After being somewhat disappointed by its predecessor, I have now also played through Runaway 2 - The Dream Of The Turtle. And I think it's the worst adventure game I've ever played. Whereas in the first part at least the story was somewhat cool and the puzzles were annoying because of that stupid gimmick that Brian doesn't use or take everything directly, it's even worse here. Runaway 2 builds on an annoying side character from the predecessor and everything that was said there as a joke for a puzzle they expanded into a sequel. The story is stupid, convoluted and terrible. And then the story is not even finished but ends with an unsatisfying cliffhanger. The puzzles are even worse than in the first part, which at some point made me actually open the walkthrough again and again. Otherwise, Brian doesn't pick up some objects that I know I need, but the game sets a trigger somewhere in another object or in a dialogue that I have to fulfil first. What nonsense. The only good things about the game are the beautifully designed areas. If only they had been filled with a real story and puzzles. Hands off.

Reviewed on Jan 15, 2022


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