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Orcs Must Die! 2

Orcs Must Die! 2 thrusts players and their friends back into battle against a terrifying mob of orcs and other monsters. With a redesigned spellbook, players will have a broader range of options to build a…

82 30 July 2012

Orcs Must Die! 2 is an adventure developed by Robot Entertainment, released 30 July 2012 on PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 12.7 hrs to finish.

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What Orcs Must Die! 2 is

Orcs Must Die! 2 is an adventure game developed by Robot Entertainment and released in 2012. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Vision.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Orcs Must Die! 2 is a trap based action-tower defense video game developed by Robot Entertainment as the follow-up to the original Orcs Must Die!, with Microsoft Game Studios publishing the sequel for Microsoft Windows on July 30, 2012 in the United States. The game has emphasis on co-operative gameplay as the principal addition over the original.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 27 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Orcs Must Die! 2 holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 12 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 78, across 119 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 12.7 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2GHz Dual Core, 2 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or ATI Radeon x1950 or better with 256MB VRAM. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 9GB.

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What it launched against

Orcs Must Die! 2 launched on 30 July 2012, within three weeks of Sleeping Dogs, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, Darksiders II and Dust: An Elysian Tail. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Sleeping Dogs, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, Darksiders II, Dust: An Elysian Tail.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Orcs Must Die! 2 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Orcs Must Die! 2 — frequently asked questions

When did Orcs Must Die! 2 come out?
Orcs Must Die! 2 was released on 30 July 2012 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Orcs Must Die! 2?
At minimum, Orcs Must Die! 2 needs 2GHz Dual Core, 2 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or ATI Radeon x1950 or better with 256MB VRAM graphics, 9 GB HD space of storage.
How long does it take to beat Orcs Must Die! 2?
The main story of Orcs Must Die! 2 takes around 12.7 hrs.
How many GB is Orcs Must Die! 2?
The PC version needs about 9 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("9 GB HD space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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