Posted on: May 23, 2020
N7Revenant
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Good, but not TEW1 kind of good.
I saw many flogging the first game, saying this one is better... In my opinion, those are nitwits, fans of spunkgargleweewees. They have no appreciation of something that accomplishes something as finicky to be done right as horror and especially terror (yes, they are different concepts), by finely-tuning all its aspects, without purely relying on cheap jumpscares or supernatural, but rather on protagonist’s near helplessness, harsh punishment for mistakes and the terrifying nature of the disturbing unknown. TEW2 *is* good, but for very different reasons that made the prequel excellent. The previous game emanated dread and tension in nearly every minute up until the very end—not from cheap jumpscares, but from the atmosphere, unpredictability, challenge and execution of surrealism. This installment abandoned nearly everything that made the prequel so great and unique, and instead merely relies on gruesome imagery and occasional jumpscare, in an attempt to fulfill the "survival horror criteria”. The developer abandoned attempts to appeal to a gourmet audience and made it to cater to the wider audience (although understandable from the marketing standpoint, it’s a loss from creative one), dumbing it down by dragging it into the stealth/action category, from nearly every perspective. The fact that some skills—although fun—trivialise the challenge, are proof to the point. Also, quite a shame the characters have different voices… and looks (and I’m not talking about just the graphics being “upgraded”). Now, I did say it is good despite my criticism right after. What it is trying to do is not what TEW1 did, but it's good in its own merit. Especially in NG+, where—if you weren't overly wasteful in the first playthrough—you become the hunter, no longer the hunted and there is a lot of fun to be found in that. Sections of the last few chapters are also quite epic. Some considerable plot, logic and apparently math holes, but it does tie up the story quite nicely.
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