A very rare case in which I found myself enjoying the remake more than the source material. The controls have been reworked to be a bit more user friendly than the remake of DAH 1 (especially holobob) and the skate mechanic works really well considering the larger scope of the maps in DAH 2. There is that modern-era lack of polish in spots (audio clips repeating when skimming through them) and I did have to reset to a checkpoint due to a bug two times, but overall I had a better time with this than the first DAH remake.

If there is one thing I'd change, it's the way the final boss is handled. Depending on how you've spent your upgrades, he can either be very easy or one of the worst bullet sponges in any action game ever. If you chose to back out and respec your upgrades, you'll have to do an ungodly long and tedious (not to mention buggy) escort mission again before taking another crack. I don't know how this managed to get by playtesting and I had to knock it down a star just for this nonsense.

Reviewed on Jan 03, 2024


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