Shade's Frozenbyte Contests, Week #3: Trine 2 Complete Story

It's been over two weeks now since this was announced. But you know me; once you tell me an indie game with great art direction, great music and fun mechanics is coming out, I won't stop talking about it for ages!

Trine 3 is happening! This year even!


Man, I can't even tell you how excited I am. The Trine series is one of my favorites of all time. As far as indie games go they're incredibly high on my list and they even hold up to a lot of my favorite 'AAA games'.

So in honor of this momentous occassion, I'm going to give a bunch of Trine-related stuff away over the next couple of weeks.

Here's how it's going down. Over a period of five weeks, I'm going to give increasingly great gifts away, as follows:
Week #1: Trine Enchanted Edition
Week #2: Shadowgrounds and Shadowgrounds: Survivor
- WINNER: Gajknight
If my town ever gets overrun with Aliens, I'll know exactly who to turn to. With the power of existential questions (and fire) Gajknight will show those ugly basterds what for.

Week #3: Trine 2: Complete Story
Week #4: Trine Complete Pack (= Trine Enchanted Edition, Trine 2: Complete Story)
Week #5: Frozenbyte Pack (= Trine Enchanted Edition, Trine 2: Complete Story, Shadowgrounds, Shadowgrounds: Survivor)
Week #?: Trine 3 (this contest will be put up the week of Trine 3's release)

The rules are very simple. Each week I'm going to ask you to answer a Trine-related question.
The funniest, most thoughtful, or most original answer wins! You guys know how I think by now, so give me something I'll enjoy and the games could be yours!
I will also allow, nay encourage, entering for a game you already own provided you have someone in mind to give it to. Same goes for entering in multiple weeks. So the winner of Week #1 is still eligible to participate in the following weeks, even in Week #4 and 5, but you're going to have to impress me. 

Outside of answering the contest question, there is only one condition: no freeloaders.
I'm giving these games away out of love for Frozenbyte and the Dtoid community, so the very least you could do is be part of the Dtoid community. That goes double for Week #?. Don't worry too much though, if you're a regular around here I'll probably know you. I made a list of 99 Dtoiders off the top of my head, I'm pretty sure I'll manage. 

And with that out of the way, this week we've got Trine 2 Complete Story. This includes all DLC levels, a bunch of new achievements and more! 



Now, what can I really say about Trine 2?

Well for starters, I would like to put out there that Trine 2 is better than the original in every way. Frozenbyte took the incredibly solid foundation of their original hit and just added loads of cool stuff to it.

For example, the puzzles in Trine 2 are way more intricate. If there was ever downside to Trine 1 it's that many puzzles could be beaten by throwing a bunch of boxes at the problem. The Knight was hardly ever useful. Not Trine 2 though. This game mixes up the puzzles a lot more, so that you might actually have to think about things sometimes. Apart from that, it gave all three characters new abilities to play with, each more useful than the last. The Wizard can now trap enemies in boxes so that he's not totally defenseless anymore. The Knight gained increased mobility, so that he doesn't suck at platforming anymore. The Thief gained the best upgrade of all, since she's now ability to shoot arrows that release a large anti-gravity bubble wherever they hit.

Apart from the gameplay, Frozenbyte took care to make the enemies more varied this time around, including tossing some more bosses into the mix. This has the added benefit of giving us more boss music, which is a welcome bit of variety inbetween the more mellow tunes of Trine 1.

Speaking of music, Ari Pulkkinen really outdid himself on this game. Some of my favorite game music ever is on this score, such as the hauntingly beautiful "The Lost Court of Mushroom Caves".
Finally, this wouldn't be a Trine recommendation if I didn't mention the graphics. Good lord, Trine 2 might very well be the most gorgeous game I've ever seen. From snowy castles to lush forests to searing hot deserts to the insides of a Sarlacc, it's all here and all amazing. You could literally take a screenshot at any random moment of playing Trine 2, and you've got yourself an incredible wallpaper. Allow me to demonstrate.



So yeah, Trine 2 is well worth your time. And it has online co-op now! So if whoever wins this wants to have a go with me, I'm all for it!

Here is the question I need you to answer to win this great game:

In Trine 2, the Knight gained a new ability, namely:



If you can't tell, that's a fat guy in full medieval armor, and he's gliding through the air using his (metal!) shield as a sail.

How the fuck does that even work?

Remember, give me the funniest, most creative thing you can think of, and by this time next week you could be breaking the laws of physics in all the best ways, while feasting your eyes on things like this:

- Us heroes, we have so much to do

LOOK WHO CAME:

ShadeOfLight   

Dreamweaver   1

Retrofraction   1

Roberto Plankton   1

RenaudB90   1

Gajknight   1

Luckrequired   1