The range is somewhat limited compared to his arrows from the first game, but the bionic arm also allows Baleog to swing in the air using special hooks and to grab some items inaccessible to others.
Similarly, to finish the level, all three characters must reach the exit point with the three items in possession. Every level is designed such that each character must contribute his unique skills to help the other two through to the end. In the two-player cooperative mode, each player simultaneously controls one character and is allowed to change control to the third, unused character at any point. Control may be swapped from character to character at any point.
The game predetermines which characters are available in any specific level. Lost Vikings 2 is a side-scrolling platform adventure in which the player alternates control of three of the five playable characters, guiding each of them one at a time from a designated start point in each level to the exit, collecting three specific items along the way.