MediEvil 2: Difference between revisions

*'''Start-of-Area Saving:''' As some levels in the game are made-up of more than one area, Winston the Ghost will offer you the chance to save inside a new area (after a load sequence), which often occurs before boss fights, using the phrase "Alright Dan, you've come a long way. I'd save if I was you!"

*'''Falling Damage:''' Unlike in the previous game, when falling from a height Dan will now receive damage. Dan will either lose health or die instantly, depending on the height from which he falls.

*[[Sir Daniel Fortesque]] - The protagonist of the game. Hailing from the lost land of Gallowmere, Sir Dan was killed in a battle against Zarok, an insane wizard, way back in the 13th Century. Some time after Dan's death, Zarok discovered a book of Black Magic and used an ancient spell to make the dead rise from their graves to form a legion of zombie warriors. A side effect of this was that Dan also returned from his "eternal rest". Quickly realising that something was wrong, Dan embarked on a quest to destroy Zarok once and for all. Having put everything right again, Dan returned to his crypt and died. 500 years later, however, the book falls into the hands of another megalomaniac and Dan finds himself once more in the land of the living.

*[[Professor Hamilton Kift]] - A nervous, fast-talking professor in the laboratory near an unused underground rail station. He's a somewhat short man with mechanical hands and a large head. He is skilled in different forms of science, philosophy, the occult and has a knack for creating inventions. Collecting the Chalice in each level provides him the materials to create a new weapon.

*[[Mander]] and [[Dogman]] - Lord Palethorn's henchmen, who turned into monsters as a side-effect of their master's spell.

In 1886, 500 years after [[Sir Daniel Fortesque]]'s climactic battle against the evil sorcerer [[Zarok]], [[Lord Palethorn]] discovers some of the pages of Zarok's spell book and casts the [[Spell of Eternal Darkness]] over the city of [[London]]. However, Palethorn needs the final pages of the spell book to fully control the monsters he has spawned. The spell Palethorn casts once again brings Sir Dan, who was resting at a nearby museum, back to life. He is recruited by a professor named [[Hamilton Kift]] and his ghostly sidekick [[Winston]] to recover the missing pages of Zarok's spellbook and put a stop to Palethorn's plans. Along the way, they end up being joined by an ancient mummy princess named [[Kiya]], whom Dan falls in love with.

When Kiya goes to [[Whitechapel]] alone to investigate psychic disturbances there, she is killed by [[Jack the Ripper]]. Broken-hearted, Dan abandons the quest against Palethorn and wanders into London's [[The Sewers|sewers]], where he encounters the [[Mullocks]], who worship him as a God, and discovers a [[Chrono-chair|time machine]] that Kift had built years earlier. Collecting the parts to rebuild the time machine, Dan travels back in time to defeat Jack and save Kiya. Jack pleads with Dan to be spared, but he mercilessly shoots him dead. Dan then merges with his past self to resolve the paradox and gains [[Super Armour]], and returns to the battle. Dan collects the [[Spell Page|final page of the spell book]] and confronts Palethorn, who steals the page from him and offers Dan the choice of joining him, which Dan refuses. Palethorn then assigns his two assistants, Mander and Dogman, to stop Dan from following him, but both are killed. Dan then goes after Palethorn. Palethorn uses the spell book to summon a [[The Demon|large blue demon]]. Dan manages to turn the demon against Palethorn, putting a stop to both of them. With his last breath, Palethorn drops a time bomb in a last-ditch effort to kill Dan, destroying his lair in the process.

*'''''[[OUTRO|All chalices not collected]]''''': Sir Dan and Kiya  return to the museum where they decide to re-enter their eternal rest.

During development, the Cambridge studio re-coded a majority of its core technology to ensure the sequel was "as good as possible," which Shepherd considered arguably similar to "starting from scratch."<ref name="interview">{{cite web|author = Strohm, Axel|title=MediEvil 2 Director Interviewed|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/medievil-2-director-interviewed/1100-2447317/|site=GameSpot|published=December 15, 1999}}</ref> Various features that were not implemented into the first game were added into ''MediEvil 2'', like additional playable characters created by utilising Dan's skeletal form.<ref name="interview"/>

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==Release==

''MediEvil 2'' was released on April 21, 2000 in Europe and May 9, 2000 in North America. It retailed at £19.99 in the United Kingdom, being amongst the first PlayStation titles released at this lower price point.<ref name="ReleaseNewsgroup">{{Cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/g/uk.games.video.playstation/c/-ht4W_pQ4SA/m/MfHvRe2fV-QJ|author=Donovan, Paul|title= What do I get from the following|quote=…MediEvil 2 comes out on Friday for £19.99 ( it's the first major title to be sold at the new price point ).|published=April 19, 2000|site=uk.games.video.playstation|retrieved=July 17, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2000/may/11/onlinesupplement7|author=Bodle, Andy|title=Games reviews|published=May 11, 2000|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>

===Awards===

On October 26, 2000, the game won the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Award for Best Console Game.<ref>{{cite web|title=Games - Console in 2000|site=BAFTA AWARDS|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2000/interactive/games-console-award}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Art and Game Design - MediEvil|site=JASON WILSON - PORTFOLIO|url=http://jasonwilson-folio.blogspot.com/p/art-and-game-design-medievil.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20001207051300if_/http://www.bafta.org:80/bafta/5_ie/5_INTRO.htm|published=December 7, 2000|retrieved=July 17, 2021|site=<nowiki>|||||</nowiki> British Academy of Film and Television Arts <nowiki>|||||</nowiki>|title=Interactive Entertainment Introduction}}</ref>

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