PopCap is known for creating addicting games that sometimes have unique and original twists. Bookworm Adventures was one of these unique games that did quite well for the company. Inevitably, the sequel has arrived and while it is generally more of the same, the same — in this case — is a very good thing.
In Bookworm Adventures Volume 2 you are Lex, a bookworm (naturally), and a freak incident in your library causes storybook characters to escape. Lex is pulled into the books and is trying to discover what is going on as he battles through the creatures and characters he meets. 
During his adventures Lex battles characters from the Mother Goose fairy tales, Folklore, and Sci-Fi.
Bookworm Adventures Volume 2 is a puzzle game based on words. Think of it as Scrabble meets an RPG meets a strategy game. Every book (there are three of them) has you working through 10 levels, each with some enemies and an end boss. As you play through the game you are presented with a tile of letters and you must spell a word to ‘attack’ your adversary. The longer the word and the rarer the letters used equates to a more powerful attack. As you spell longer words you are also given special colored tiles that add effects or damage bonuses to your attacks.
On the flip side, your enemies can also hit you with status effects that lock tiles, make them worth no points, or automatically cycle them each round. This gets challenging especially when you are trying to lock in letters for a really complex word to decimate your opponent quickly. The game starts off deceptively easy, but as it progresses you find yourself trying to come up with better and better words to try and eliminate your enemies quickly.
To help you battle the progressively harder enemies, you are given items throughout the game, some that must be equipped and others that are single use items. B
efore each level you are presented with a loadout screen, this enables you to select a partner like the Cheshire Cat or Mother Goose and two enhancement items.
These items give bonuses like clearing stat elements as well as attack enhancements, etc. During the course of the game, Lex also levels up resulting in the player either getting increased stats or health as he gains power. The items you use during battles are the typical ones that restore health, increase power, and clear status effects.
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