Party Hard was an ok game dogged by unfortunate design decisions. Party Hard 2 took all those bad design decisions and made them even worse. Theres still no mid-level saving or quicksave mechanics, you still can be working on a level for over an hour only for a random bodyguard to look at you incorrectly and OOPS right back to the start. The traps still vary from gamebreaking to absolutely useless and the line of sight of people still is a pain to gauge properly.
But now theres even more problems! Theres a stamina system that runs out ridiculously fast, random people you cant kill for no reason (but you can still attempt to stab them and they'll call the cops on you super fast), theres new ways to finish levels but all these ways are dogged by awkward controls, unclear objectives and random events that feel intrusive and annoying and to top it all off, you have a new 'Super' move which is never properly explained and only seems to work to get you arrested in twice the time. Oh boy.
Also the levels are somehow even worse than the original. The original levels were not great but they at least felt workable. The levels here feel dull, full of dead-ends and have barely any traps or features in comparison to the previous game.
What a total mess.
But now theres even more problems! Theres a stamina system that runs out ridiculously fast, random people you cant kill for no reason (but you can still attempt to stab them and they'll call the cops on you super fast), theres new ways to finish levels but all these ways are dogged by awkward controls, unclear objectives and random events that feel intrusive and annoying and to top it all off, you have a new 'Super' move which is never properly explained and only seems to work to get you arrested in twice the time. Oh boy.
Also the levels are somehow even worse than the original. The original levels were not great but they at least felt workable. The levels here feel dull, full of dead-ends and have barely any traps or features in comparison to the previous game.
What a total mess.
While this game looks better than the first and adds alternate ways to finish most levels other than "kill them all" something about it just doesn't seem right. There are more annoying enemy types and some really poorly designed boss fights which hamper a lot of the fun of the original. It isn't all bad though because at it's core it is still fun to navigate the maps figuring out how to accomplish the mission, I just wish it was a bit more thought out at times.
Depois de terminar "Party Hard 1", eu vim correndo finalizar esse e a grata surpresa que tinha encontrado no jogo anterior, em seu enredo, sua narrativa e tudo que foi proporcionado foi transformada em decepção. O jogo ainda mantem as inúmeras referencias a nossa cultura pop mas tudo no jogo passa uma sensação de "putz, saudades do primeiro", um grande regresso (principalmente no enredo).
Party Hard 2 é uma oportunidade perdida.
Party Hard 2 é uma oportunidade perdida.