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Play Overview
Qube 2 (2018) (Q.U.B.E. 2) is a puzzle adventure game where you play as archaeologist, Amelia Cross, who has awoken in an alien building with no memory of why she is there (and what the strange gloves she is wearing are for). What emerges is a unique puzzle game with physics-based conundrums that get more and more devious as you progress.
The gloves are used to generate different types of cubes. Organised by colour, some allow you to bounce on them, others offer a platform to climb on, or activate a pressure pad. As you ascend through the building you come across various puzzles to solve with the cubes. Maybe you need to be flung through the air, climb up a stair made of cubes you have created, move walls around to position panels where you need them, or activate pressure switches. The puzzles get progressively more elaborate as you gain skills with the gloves.
While trying to escape you are in communication with another female survivor who seems to know more about the situation than you do but is not really very forthcoming with explanations. Unlike Portal, its obvious inspiration, this is a more serious science fiction story. Still, the star of the show is the puzzles.
The puzzles are challenging and genuinely satisfying to beat. The environments are realistic and in some rooms quite beautiful to look at. It's different to Portal, and maybe not as polished, but the cube game mechanic is strong enough to stand on its own merits.
Our examiner, Andrea Walney, first checked Qube 2 3 years ago. It was re-examined by Ollie Robertson and updated 3 weeks ago.
The gloves are used to generate different types of cubes. Organised by colour, some allow you to bounce on them, others offer a platform to climb on, or activate a pressure pad. As you ascend through the building you come across various puzzles to solve with the cubes. Maybe you need to be flung through the air, climb up a stair made of cubes you have created, move walls around to position panels where you need them, or activate pressure switches. The puzzles get progressively more elaborate as you gain skills with the gloves.
While trying to escape you are in communication with another female survivor who seems to know more about the situation than you do but is not really very forthcoming with explanations. Unlike Portal, its obvious inspiration, this is a more serious science fiction story. Still, the star of the show is the puzzles.
The puzzles are challenging and genuinely satisfying to beat. The environments are realistic and in some rooms quite beautiful to look at. It's different to Portal, and maybe not as polished, but the cube game mechanic is strong enough to stand on its own merits.
Our examiner, Andrea Walney, first checked Qube 2 3 years ago. It was re-examined by Ollie Robertson and updated 3 weeks ago.
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Play Style
This is a Brain Game and Traversal game with Action, Adventure, Narrative, Platform, Puzzle and Simulation elements. This is a single-player game.
You can play this game in the following styles:
Benefits
This game is good if you want to:
Age Ratings
Rated for younger players in Australia. Rate PG for Mild Coarse Language.
The dialogue in the game is of an adult nature with some profanity. The science fiction story has a tense atmosphere and the ending is downbeat. There is no gunplay or requirement to kill anything. There is a suggestion of deaths having occurred, but you do not see that in this game.
Skill Level
11+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. Still, it's important for parents and guardians to consider the maturity required to process the game content. Requires lateral thinking and patience.
Costs
Qube 2 usually costs £19.99 to £22.99.
Qube 2 is the second game in the series, and follows Q.U.B.E (2011) that was on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Android, PC, Mac, Xbox One, and WiiU.
Qube 2
There are no additional in-game purchases, loot boxes, adverts or subscription costs.
Qube 2 is the second game in the series, and follows Q.U.B.E (2011) that was on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Android, PC, Mac, Xbox One, and WiiU.
Game Details
Release Date: 13/03/2018, updated in 2023
Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Brain Game, Traversal (Action, Adventure, Narrative, Platform, Puzzle and Simulation)
Accessibility: 17 features
Components: 3D First-Person and Cartoon
Developer: Toxic Games (@ToxicGames)
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