Riddle Transfer 2

released on May 25, 2016

The too-long-anticipated conclusion to the story of Riddle Transfer.


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He ended the franchise so well






and holy fuck, I wasn't expecting Diz to betray us in the end


(Side note now that I'm done with reviewing all these games: yes what jonochrome did was fucked up)

riddle school mas dessa vez eles voltam pro riddle school 1

esse jogo, junto com o riddle school 3, é o ápice que essa série já pode alcançar, puzzles meio difíceis e confusos de vez em quando, mas divertidos, história cativante, personagens FINALMENTE TENDO SEUS MOMENTOS DE TELA THANK YOUUUUUUU, e um desfecho insano pra uma série que nem tinha lore em primeiro lugar


agora pra parte pessoal, riddle school é uma série que eu
conheci faz anos já, a minha primeira interação com essa série foi em um canal brasileiro que eu não vou lembrar o nome, era um vídeo sobre exatamente o transfer 2, ou seja, eu conheci riddle school no último jogo dele; eu abri o vídeo e só vi alguns minutos antes de ir jogar o jogo, e sim eu começei pelo transfer 2, como eu era bobão e n conseguia fazer as coisas sozinho, youtube era meu melhor amigo, eu só gostei do jogo e fui atrás dos outros jogos dele, e acabou q esse jogo ficou no meu coração pra sempre

e infelizmente eu descobri que o jonochrome (criador dessa série), é um pedófilo, e eu só to mt triste com uma desgraça dessas, é complicado que uma pessoa q parece tão legal e que tem tanto potencial acaba com sua carreira de um jeito tão idiota

zack é literalmente o melhor personagem do jogo inteiro por favor sem perguntas

I am just counting the entire series here, what a fun little game series that represents Phil growing up into a good and better person. And this guy also did One Night At Flumptys? I'm sure he has a promising future not filled with any grooming allegations he confirmed were true, hahaha...ah, damn it...

Nice game to end off the Riddle School series! Feels like a return to form in many ways, with the exception of the hexagon puzzle the way you engage with the environment feels like it hearkens back to the original ones, albeit with improved character writing; this is the first time any of the main cast have been to the first Riddle School in years, and even the cynical Phil seems to be fond of it - I love his interactions with characters seen as one-off like Chubb and Richy in particular.

The ending itself I could take or leave, Diz turning out to be evil kind of felt pointless; nothing really built up to it and I think Quiz just realizing what he had done at the school would have been adequate for his redemption, he absolutely did not need to lay down his life let alone on such a contrived plot twist.

For whatever reason, I don't feel the same about the budding relationship between Phil and Smiley we see in the credits; I wouldn't have thought of it in the way Jon puts it, but in the special features he mentions that Phil is reborn into his childhood body and appreciates it this time around, and thus the inciting incident of the whole series - him getting detention for making fun of Smiley who he perceived as weird - is prevented. That aside the pictures in the credits of everyone grown up and them getting married are just adorable.

I think Riddle Transfer 2 - maybe School 5 and Transfer 1 - is the only Riddle School game I played as it came out. I wish I could evoke some emotions from the time period but frankly I hadn't played Riddle School in years and never bothered to refresh my memory when it came out, I may as well have been in the situation I am now back then. All in all though, Riddle School is a nice if unremarkable nostalgic series and this is a nice if unremarkable finale.

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And thus ends the Riddle School series. I feel like when this came out, this was bar none my favorite Riddle School game, but looking back on it now, this is certainly pretty good, but in the overall landscape of video games, it's kind of just ok. After replaying all of them, I would actually say 5 is probably my favorite in the series, the dream sequences are just too good, and I probably overvalue what I consider as "bold decisions", but this is fair competition for a second place. Pretty solid bookend to (in retrospect) a fairly rocky series.

(although, the Smiley stuff in the credits has a pretty unfortunate tinge to it now, knowing what we know now about the guy who made these games. Probably the poorest aged aspect of the whole game I think, really puts a damper on the impact of that ending)

This game made me cry omg, sucks to know the creator is a piece of garbage tho