Rock of Ages II: Bigger and Boulder

Critic reviews

• Nintendo World Report

  James Jones · Jun 19, 2019

  7.5

  Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder is a good game with a great sense of humor. A worthy sequel to ACE Team’s first Rock of Ages title, fans of its predecessor are sure to find Bigger & Boulder a worthy successor. Some of the stages overemphasize jumping, and the process for unlocking traps seems to give too much to the opponent. I wish I had more fun with the tower defense mode, but the fun the presentation provides helps smooth over these concerns.

  Read review
• Nintendo Insider

  Ryan Janes · Jun 15, 2019

  7.0

  Rock of Ages 2: Bigger and Boulder excels in the style department, its stages taking inspiration from art throughout history such as Impressionist art or even going further back to ancient Egypt. Unfortunately, the game does seem to struggle a little on Switch, the visuals blurry especially when running in handheld mode. While far from game breaking it does put a blemish on the otherwise outstanding artwork and styles on display.

  Read review
• GameSpace.com

  Catherine Daro · May 13, 2019

  8.0

  Much like its predecessor, the game comes in two parts. The first part is a tower defense game. The second part involves you carefully meandering your own boulder through all the traps the enemy has set down in part one, before hurtling yourself at the enemy gates.

  Read review
• TechRaptor

  Samuel Guglielmo · Sep 03, 2017

  7.5

  At the end of the day, there’s not much of a difference between Rock of Ages and Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder. However, that’s not quite a bad thing. The racing and tower defense hybrid is still unique and fun at its best, even if the boss fights and AI let the game down some. If you enjoyed the original then you can safely hop in here and enjoy it again, though if you weren’t a fan then Rock of Ages 2 won’t do much to change your mind.

  Read review
• COGconnected

  Alex Everatt · Sep 01, 2017

  8.9

  The humor will turn some people off, but that’s their loss. The gameplay is an odd blend of tower defense and bowling, and some gamers will love the change of pace – there really isn’t another game quite like this! It’s a shame ACE Team hasn’t released a demo for Rock of Ages 2, because this is definitely a game people need to at least try

  Read review
• Hey Poor Player

  Jeremy Johnson · Aug 28, 2017

  7.0

  What surprises me most is how faithful Rock of Ages 2 can be in adapting its source material. In one level you fight the delusional Don Quixote in a world painted in the style of Honoré Daumier, where giants reveal themselves as mere windmills as your camera draws close. In another you fight the bizarre Burning Giraffe across a twisted dreamscape with melted clocks and endless sands inspired by Salvador Dalí’s most famous works. This attention to detail can be easy to miss, but is a fascinatingly earnest contrast to the game’s strange facade. Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder may not rock your world, but it promises a memorable place in history as one of the weirdest games you’ll play this year.

  Read review

See all critic reviews