rogue game’Time Travel 2: Discovery Despite some issues, last week’s game was enjoyable. Being my first real experience with the series, I went on to buy the previous two games after finishing this one, probably grading myself down over time. But this review is about Time Travel 2: Discovery I’ve played it on iPhone 15 Pro, iPad Pro (2020), and Steam Deck. I’ll focus on the iOS version, but it’ll be interesting to see how it controls and feels with a controller.
If you have never played the game hidden in time series, these are colorful, hand-drawn hidden object games with cute animations, puzzles, and even stories. While relatively simple at first, finding every item in a specific level is difficult, and later levels become more complex. You can interact with levels by zooming, panning, looking inside, and even opening something when looking for specific things, people, animals, etc. in each level. The good news is that you don’t need to find everything you need for a level to move on to the next.
Some levels appear at different times of day, and the presence of items or characters adds another layer of strategy, but I loved clicking through everything to see the team’s interactions and animation work. It’s worth clicking through everything as there are some surprises and references to other games or characters. Some of them end up clicking right away, but Time Travel 2: Discovery Not giving up everything from the beginning.
Time Travel 2: Discovery Divided into three parts, each with its own story and levels: Noir, Victorian and Science Fiction. These stories are nothing to write home about. After playing these games and reviewing earlier games in the series, I feel Time Travel 2 The original plan was to have multiple DLC packs like the first game, rather than having two hidden in time Now a game with “2” in the title. Time Travel 2: Discovery is an excellent hidden object game.
In addition to the core campaign levels, Time Travel 2: Discovery There are online levels on all platforms, but the level editor (architect) is not on mobile, at least not in my build. I didn’t spend too much time building the levels on the Steam Deck since this review is for the iOS version, but keep that in mind. I will update this review if the final version on the App Store contains this content.
Speaking of features, I’m disappointed with the lack of cloud saves on iOS. I can’t sync my progress on either device at all. The Steam version supports creating an account or linking a Steam account, but I don’t see this on iOS. This is my biggest problem with the current version of iOS. Beyond that, some UI elements look a little blurry on the iPad Pro, and for some reason, two of the menus have very small text and lots of white space. These minor issues don’t affect gameplay, but they’re disappointing to see in a game that’s so beautiful and gorgeous.
Time Travel 2: Discovery For my money, the touchscreen controls work best, but the iPhone version feels a little cramped. I ended up preferring this game on the iPad, as I do with most point-and-click adventure games, as well as hidden object games. The iOS version does not seem to have controller support, I only tested it and mentioned it here. After seeing how it controls on the Steam Deck, I won’t be playing it with a controller. It doesn’t feel very intuitive, but it’s nice once you get used to it.
On iOS and Steam Deck, levels, performance, and load times are all great, running smoothly with no frame drops at all in my testing. I hope a future update will address the UI issues and introduce cloud saving. If it does have iCloud saves, I simply can’t get them to work in my build.
Time Travel 2: Discovery is an excellent hidden object game that covers the campaign and many user-created levels I’ve played so far on iPad and iPhone. It has some user interface issues holding it back, but Time Travel 2: Discovery If you like the genre or want a new game to relax with, this is an easy recommendation.
