Gorgeously macabre like the first, but even more so with such a varied and expansive setting this time. This series just knocks the visuals/presentation/mood out of the water in terms of horror video games, you feel totally enraptured by it all.

The puzzles as always are great logic-based ones that only require your use of the items and environment around you, and there's even some mild combat too which was cool and tense each time it happened. Some mild bouts of frustration with some chase/escape set pieces that require perfect precision and speed but it being the only thing difficulty-based in the game, it was all part of the horror.

The story is great, the ending is a shocker and the surreal nightmare quality of the world just kept getting better and better. I really enjoyed the first game but I think this one outshines it a bit more. But both are must-plays in my opinion