Receiver 2

wonderful but frustrating game. very different guns but i personally love them

You aren't a walking juggernaut that can tank hits. You are a fragile person who will die after getting shot by a single bullet, or by getting tasered by an angry flying drone. You can be injured from jumping from too high of a height and will hobble around for a while until you recover. You can shoot yourself in the leg if you unholster and reholster too quickly. You WILL have a gun jam on you when you need it, and every potential encounter is a pop-quiz on if you have learned your firearm enough to disarm a turret that is aimed at you. Needless to say, Receiver 2 is a very fair but unforgiving game once you learn how to play by its rules and learn how to take things slow and carefully. Some have referred to this game as the "QWOP of guns" but that description feels a little inaccurate and reductionist because QWOP was made to be a frustrating rage game from the jump and the game's entire value is to be annoying to the player. On the other hand, Receiver 2 requires the player to press several keys on their keyboard to operate their firearm, sure, but it only feels alien until you have put some time into a particular gun until it just "clicks". R2 forces you to learn each firearm …

It isn't about the guns. Or the tapes talking about the guns. This game is a trap that draws you in with its mechanics and extreme gun detail, just to trap you in therapy. Its pretty much the only roguelike I've ever come back again and again. Not to finish it. Not for its mechanics. But to listen to the tapes. It's the only game that when I die there isn't a feeling it wasn't my fault. When I play, and eventually die, I know it was my fault. That might sound bad for you, but the tapes teach to deal with self-blame. Just as it teaches how to play. I only fail when I don't follow what the tapes tell me, and that means I need to listen to more tapes. It might look like I only have a bit of playtime but keep in mind I've played this game a ton before owning it in my main account. I'd say I have close to 100 hours in review time. Every misfortune I experience, every mistake I do, everything others do to me, willingly or by mistake, always reminds me of this game. And when I remember it I know to control my emotions. Not ignore them but mold them into appropriate feeling to move my life forward. Honestly time feels different in this game. Maybe I've played way less than 100…

This is one of the best games I've ever played. It has the most engaging and immersive controls I've ever seen

Fun to learn and to play. I don't know what else to add. Play it.

When I bought this game, I thought it would be some goofy, silly game about awful contols. Little did I realise, I was actually getting a game about the stuggles of mental health and the dangers of firearms. This game is incredibly deep, and has an atmosphere that rivals resident evil 2. If you want a game that is all that, and incredibly difficult, buy this game. I could not reccomend it more.