This review contains spoilers

This game is better than the first one. The Story is that an animator "Audrey" gets taken by Wilson into The Ink Machine so he can get her to help him with a plan he has to stop The Ink Demon from the first game, while you try to find a way to survive, this is an interesting idea for the next chapter in the series, the twists and turns are also good, minus a few dumb things like, Why didn't Evil Alice kill you earlier if she was going to do it anyway? Why was Wilson so slow when it came to capturing you, causing you to get away? and why was only The Ink Demon stopped, but not Audrey who was inside it? The Characters are good, Audrey is decent, nothing special about her, Joey Drew when he was younger is interesting to see, Wilson has an obviously evil persona, so it's no surprise when he does what he does, Betty is nothing impressive, little Bendy is adorable, and I want to raise him, and the characters from The Ink Machine are the same as before, only Alice is given more depth, and Evil Alice is given more time to shine.
The Graphics are improved from the first game, they look like if the first game has a much bigger budget for detail, and the atmosphere feel like an upgrade from the first game too. The Gameplay has you sneak, collect, hide, and attack like in The Ink Machine, although one disappointing change is how they handled hiding from The Ink Demon, now you go to hide when the game tells you, and you aren't told when it's safe to come out, because this time they don't show The Ink Demon or his shadow get closer or show at all when these happen, and the gameplay overall is better than the first one, but not much more, and I noticed a few annoyances while playing, there are no subtitles on the logs, some enemies teleported positions when I played, 1 time the Ink Demon chased after me in an area I couldn't find a hiding spot in, the enemies can get you even when you are about to finish climbing a ladder, and why do the creatures try to kill you after you defeat their ruler, and they are supposed to serve you? The Music is improved, and adds more creative atmospheric moods when you hear them. Bendy and the Dark Revival shows helps the franchise to grow slowly, but grow none the less.

Reviewed on Nov 10, 2023


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