Grounded 2 tries the same trick twice, but at least you can ride the bugs this time

Polygon.com / 29.07.25

Grounded 2 tries the same trick twice, but at least you can ride the bugs this time

I only played the original Grounded for a short spell in 2020, but I remember it well. It was mere months into the COVID-19 pandemic and my friends were desperate for new games to try as an excuse to socialize. Thanks to its launch on Xbox Game Pass, we decided to get a group together to give Grounded a shot. We ignored the survival games story entirely and set our sights on constructing a giant base of operations instead. We were stuck indoors, but it felt like we were kids in the backyard. We worked until we got bored and moved on to something else days later; we wanted to play pirates or bank robbers next time. That experience now comes to mind as I play Grounded 2s early access release five years later. The sequel follows the same formula, tasking me with turning a defenseless, shrunken kid into a backyard warrior through a familiar crafting hook. It all once again digitizes the nostalgic feeling of exploring the woods behind your house with friends. But though it gains some playfu...
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