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Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams

The gameplay is almost identical to the original Tak Game, whereas Tak's weapon is always on hand and mana is represented by feather count and not a meter. The game takes place in various locations, such as…

78 11 October 2004 ESRB E

Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams is an adventure developed by Avalanche Software, released 11 October 2004 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

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What Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams is

Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams is an adventure game developed by Avalanche Software and released in 2004. It was published by THQ. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It carries an ESRB E age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The gameplay is almost identical to the original Tak Game, whereas Tak's weapon is always on hand and mana is represented by feather count and not a meter. The game takes place in various locations, such as tropical forests, canyons, volcanic areas, snowy tundras and other harsh environments. There are also a number of dimensional stages, in the Dreamworld. Tak gets aid from animals, a number of which did not appear in the first game. In this game, Tak's juju magic is triggered by holding down one button and pressing combos of other buttons. Tak also earns juju powers gradually throughout the game instead of having to seek them out.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 8 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams launched on 11 October 2004, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Counter-Strike: Source, Rome: Total War and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Counter-Strike: Source, Rome: Total War, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War.

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When did Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams come out?
Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams was released on 11 October 2004 for Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

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