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Two Point Museum is an amazing game that sometimes feels a bit more involved and interactive than previous entries in the series due to the nature of exhibits and the process of running your establishment. If its add-ons just added more expeditions and exhibits, I feel like that would have been enough. However, the Fantasy Finds DLC for Two Point Museum does more than that by also embracing the otherworldly, fantasy, and D&D sort of theme by also changing up gameplay a bit.
To start, getting into Fantasy Finds in Two Point Museum is easy, as the DLC is probably already unlocked if you already owned and played the game before grabbing it. You need to finish Memento Mile, basically the tutorial and Prehistory museum experience. If you did that, then Scorched Earth will be open and accessible. This lets you head to the new world, check out the new expeditions, hire the new Fantasy Experts, and get new exhibits that reference monsters, equipment, treasures, Dwarven creations, and experiences.
But it’s the extra elements that help make it feel a bit more realized. Like Two Point Studios and Sega really are trying to acknowledge the whimsical elements. The nature of the expeditions and story is a start. When we’re going through the story, we’re actually going through the Scorched Earth area. The lack of a new actual museum is a bit disappointing, since it means you need to just add what you get as a new area of an existing one. However, I do appreciate the effort to make it feel like a journey.
Especially since the new Fantasy Experts embrace that example too. In the traditional, base game, we do hire folks based on the roles they can play and their expertise. Here they are Fantasy Experts, but they are even more specialized by being say a Barbarian, Bard, Rogue, or Wizard. Their stats affect expeditions, and your party might need one of them or some of them and existing role types. The Mythical Gear also playing a part and acting as equipment, instead of just exhibits, is also a great salute to the fact these are “legendary” items, but practical pieces too.
While the nature of it does mean adding the new exhibits to existing museums, I do like that they don’t feel all that out of place. There’s already a salute to otherworldly elements with the existing Supernatural sections. The Fantasy items can fit in with those. I also feel like some of the Dwarven Devices could almost work when displayed alongside both the Supernatural Cursed Objects and Science Custom Contraptions.
Two Point Museum is a fantastic, museum management simulation, and Fantasy Finds is a fun themed DLC that really leans into the more silly and absurd aspects. However, it’s done so in a very serious manner that treats the idea of heading into these types of supernatural and otherworldly topics with the same care as other exhibits. It also doesn’t take too long to unlock, while also incorporating some new concepts such as going through Scorched Earth and preparing Fantasy Experts teams. I really appreciate the execution and care put into it to make it stand out from other types of exhibits and elements.
Two Point Museum is available for the PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC, and the Fantasy Finds DLC is out now.
