviews) but doesn't have polished gameplay or a satisfyingly cohesive design. Depending on what's important to you, Qube 2 could be very frustrating.

A few nice bits—it's fun climbing around, and they obviously put a lot of effort in the environments—but overall the game is a sad example of AAA blandness. It's full of content, but devoid of care. Many parts of the gameplay are unpolished and frustrating, from combat to most puzzles; and the game overall severely lacks finish, being regularly buggy and broken in very obvious ways. It's a big blob of content, without much form.

If you liked Rise of the Tomb Raider, you'll probably like this one too, though.

More frustrating than challenging.