If Intravenous 2 feels like the culmination of a developer screwing around with things he finds fun so far, that's because it absolutely is. As a result, this feels like a proper sequel—so far. I have to stress that because not only is this a demo, but also, the gameplay wasn't really the number one issue people had with the first game. The good news so far is that your main targets aren't the homeless in this demo! Here's hoping that extends to the full game so I can actually feel like I'm allowed to say that I like the stealth sandboxes this developer is cooking up without having to redact that with a billion "but"s. This is the last you'll hear of me on that topic; it's a buzzkill.

In its place, though, the scenario this demo puts you in is just... whatever? It's not bad or offensive, per se, but it just feels pretty bland. I'll be happy to be proven wrong on that, but knowing this developer's track record, I genuinely hope he's not the only one penning this.