This has more gameplay than the original game did, voice acting, an actual story, and uses the monsters more but that doesn't actually mean it's a good game. It's easy to tell this was made as a clickbait game to get money from kids, the story isn't actually interesting, and this series is being rushed for profit. They're trying to pull a FNAF by making small games back to back to keep it relevant except FNAF at least had quality to it. There is nothing noteworthy from this series thus far and there really shouldn't be plans for a third game in less than three months after the original games launch. They're just clinging to the little popularity they got from a clickbait oriented game design that'll fade away in a week if they don't pump out new bad games.
This review contains spoilers
This game expands on the lore of the first game and includes much more content. I found myself immersed in the world of Garten of BanBan and was excited every time there was more to do. BanBan may be one of the greatest villains ever made and the Slow Seline segment was genuinely terrifying.
It's like the first game only longer and way worse. Significantly less fun than the first game because the gimmick has long-since worn off and it's trying to take itself seriously(?) now. Very bad "puzzles" full of trial and error, and generally a very unenjoyable experience. For the meme I will force myself to play Garten of Banban 3, but this entry has soured my opinion of something I already didn't like. Not good.
So, with my review of Garten of BanBan 1, I was a bit hopeful, and optimistic, and kind of praising the developers, though not entirely, and I gave the first the benefit of the doubt.
This game however, Garten of BanBan 2, is far worse. And I cannot be genuinely nice to it, I cannot give it the benefit of the doubt. This is plain bad. Let me explain.
So, I played Garten of BanBan 1 the day after it came out, on Janurary 7th, 2023. And I'm pretty sure that it wasn't very known right when it came out, it took a solid week I'm pretty sure, for it to gain traction. After I beat Part 1, I wasn't feeling much about the game, I was very 50/50, very indecisive on it. Not many thoughts or opinions flooded my head when I beat it. I just really only thought, ''If they do a 2nd one, I hope they do it better.'', and when 2 got teased, and they did teasers, and trailers for it, I wasn't excited for it, but my curiosity was there for it. I wanted to see if it would improve upon the 1st game. I became casually optimistic on the game.
The game released March 3rd, 2023. I bought it the day it released, and finished it the day of release. To my dismay, and I should have expected this truthfully, it was less than 2 hours long. And fundamentally as a game, it was far worse. Everything got more nonsensical, and hard to understand. The segments in this game were atrocious, to say the least.
I didn't care for Jumbo Josh as a villain, nor was I surprised by BanBan being the ''helper'' talking to you through the cameras. It all was very predictable, and it also cost 6 dollars for me. 6 dollars more than the previous one. 6 dollars more than what it should have been. BanBan 2 should have been the first game, mix 1 and 2 together, and release that as number 1. And BanBan 3 would become 2, and 4 would become 3, and it become tighter, in my opinion, and more worth your money, even if it's only an added 20 minutes.
They needed this game in the oven much longer than it was in the oven for, only being made for 57 days. It needed 100 at the very least, but if they took 100 days to make a proper game, then god forbid they have to delay BanBan 3.
This game is bad, really bad. I only continued to see where the series would go from here, and I was semi-surprised.
Overall: 3/10
This game however, Garten of BanBan 2, is far worse. And I cannot be genuinely nice to it, I cannot give it the benefit of the doubt. This is plain bad. Let me explain.
So, I played Garten of BanBan 1 the day after it came out, on Janurary 7th, 2023. And I'm pretty sure that it wasn't very known right when it came out, it took a solid week I'm pretty sure, for it to gain traction. After I beat Part 1, I wasn't feeling much about the game, I was very 50/50, very indecisive on it. Not many thoughts or opinions flooded my head when I beat it. I just really only thought, ''If they do a 2nd one, I hope they do it better.'', and when 2 got teased, and they did teasers, and trailers for it, I wasn't excited for it, but my curiosity was there for it. I wanted to see if it would improve upon the 1st game. I became casually optimistic on the game.
The game released March 3rd, 2023. I bought it the day it released, and finished it the day of release. To my dismay, and I should have expected this truthfully, it was less than 2 hours long. And fundamentally as a game, it was far worse. Everything got more nonsensical, and hard to understand. The segments in this game were atrocious, to say the least.
I didn't care for Jumbo Josh as a villain, nor was I surprised by BanBan being the ''helper'' talking to you through the cameras. It all was very predictable, and it also cost 6 dollars for me. 6 dollars more than the previous one. 6 dollars more than what it should have been. BanBan 2 should have been the first game, mix 1 and 2 together, and release that as number 1. And BanBan 3 would become 2, and 4 would become 3, and it become tighter, in my opinion, and more worth your money, even if it's only an added 20 minutes.
They needed this game in the oven much longer than it was in the oven for, only being made for 57 days. It needed 100 at the very least, but if they took 100 days to make a proper game, then god forbid they have to delay BanBan 3.
This game is bad, really bad. I only continued to see where the series would go from here, and I was semi-surprised.
Overall: 3/10