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I went into this quite excited, really dug Gen 1 in just about every regard, even if AC1 was the peak.
However, I feel like this game fell kinda flat. The arena and gameplay is a total improvement, music's pretty nice too. Although from an aesthetic/story perspective I can't really consider AC2 better than Project Phantasma or Master of Arena, I found most of the missions to be unmemorable save for a key few. Leos Klein is kind of neat from a conceptual standpoint, but could've used a bit more fleshing out, then again you're not gonna top Nine-Ball.
The ending genuinely goes hard though.
Raven? Where will you? What will you do?
Uhhh I'm going to play Another Age
However, I feel like this game fell kinda flat. The arena and gameplay is a total improvement, music's pretty nice too. Although from an aesthetic/story perspective I can't really consider AC2 better than Project Phantasma or Master of Arena, I found most of the missions to be unmemorable save for a key few. Leos Klein is kind of neat from a conceptual standpoint, but could've used a bit more fleshing out, then again you're not gonna top Nine-Ball.
The ending genuinely goes hard though.
Raven? Where will you? What will you do?
Uhhh I'm going to play Another Age
This review contains spoilers
Finally, a standard 10/10, like yup, this game's perfect.
Being honest, I almost had nothing to write for this, but not in a way where I took nothing from/having nothing to say about the game, but rather, Silent Hill 2's over 20 years old, what am I gonna add onto it y'know? However, now having beaten it and gotten "In Water", I can definitely add just a bit to the pile, I hope.
Because, wow, if I had played this at say, 16, without going through what I've gone through now, I probably would've just said the game is a wonderfully written sad time. When now, the game certainly feels like something very personal to me.
Man that letter hits like a bus huh? Mary's voice actress's delivery of that might be one of the best performances I've heard in a hot minute, and that's considering other performances in this like James or Angela. Regardless, saying that the letter was effective isn't what I'm here to say, but more how it, and the entirety of James's and her relationship are scarily accurate to reality.
Yes, you can have your good moments, blooming as it does normally, yet, SH2 is certainly more fixated on the bleak aspects, the days where help isn't wanted, where the only thing that can be fixated on is the unfairness of the world. How sometimes, the only thing you look at is the ceiling, cause you're still just in bed at the end of the day, and not getting better.
It's also worth saying that the game clearly shows that Mary had her bad days too, I usually feel like stories like this can lead to the one suffering being angelic, even though going through something like that can lead people to lashing out, and actual strain on a relationship.
That being said, certainly not taking the James approach, he's lowkey a bitch.
Being honest, I almost had nothing to write for this, but not in a way where I took nothing from/having nothing to say about the game, but rather, Silent Hill 2's over 20 years old, what am I gonna add onto it y'know? However, now having beaten it and gotten "In Water", I can definitely add just a bit to the pile, I hope.
Because, wow, if I had played this at say, 16, without going through what I've gone through now, I probably would've just said the game is a wonderfully written sad time. When now, the game certainly feels like something very personal to me.
Man that letter hits like a bus huh? Mary's voice actress's delivery of that might be one of the best performances I've heard in a hot minute, and that's considering other performances in this like James or Angela. Regardless, saying that the letter was effective isn't what I'm here to say, but more how it, and the entirety of James's and her relationship are scarily accurate to reality.
Yes, you can have your good moments, blooming as it does normally, yet, SH2 is certainly more fixated on the bleak aspects, the days where help isn't wanted, where the only thing that can be fixated on is the unfairness of the world. How sometimes, the only thing you look at is the ceiling, cause you're still just in bed at the end of the day, and not getting better.
It's also worth saying that the game clearly shows that Mary had her bad days too, I usually feel like stories like this can lead to the one suffering being angelic, even though going through something like that can lead people to lashing out, and actual strain on a relationship.
That being said, certainly not taking the James approach, he's lowkey a bitch.
My experience, no my relationship with Volcanic Bird: Bird Quest is much more a symbol of friendship than playing a game. Watching it grow from a newly hatched chick to taking liftoff as a fully formed bird was like watching a child grow. Except instead I did a lot of bug testing rather than like, teach it about the world or anything
Bird of the Year
Bird of the Year