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Zachary Boddy

I love how Grounded 2 gets rid of tired survival game tools — it makes the game better, not easier

Screenshot of Grounded 2 on Xbox Series X.

Grounded 2 has finally arrived in early access, but I've already been playing it for hours on end. The follow-up to my favorite survival game of all time is bigger and more ambitious, and it makes some interesting changes to the standard formula.

Chief among those changes is the removal of your typical axe, hammer, shovel, and other tools for collecting resources. Replacing them all is the aptly named Omni-Tool, which dynamically changes to adapt to the task at hand.

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