Here’s the thing about the original Coffee Talk: much like Animal Crossing: New Horizons, with which it shared a release year, Coffee Talk was the dictionary definition of a ‘right place, right time’ kind of game. 2020 was the year for Coffee Talk. As I spent yet another month entirely within my apartment during lockdown, roleplaying as a coffee-serving pillar of a near-future science-fantasy community provided me a level of comfort that would’ve been less potent in a more…sociable kind of year. And that’s not to say the original Coffee Talk wasn’t good, just that it was slight. It was a colorful game with precious few mechanics and a cast of characters who alternated between bubbly and traumadump-y like many contemporary visual novels. And that was fine. Coffee Talk was not ambitious, but it hit its marks.

Coffee Talk is also a game that ended with a bizarre non-sequitur of a twist that left a bad taste in my mouth. Coffee Talk 2 is more of the same on a surface level, but it’s a little twistier than that game, a little more packed with lore and just a little less tuned-in to the real-world. Example: one of Coffee Talk 2’s big new character is a Youtuber/influencer zoomer who is abrasive until he learns how to be a normal person thanks to the power of socially drinking coffee. Something about enduring this guy’s whole pre-scripted character arc set to Coffee Talk’s ‘Lo-Fi Beats to Chill and Study To’ soundtrack made the game feel somehow ancient to me, like it was the product of a time and place in culture that preceded even the first game’s release window. Haven’t we moved on to new forms of post-adolescent mass media sociopathy upon which to project ourselves? Shouldn’t this guy be the most toxic alpha male fake-podcaster you’ve ever seen? Maybe the next one’s music will graduate from Lo-Fi girl to whichever version of Undergraduate Bedroom Hyperpop (Fast Version) has become viral most recently.

Fico feliz que os pontos mais fortes do último jogo se manteve nesse mais fortemente.
Uma história muito gostosinha de se acompanhar e com ate um mistério muito interessante, e os dialogos mantem sendo tão bom quanto o primeiro.
Os fregueses que ja conhecemos tem um desenvolvimento melhor em certas partes como o policial e o vampiro, mas as novas adições foram bem vindas e deram tbm um ar novo, e novos problemas e fofocas também.
E nem preciso dizer que a trilha sonora esta tão calma e tranquila com o lo-fi de sempre mas adicionado a chuva que esta ocorrendo no fundo.
Se vc gostou do primeiro irár adorar o 2 matem toda a vibe boa que a 1 mantem, e to pensantivo ainda se e bom ou ruim pois para platinar o jogo e bem mais demorado que o primeiro.
Se você não estiver com sono e queirar saber das fofocas dos outros esse e um jogo prato cheio.
E sim eu quero um episódio 3 agora !!!