Since we're talking Monolith, then NOLF2 is to NOLF what F.E.A.R. 2 is to F.E.A.R.: not a bad game by itself, but a massive drop in quality compared to its predecessor.

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I don't particularly condone piracy, but since this game has been in legal limbo for (close to) two decades now with no way of buying this digitally: search for "NOLFrevival" to acquire a copy that works great out of the box, as this also comes with the NOLF Modernizer patch.