Bleed 2

About Bleed 2

Bleed 2 is a 2D action game by Ian Campbell, released on Steam in February 2017, with music by Jukio Kallio and sound design by Joonas Turner. A year later it came to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch through the publisher Digerati.

You play Wryn, who has to fight off an invading force of villains to live up to her title as the Greatest Hero of All Time. The controls let you shoot, air-dodge, reflect bullets and slow time all at once. The campaign has seven levels with over 25 boss fights, four difficulty levels that remix enemies and boss patterns, and an Arcade Mode played on one life for the leaderboards. Every mode can be played in local co-op for two.

The daily part is Endless Mode, added for the game's first anniversary in February 2018. It builds random levels from parts of both Bleed games, and its daily challenge gives everyone a new set of levels each day, with leaderboards and replays to see how others got their scores. The dailies get harder across the week, from Normal on Monday to Too Hard on Saturday. Most let you choose your character and weapons, but some put everyone in the same character.

It suits players who like short, hard action runs and boss patterns to learn, and who want a fresh scored run each day.

How to play Bleed 2

1. Choose Play, then Endless, and start the day's daily challenge.
2. Pick your character and weapons, unless the day's challenge sets them.
3. Shoot enemies while you jump and air-dodge, and dodge into bullets to reflect them back.
4. Slow time when the screen fills up to pick a way through.
5. Get as far as you can and check your score on the daily leaderboard.

Screenshots

Tips

• Watch the replays of the top runs on the leaderboard to see how they beat a hard section.
• Expect the challenge to get harder as the week goes on, and save a calm day like Monday to learn the mode.

Questions