Banzai Escape 2

This game could have been good, but there's just too many problems with it. Every gun feels like an airsoft gun where you have to lead your shots even at close range, and even while aiming, the guns still feel really inaccurate. You pretty much have to get headshots or you end up wasting bullets. There's almost no weapon variety. the shotguns don't even do more damage close range or fall off in damage, the sniper rifle does less damage than a single shot of an LMG, and grenades are practically useless given how long they take to detonate. You pretty much need to use the newest available weapon or you're just gimping yourself. The AI is kind of mediocre at best. The worst is when enemies that look identical have different health pools. Also, when a new kind of enemy appears, their weapon just seems to force you to heal immediately. You can basically just outheal any sort of damage you come across because you replenish can health instantly and since every enemy drops the health kit, you are almost never in any real danger aside from your dumb AI partner. The bosses in this game [spoiler] are extremely tanky vehicles that force you to feed them your entire ammo reserve (or use a…

it's a really basic third person shooter. movement is kinda "floaty" and the ai is not good for both enemies and your only ally.

It's not as polished as the newer BE2: Subterranean but Inchester and Imingter make this worthwhile. The devs knew what they were doing when they based Subterranean on the sisters. They're the best part of the series. The final boss is one of the worst designed bosses I've ever seen in my life, though. She has 3 phases with the first being BS, the second being Omega BS and the third being Ultima BS 9000... Save yourself the headache and just give yourself infinite health via Cheat Engine. Since you're going to be using Cheat Engine, anyway, you might also want to give yourself a little extra money and nanosys, otherwise it's a bit grindy. Other than those few things, though, it's fine.

This game is playable on Proton, but I had to do some workaround with Steam Launch Option to improve performance on this game. [code] LD_PRELOAD="/usr/\$LIB/libgamemodeauto.so.0${LD_PRELOAD:+:$LD_PRELOAD}" DXVK_ASYNC=1 PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 PROTON_USE_NTSYNC=1 %command% [/code]

This is a thumbs up with a disclaimer - this game won't be for everyone. It has a LOT of rough edges - the writing, voice acting, character animations, frequent backtracking with no fast travel option. However, it also has a mixture of cozy charm and nostalgic 90s/00s anime scifi aesthetics that I really enjoyed spending time with. There's something about this crossover between "denpa" and dark military scifi aesthetics that I find very satisfying. It reminds me particularly of the Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex series - a liminal atmosphere that hovers somewhere between dystopian and comforting. Industrial brutalism and violence frequently share a screen with idyllic, dreamy backdrops and soothing soft lighting. I'm not sure if this hybrid aesthetic will fascinate anyone else, but, combined with some decently fun 3rd person shooter action, I definitely enjoyed this game despite the imperfections.

this is my personal review for Banzai Escape II (B.E;2) (TL;DR will be at the bottom for anyone just wanting to recommendation MAINLY.) I love the characters, they weren't over-the-top, and everything was... overwhelming.. but the reward was worth it, MAINLY for the plot. to be brief and short (soldier named Rokiahi from previous game; failed mission, got KO'd, stranded somewhere, goal so far- return to HQ. the characters i loved more than anything in the game now is Inchester (frog merchant), Imingter (Barney if short anime fox girl) and last and sure not least, Iekler (bunny Kliener if science team became anime bunny girl) the only gripes were having to restart the game for potential softlocks (i.e jammer arc mainly, and escorting sarah the main scientist/creator of the petite clone girl trio to safety; which you can just reboot the game for her evacuation arc. ), and just poor upgrading guns, and use of upgrading said guns in Banzai Escape 2 (B.E:2) I was crying about the final boss being a dogfight, but overtime I accepted my flaw at this part, and manage to beat it. (weeb's honor.) anyways if you just want the TL;DR, short answer is Yes. go for it. (also i hope you like clin…