<s>
Eschalon	B-Application
:	I-Application
Book	I-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
an	O
isometric	O
,	O
turn-based	O
single	O
player	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
by	O
Basilisk	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Eschalon	B-Application
:	I-Application
Book	I-Application
I	I-Application
,	O
it	O
features	O
a	O
large	O
and	O
openly	O
explorable	O
game	O
world	O
,	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
management	O
of	O
character	O
statistics	O
and	O
skills	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
non-linear	O
storyline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eschalon	B-Application
:	I-Application
Book	I-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
played	O
from	O
an	O
isometric	B-Application
perspective	I-Application
with	O
turn-based	O
combat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
continues	O
directly	O
from	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
Eschalon	B-Application
:	I-Application
Book	I-Application
I	I-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
character	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
set	O
a	O
few	O
years	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Taurax	O
meanwhile	O
are	O
continuing	O
to	O
build	O
an	O
army	O
to	O
overwhelm	O
the	O
land	O
of	O
Eschalon	B-Application
,	O
in	O
the	O
pursuit	O
of	O
these	O
gems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
was	O
largely	O
kept	O
secret	O
;	O
Thomas	O
Riegsecker	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
of	O
the	O
Eschalon	B-Application
series	O
believes	O
that	O
most	O
game	O
developers	O
release	O
too	O
much	O
information	O
about	O
their	O
products	O
,	O
spoiling	O
the	O
game	O
when	O
you	O
eventually	O
play	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eschalon	B-Application
:	I-Application
Book	I-Application
II	I-Application
holds	O
a	O
rating	O
of	O
four	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
stars	O
from	O
The	O
Linux	B-Application
Game	O
Tome	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thomas	O
Riegsecker	O
,	O
who	O
runs	O
Basilisk	O
Games	O
,	O
has	O
also	O
revealed	O
that	O
while	O
the	O
game	O
did	O
sell	O
well	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
as	O
commercially	O
successful	O
as	O
its	O
predecessor	O
Eschalon	B-Application
:	I-Application
Book	I-Application
I	I-Application
.	O
</s>
