It follows the three-person cast of the original game and new panda character Neera Li as they fight the robotic army of Merga, a water dragoness who seeks revenge for ancient atrocities.

[3] They discover that the culprit is the water dragoness warrior Merga, a bioengineered supersoldier of the same supposedly nigh-extinct species as Lilac, who has awakened from a crystal prison in the depths of the ocean due to the destruction of the Kingdom Stone.

Deciding to stay at Milla's place for the night, all three of them are approached by lieutenant Neera Li, who summons them to an audience with the Royal Magister of Shang Tu.

Once in the palace, they are informed that the recent attacks are being organized and Shang Tu requires assistance in order to discover their origin, the trio oblige with Neera joining them and acting as their liaison with the Magister.

Their missions include stopping a sky pirate attack on Shang Tu's museum led by Carol's older sister Corazon and her engineer Aaa and saving the Pangu drone, participating in Shang Mu's Battlesphere and recruiting its champion Captain Kalaw, and helping King Dail of Shuigang with the remnants of Brevon's army led by General Serpentine, receiving assistance from Sergeant Askal of Shang Tu's army (who's half earth dragon) and retrieve the Syntax drone.

Once in Shang Tu, the heroes learn that Askal is also an insider of Merga and the Magister is revealed to be a young earth dragon.

After returning, the heroes discover that Spade has lied and ran away with Syntax while reuniting with Carol, who was drugged by her sister and left stranded in the ocean only to be rescued by Serpentine.

Despite their attempts, Bakunawa rises and Merga decides to use it to devour Avalice's moon and fuel the ship while leaving the planet and everyone on it to die.

While on Bakunawa, the heroes defeat Merga's supporters and convince them to stand down, Serpentine betrays them and reveals Milla's origin as a bioengineered war dog native to Brevon's world in hopes of breaking her spirit and her friends' trust in her but fails.

[5][6] It was also revealed that Sonic Mania developer Christian Whitehead had helped DiDuro with programming and was responsible for porting over the physics from Clickteam Fusion to Unity.

[1] In an early 2017 gameplay trailer, Neera Li (who was a boss NPC in the first game) was revealed to be the sequel's fourth playable character.

[13] In pre-release impressions, Chris Moyse of Destructoid said that he liked Freedom Planet 2's visuals and "Saturday morning vibe", calling it "delightful" and "pretty tubular".

[14] In a post-release review, Dominic Tarason of PC Gamer described the title as similar to a long-lost Sega Saturn game, noting how much it had evolved away from Sonic the Hedgehog.

He also enjoyed the game's boss fights against giant enemies, and the addition of a world map that allowed players to revisit previous areas.