Monument Valley 2 - Full Game (No Commentary)
17A full no commentary playthrough of Monument Valley 2
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00:00:00 I: Monument Valley 2
00:01:50 II: The Vestibule
00:06:28 III: The Oasis
00:10:13 IV: The Viaduct
00:15:38 V: The Archipelago
00:22:07 VI: The Docks
00:23:50 VII: The Towers
00:29:22 VIII: Aphelion
00:36:01 IX: Mén-an-tol
00:41:29 X: The Botanical Gardens
00:46:55 XI: The Lyceum
00:52:26 XII: The Orchard
00:55:54 XIII: The Sunken City
01:02:09 XIV: Mirador
01:11:26 Credits
Game: Monument Valley 2
Release Date: June 5, 2017
Developer: Ustwo Games
Monument Valley 2 (stylized as Monument Valley II) is an indie puzzle game developed and published by Ustwo Games. It is the sequel to the 2014 game Monument Valley. It was released for iOS in June 2017, and released for Android in November 2017. A new chapter called The Lost Forest was freely added in October 2021. Monument Valley 2+ a Apple Arcade exclusive was released on March 11, 2022. The PC version of the game, Monument Valley 2: Panoramic Edition, released on Steam in July 2022.
Monument Valley 2 is presented in an isometric view. The goal is to guide Ro and her child through mazes that include elements of optical illusions and impossible objects. The player can tap on the screen to move either Ro or her child (depending on the chapter) or to trigger changes in the architecture of the level to complete the puzzle.
Monument Valley was a critically successful game, achieving more than 30 million downloads by June 2017, which led to growth within Ustwo Games. While their next title, Land's End switched to virtual reality, and the lead developer of Monument Valley, Ken Wong, had left to form his own studio, many of the new talent hired into Ustwo were eager to work on a new Monument Valley title, leading to the studio to start on Monument Valley 2's development.
The sequel became more story-driven than the first, featuring a mother and her daughter. This partially was in response to player feedback from the first game. Ustwo studio head Dan Gray said that they found people found affinity for story elements that they hadn't purposely placed at the forefront, leading them to shift direction in the sequel. The change was also inspired by the fact many of the developers from the first game had become parents in the intervening years, and the characters resonated with them more. This subsequently inspired some of the art-shifts in the game away from the M.C. Escher-styled roots as to reflect moods associated with the puzzles, such as one stage where the mother and daughter are separated, presented in a grey, Brutalist structure to reflect the emotional toil of the separation. Further, the development team recognized that playable mother-and-daughter characters are not a frequent aspect of video games; Gray said that most games introduce the mother character to simply provide knowledge, whereas they wanted the mother to be "very influential and powerful" within the sequel. Level designs also came from various imagery that the team's artists had carried with them, and ranged from a number of sources, including abstract and modern art, locations they had visited, and even modern popular icons such as Kim Chi and Nicki Minaj.
Monument Valley 2 for iOS was first revealed at the 2017 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on June 5, 2017, and was made available that same day.
A version for Android was released on November 6, 2017. In addition, Ustwo worked with Tencent to prepare special version of Monument Valley 2 in China with optional localized storyline and social features.
As of September 2019, Ustwo Games was hiring a team to work on Monument Valley 3.
A new chapter to Monument Valley 2 called The Lost Forest was freely added in October 2021. The chapter was developed as part of the UN Playing for the Planet's Green Game Jam intended to help promote forest conservation. The DLC is also included in the rereleases.