Lovecraft's Untold Stories 2

Game is still a complete buggy mess, had multiple runs where a store or something would freeze, wiping any progress. Icons not showing up, among other things. Just buy the first one, it's SOOO much better then this, so glad I got this junk on sale.

Yeah, it's pretty terrible.

The first game was a buggy janky mess. But I loved it. It was an amazing albeit sometimes frustrating game. This one just sucks. I don't know what I'm supposed to do, and I wasn't able to get into it. Maybe I'll try again sometime, but it's just so much worse than the original that I can't bring myself to like it. And don't get me wrong the original was a mess.

Terrible, do not buy.

I wanted to wait to finish at least one story but I have to get this out of me... Like everybody else, I also say the first game was wonderful, one of my top 5 videogames, I didn't even mind the bugs that much - but this is a train wreck. The art style is quite nice, even though the design of most enemies look like action figures from the 90s. And now we already go to the bad things. Remember the destructible environment object? - Gone! Now there's so much clutter that is indestructible, completely hides anything that doesn't move (sometimes even the player character) and gets you caught between fight if you're not careful. Furthermore the controls are wonky as hell, so far every second shot doesn't do anything to enemies (which is hilarious since you start with a 2 shot shotgun if you choose the Detective). Just good that the enemies are stupid as hell too, since you can just make them change direction in the right spot and reload. The crafting system introduced is interesting, but the ingredients clutter your inventory so fast, that you not even half way into a level can't pick anything else up. And I can't really explain, but the first game kinda pulled you in…

I wanted to enjoy Lovecraft's Untold Stories 2, but I had to give up because I just couldn't progress in the story any further. The game is really held back by the lack of difficulty settings, because by default the boss enemies are massive bullet sponges who inevitably kill me before I can pump out enough damage. I found the setting and central mystery really intriguing. The artistic aesthetic and music are good. I liked the enemy designs too. The exploration was fun, and I liked the level design and world map. The crafting mechanics aren't very well implemented. I had nothing that I wanted to craft available that would have made the game easier, but lots of materials available. The currency doesn't help either, because I couldn't afford anything from the vendors. The game would have also really benefitted from some RPG mechanics that would improve my character's stats. So all together, these design issues make the game feel unnecessarily difficult, and without any pathways for the player to improve.