Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out

Item: Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out
Rating: 91
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-07-19

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Summary

Immersive, replayable narrative-driven clan management
Excellent sequel, significant improvements
Rich world and lore
Obtuse mechanics and lore
Repetitive, limited gameplay
Overwhelming food management

Emotions

Satisfaction33%Engagement8%Excitement7%Admiration7%Frustration7%

Reviews (sample size): 107
Helpful reviews: 83%
Unhelpful reviews: 16%
Protest reviews: 1%

91%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
9%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 303
Negative points: 98
Gameplay points: 142
Perf. points: 0
Rec. points: 88
Misc points: 20

Point	Description	Importance
Immersive & Replayable Gameplay Description Players consistently praise the game's overall quality, highlighting its immersive and unique gameplay experience. The blend of strategy, narrative, and role-playing elements, combined with beautiful art and a fantastic soundtrack, creates a highly engaging and replayable experience. Importance 99%	Players consistently praise the game's overall quality, highlighting its immersive and unique gameplay experience. The blend of strategy, narrative, and role-playing elements, combined with beautiful art and a fantastic soundtrack, creates a highly engaging and replayable experience.	99%
Excellent Sequel & Improvement Description The game is widely regarded as a significant improvement and worthy successor to its predecessors, King of Dragon Pass and Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind. It refines existing mechanics, expands on the lore, and offers a more integrated and engaging narrative experience. Importance 82%	The game is widely regarded as a significant improvement and worthy successor to its predecessors, King of Dragon Pass and Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind. It refines existing mechanics, expands on the lore, and offers a more integrated and engaging narrative experience.	82%
Rich World & Lore Description The game's world-building, lore, and mythological elements are consistently praised as fascinating, unique, and deeply engaging. The Bronze Age setting, combined with existential conflicts and a dying world theme, creates a rich and immersive backdrop. Importance 31%	The game's world-building, lore, and mythological elements are consistently praised as fascinating, unique, and deeply engaging. The Bronze Age setting, combined with existential conflicts and a dying world theme, creates a rich and immersive backdrop.	31%
Meaningful Player Choices Description A core strength of the game lies in its impactful choice-consequence mechanics. Players appreciate the difficult ethical dilemmas and the genuine weight of their decisions, which directly influence the narrative and gameplay, enhancing immersion in a collapsing world. Importance 30%	A core strength of the game lies in its impactful choice-consequence mechanics. Players appreciate the difficult ethical dilemmas and the genuine weight of their decisions, which directly influence the narrative and gameplay, enhancing immersion in a collapsing world.	30%
Seamless Save Import Feature Description A highly appreciated feature is the ability to import save files from the previous game, Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind. This allows for a continuous clan journey, with past choices and achievements influencing the current playthrough, adding unique depth and replayability. Importance 20%	A highly appreciated feature is the ability to import save files from the previous game, Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind. This allows for a continuous clan journey, with past choices and achievements influencing the current playthrough, adding unique depth and replayability.	20%
Improved Council Member System Description The enhanced portrayal and mechanics surrounding council members are a significant improvement. Players enjoy the depth added by these characters, who age, have personalities, and contribute meaningfully to the tribe's survival and decision-making. Importance 20%	The enhanced portrayal and mechanics surrounding council members are a significant improvement. Players enjoy the depth added by these characters, who age, have personalities, and contribute meaningfully to the tribe's survival and decision-making.	20%
Outstanding Art & Visuals Description The game's visual presentation is consistently lauded, with players highlighting the outstanding, beautiful, and atmospheric hand-drawn artwork. This artistic quality significantly contributes to the game's immersive experience. Importance 17%	The game's visual presentation is consistently lauded, with players highlighting the outstanding, beautiful, and atmospheric hand-drawn artwork. This artistic quality significantly contributes to the game's immersive experience.	17%
Compelling Apocalyptic Setting Description The game masterfully conveys a sense of an apocalyptic, dying world, immersing players in a desperate struggle for survival. This grim atmosphere is balanced with elements of hope, making the narrative compelling. Importance 17%	The game masterfully conveys a sense of an apocalyptic, dying world, immersing players in a desperate struggle for survival. This grim atmosphere is balanced with elements of hope, making the narrative compelling.	17%
Best Glorantha Adaptation Description For fans of the Glorantha setting, the game is considered a must-play and the best adaptation of the world to date. It offers a detailed and unique experience within this established universe. Importance 13%	For fans of the Glorantha setting, the game is considered a must-play and the best adaptation of the world to date. It offers a detailed and unique experience within this established universe.	13%
Adjustable Campaign Length Description The addition of adjustable campaign length, allowing for two or three generations, is a welcome feature. This provides players with more time to explore the valley and delve deeper into the game's lore. Importance 9%	The addition of adjustable campaign length, allowing for two or three generations, is a welcome feature. This provides players with more time to explore the valley and delve deeper into the game's lore.	9%