Butterfly Soup 2 expands on the first game and it's characters in a way that I rarely see sequels do. From tackling issues of wanting to connect with your parent who was raised differently than you so your beliefs will always clash, to the common second gen immigrant feeling of "Would I be better off if I had been raised in my parents home country? Would I understand my parents better?" , to the anti-black racism that is within asian communities and the constant fear of not becoming your parents.
The humor is still as funny as the last one, and it's really cool to see how Brianna Lee's writing has improved over the years. I especially related to Diya and Noelle's sections and once I completed the game, I spent a lot of time thinking about my own feelings of the relationship with my immigrant parents that I've tried very hard to bury for a myriad of reasons.
The anti-black racism section of the game I felt was a little bit messy. As a black person I get that there's not really any good way to address and handle it, but I think if I was [redacted A] I would have stayed mad for a while longer. I feel that despite [redacted B]'s self guilt, I do feel like there should be consequences. I don't want them to be tried on the cross but I feel that even if you aren't saying slurs or intend to harm people, you will still end up harming someone, and the person who was harmed has the right to not want to accept or interact with you. Especially if you get extremely defensive and try to avoid taking responsibility when called out for it. I feel like it is a serious topic that does occur, but as I said, messy. I would give this section like an 85% of hitting the mark.
Anyhow, I cheered during the epilogue section. I won't go into details, but it warmed my heart to see that the characters grew up to be alright. I played the original butterfly soup when I was in my last year of highschool, and Butterfly Soup 2 came out a year and a half after I graduated college. I only hope that I'm able to get my own happy ending and become a well adjusted adult as the other characters LMAO.
The humor is still as funny as the last one, and it's really cool to see how Brianna Lee's writing has improved over the years. I especially related to Diya and Noelle's sections and once I completed the game, I spent a lot of time thinking about my own feelings of the relationship with my immigrant parents that I've tried very hard to bury for a myriad of reasons.
The anti-black racism section of the game I felt was a little bit messy. As a black person I get that there's not really any good way to address and handle it, but I think if I was [redacted A] I would have stayed mad for a while longer. I feel that despite [redacted B]'s self guilt, I do feel like there should be consequences. I don't want them to be tried on the cross but I feel that even if you aren't saying slurs or intend to harm people, you will still end up harming someone, and the person who was harmed has the right to not want to accept or interact with you. Especially if you get extremely defensive and try to avoid taking responsibility when called out for it. I feel like it is a serious topic that does occur, but as I said, messy. I would give this section like an 85% of hitting the mark.
Anyhow, I cheered during the epilogue section. I won't go into details, but it warmed my heart to see that the characters grew up to be alright. I played the original butterfly soup when I was in my last year of highschool, and Butterfly Soup 2 came out a year and a half after I graduated college. I only hope that I'm able to get my own happy ending and become a well adjusted adult as the other characters LMAO.