Poker Night 2

Critic reviews

• GGameSpot

  NATHAN MEUNIER · May 10, 2013

  7.0

  The poker play works well enough to keep you trucking along to hear all of the funny tales and to experience the dialogue vignettes. Though the outlandish character interactions are the highlight, the lack of multiplayer feels like a huge missed opportunity. Once you've seen the game's breadth of character interactions and unlocked a few extras, there's not much reason to stick around. Therefore, you'll get a lot more mileage out of Poker Night 2 in short bursts. It's fun while it lasts, but that's not very long to begin with.

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• DDestructoid

  Joshua Derocher · May 06, 2013

  8.0

  If you are looking for a good poker game, then this is a no-brainer, but even if you aren't a huge poker player don't overlook this. The witty conversations and fleshed-out characters make this a fantastic little game, with very little holding it back. While it would be nice to not hear repetitive dialog, minor faults don't ruin Poker Night 2 as a whole.

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• PLPS Lifestyle

  Jason Dunning · May 03, 2013

  5.5

  Hidden underneath all the issues with Poker Night 2, there’s an enjoyable game. If Telltale manages to patch Poker Night 2 on the PS3 to a level where it runs smoothly, you should buy it, especially if you’re a fan of the characters features in the game. Since we aren’t at that point yet, hold on to your money.

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• IIGN

  Anthony Gallegos · Apr 30, 2013

  7.5

  Poker Night 2 provides a fairly standard poker game in the company of some fantastically written characters, but once the jokes start to repeat and you’ve unlocked everything you need there’s not much reason to keep playing. A few cute unlockable cards and tables are nice touches, but ultimately the lack of more modes, multiplayer, or anything else to substantially mix things up doesn’t give this game a lot of legs. Still, for the low ante it costs to pick it up, it’s worth it for the jokes.

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• CCheatcc

  Josh Wirtanen · Apr 24, 2013

  8.4

  At the end of the day, Poker Night 2 is really just another poker game. But don’t let that turn you off to it. Very few games are stuffed with this much personality. If you like humorous video games at all (and especially if you like Borderlands and Portal), you really need to play this. It actually makes you feel like you’re sitting in a room and hanging out with some of gaming’s favorite stars, and that’s an opportunity you shouldn’t pass up unless you simply hate video games.

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• GIGame Informer

  Dan Ryckert · Apr 24, 2013

  6.0

  Games are typically over quickly, and each character has their own quirks and tells. In most of my games, Ash would be knocked out first after going all-in with nothing. He’d excuse himself from the table, walk back to the bar, and drink his loss away as the rest of us continued. Once you’ve heard all the dialogue, you won’t have much reason to come back to Poker Night 2. It features Texas Hold ‘em and Omaha varieties, but the poker isn’t polished enough to stand on its own. After you’ve unlocked everything, there isn’t any reason to come back.

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