Moving Out 2 (2023)

Moving Out 2 is better than the first game in the series in every way. Full of novel ideas, attractive set pieces, and thoughtful level design encouraging cooperation. It doesn't really make sense to play it solo, though.

Moving Out 2 brings back the hilarious F.A.R.T. movers, ensuring hours of fun for players emptying houses. Although it doesn't offer many gameplay innovations over the previous installment, it's still a solid choice for playing with friends, whether locally or online.

With a simple but very engaging concept, Moving Out 2 will put players finding the best ways to move objects inside and outside people's houses with a lot of learning involved when it comes to coordination and keeping within the time limit. The game is especially outstanding on local multiplayer, where hours of unbridled fun between friends are assured, thanks to the accessible but demanding controls. A true gem of fun and hilarity that more than deserves its place in players' hands.

As a fan of Overcooked, Moving Out 2 should have been right up the alley of many fans. The thing is, it feels like it tries to play the same way, just as a moving company. The reality though, is it misses every single mark by a long shot. It’s not that it’s a particularly bad game, it plays as it says for the most part (I have had a couple instances of stuff falling out of the map and never respawning), it’s just overly boring to play alone, and just as boring to play with people. It’s not a party game like Overcooked and it’s not overly cooperative, so it’s hard to say what the aim was, if there even was one.

Moving Out 2 is the same as the first game. And that's the biggest problem. You get the same thing again, with more content, but the same thing. The same graphics, the same sound, the same mechanics. It's still fun, but you want something better, more varied, more variable, newer.