Charming action-adventure, somewhat in the vein of Zelda. Very short, but that's fine; it doesn't overstay its welcome. There are some weird aspects to the game's presentation and tone (there's kind of an emphasis on puking in this series, I've noticed... yes, puking), but if you can overlook that, as well as some control quirks (a result of this game trying to fit as much as possible into a 2-button control scheme...), I think Silk Road 2 is fun.

I ended up having to play this with Google Lens on my phone, since there's no suitable English translation anywhere. That's far from ideal, and normally I would not do that for a game, but I had... reasons, to try and finish it ASAP, lol. I would like to revisit this one if it ever gets an English patch, so I can have a better sense of what's going on in the story.

While doing research on this, I looked into the first Silk Road as well, and was pretty surprised by what that turned out to be, in terms of both gameplay and content. In retrospect, Silk Road 2 is essentially a story prequel to the first Silk Road, from what I can tell? This definitely made for an unusual experience, at least.