Like its predecessor, Runes of Virtue, this is mostly an action-adventure game similar to the Legend of Zelda and offers basically the same gameplay: the player can push and break objects, collect items, open doors, solve puzzles and attack enemies. The land is however much bigger this time, with actual cities to explore and more NPCs to see, and longer dungeons.
Like the first episode, this game is again capable of multi-player – but only on the Game Boy, not on the SNES. Also like in the first part, the player can chose between Iolo, Mariah, Shamino and Dupre.