Same trick, new treats: Costume Quest 2 adds punchier battles and jokes

Halloween kind of sucks when you’re an adult. You can’t just dress up with your friends and go door-to-door begging for candy without looking like a bunch of jerks. But with Costume Quest 2, you can revisit your sugar-filled childhood memories while you beat up monsters and collect new outfits.

Nearly four years after the first game came out, developer Double Fine Productions is getting ready to release Costume Quest 2 this Halloween for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, PS3, and Xbox 360. The role-playing game picks up where the downloadable expansion Grubbins on Ice left off, with players reuniting with Wren and Reynold in their new time-traveling adventure. When I sat down to play a demo a few weeks ago, the siblings were exploring the past in a New Orleans-like level called the Bayou.