''Poly Bridge 2'' is a simulation- puzzle game developed and published by Dry Cactus, with music composed by Adrian Talens. It is the sequel to the critically acclaimed ''

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''. It is available worldwide for Linux, macOS,

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, and iOS.

Gameplay

The objective of ''Poly Bridge 2'' is to build a bridge that can take vehicles from place A to place B with materials provided within a limited budget. In addition to the materials that were already featured in ''

'', a new material, the

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, is introduced. The game offers six different worlds which consist of 16 levels each, along with five "challenge worlds" consisting of harder versions of the levels contained in the first five worlds, adding up to a total of 176 levels. The addition of a feature similar to the Steam Workshop allows players to make and upload their own levels for other players to enjoy. This workshop service is hosted on Dry Cactus's servers, making the game compatible with other launchers such as the Epic Games Store, whereas ''

'''s workshop was hosted on the Steam Workshop and was thus restricted to the

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launcher.

Development and release

''Poly Bridge 2'' is developed and published by New Zealand-based

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Dry Cactus, with Canadian composer Adrian Talens returning to compose the original soundtrack. The game was released on Epic Games Store and

on 28 May 2020 for Linux, macOS and

. It released with four regular worlds and four challenge worlds, with two additional normal worlds and one challenge world added on 2 August 2020. A mobile version of ''Poly Bridge 2'' was released 26 October 2020 for

, and 27 October 2020 for iOS. A sequel, titled '' Poly Bridge 3'' was released on 30 May 2023.

Soundtrack

Reception

''Poly Bridge 2'' received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic; however, the game has received "Overwhelmingly Positive" reviews on

, with a score of 96/100 and 2,852 reviews as of 22 March 2021. It has earned a rating of 4.83/5 stars on the Google Play store and 4.43/5 stars on the App Store. Russell Archey of ''Gaming Nexus'' rated the game 8.5 out of 10. He felt the game was enjoyable and relaxing, and brought him a lot of happiness every time the bridge he built broke and drivers drove into the water. Chris O'Connor of ''Impulse Gamer'' gave the game an overall 3.6 stars out of 5. He praised the game for being good fun at a pretty reasonable price, but criticised it for not having enough stages. Michael Lafferty of ''Common Sense Media'' gave the game 4 stars out of 5. John Walker of ''

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'' commented the game is "far more like an expansion pack than a whole new game", and thought it difficult to enjoy if creating on one's own.

References

External links

*{{Official website, https://www.polybridge2.com/ 2020 video games Android (operating system) games Construction and management simulation games iOS games Linux games MacOS games Puzzle video games Single-player video games Video games developed in New Zealand Video game sequels Windows games Dry Cactus games