I was pretty disappointed with this game compared to the last one.

I have no problem with the humor and overall charm, as I believe the developer did very well with expanding these qualities of the game, but the new direction of gameplay leaves a lot to be desired. I like that the developer attempted a different approach to this series, and the ways of progression definitely are innovative and are in-character for the narrative, but after a while the gameplay loop becomes boringly trivial and excessive, making an entire playthrough feel weak.

There's not enough content to stick around for, either; besides the funny easter eggs, neat weapons to try, and the amazingly designed environments, the map gets very cramped. In the hub area, if you quickly pour all your money into the upgrades and weapons from exploring into the researching desk, you're able to unlock everything you can rather quickly. The content that does exist in the game, though, can be frustrating at times as well. The elevators, a core mechanic in the game, randomly pull up an elevator leading to a different room, and these elevators are completely random, and finding the one you need scattered across the map is a dumb goose chase. Even more asinine for perfectionists, there are four side quests in the game that require you go out of your way to destroy furniture or kill a number of enemies, and since they don't respawn in the already small map you play on, it takes multiple runs to do the quest.

I was thrilled when I found out about the sequel to Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion, but this new installment gameplay-wise leaves a rotten taste in my mouth, but because this game still holds a lot of the memorable moments that made the last game feel so special, I still feel this game had something going for it, and was made with some real effort; I just wish there was more polishing on the gameplay and reasons to keep me playing. (4/10)

I played TBCTE a few years ago and for what it was, I thought it was a good game. This game, while still having the humor and charm of its predecessor, surpasses it in every way imaginable tenfold. The gameplay is wildly different, opting for a loop of entering, exiting, upgrading, and repeating. However, I never felt bored throughout my time playing, there was always stuff to do. Characters throughout the map give you side goals to work towards alongside your main objectives. The bank layout is pretty interesting to navigate, too. The layout remains the same, but the elevators change their destination every time you start a new run, making you have to look around to get to where you need to go, possibly making you stumble upon some other goodies in your search.

I only had a few minor issues when playing. The quests given by characters often tell you to go to some specific part of the bank or talk to some specific NPC, but there are no indicators to guide you on where to go most of the time. In my playthrough I kinda just bumped into random characters with dialog pertaining to a quest and then sending me back to the guy I started the quest with. The problem is that I often started that quest like two hours ago and forgot where that guy was. Another annoying thing is that while the elevators are cool and all, some NPC quests are found on a specific floor. As I mentioned earlier, the floors elevators bring you to change every time you start a new run, so you kinda just have to hope an elevator close to the start has the floor you want or you either have to roam around to find it or do something else in the meantime. The final real issue I have is that the performance enhancement shop is really limited and runs out of upgrades pretty fast.

Despite the flaws I mentioned, I still think this game is worth your time. There are a lot of other good things in this game that I didn't mention. I had a lot of fun in my playthrough and I think you would too.

step 1: be turnip
step 2: do crime
step 3: ???
step 4: profit

10/10

i loved the first turnip boy game but these one has beaten it out, taking the humor and gameplay from the fist and putting into a rogue like was an incredible idea, the game is short but it sticks around only as long as it needs too, theres nothing i would take away or add, if i could erase my mind and play this again i would

Silly little game :)

fun and stuff 5 stars