In some ways, an improvement on the first game. But there are still so many frustrating moments and clunky, dated gameplay design. Not to mention the story and characters can just get mired in misery porn and overly emo histrionics at times.
Presentation is very good, graphics and sound are frequently top tier, whilst not exactly being as breath-taking as a AAA game might be. Gameplay is pretty much unchanged from the first game, save for the introduction of a few new gameplay tweaks. You go through puzzle levels with rats, or stealth sections with soldiers, or a combination of both, then watch a cut scene. Rinse and repeat for 20-30 hours. So the repetition gets slightly boring by the end, even if the general gameplay is still fairly satisfying.
Save for the end though, where honestly it does get pretty emotional, its all just a procession of Hugo whining like a little bitch about anything and everything. Seriously, FUCK this kid. One of the most annoying little shits I've ever encountered in a game. And Amicia just coddles him, enables him and worries about him the entire game. Id be like Shut the fuck up Hugo, yes we had to kill the fucking soldiers, its impossible to sneak past 500 fucking soldiers, give me a fucking break already! If you whine about being scared one more god damn time ill fucking crossbow you now shut up! And the story is just misery piled upon misery. Oh there's rats killing people, now soldiers massacring innocent civilians, oh now there's an army of slavers killing innocent people too, oh this count and his wife seem nice, oh wait what a surprise they want to kill you for no good reason....its all laid on so thickly dude.
This was a decent 25 hours. Plenty of bullshit and misery porn but enjoyable gameplay and nice presentation. Couldn't be bothered getting the plat or playing NG+ though.
Presentation is very good, graphics and sound are frequently top tier, whilst not exactly being as breath-taking as a AAA game might be. Gameplay is pretty much unchanged from the first game, save for the introduction of a few new gameplay tweaks. You go through puzzle levels with rats, or stealth sections with soldiers, or a combination of both, then watch a cut scene. Rinse and repeat for 20-30 hours. So the repetition gets slightly boring by the end, even if the general gameplay is still fairly satisfying.
Save for the end though, where honestly it does get pretty emotional, its all just a procession of Hugo whining like a little bitch about anything and everything. Seriously, FUCK this kid. One of the most annoying little shits I've ever encountered in a game. And Amicia just coddles him, enables him and worries about him the entire game. Id be like Shut the fuck up Hugo, yes we had to kill the fucking soldiers, its impossible to sneak past 500 fucking soldiers, give me a fucking break already! If you whine about being scared one more god damn time ill fucking crossbow you now shut up! And the story is just misery piled upon misery. Oh there's rats killing people, now soldiers massacring innocent civilians, oh now there's an army of slavers killing innocent people too, oh this count and his wife seem nice, oh wait what a surprise they want to kill you for no good reason....its all laid on so thickly dude.
This was a decent 25 hours. Plenty of bullshit and misery porn but enjoyable gameplay and nice presentation. Couldn't be bothered getting the plat or playing NG+ though.