The Sinking City 2

After just finishing the game I can say I truly recommend this game, as both a fan of survival horror and lovecraft, I love the way that Frogwares approached the mythos, and the story they told was equal parts tragic and hopeful. I don't think I'll be forgetting that final shot anytime soon. If you enjoy games like the more recent Resident Evil games and don't mind a little AA jank, or if youre a fan of the Lovecraft Mythos, you'll find something to really enjoy here! Top work to the devs!

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I was a kickstarter backer, why, because I loved the first game, brilliant game, this is a serious downgrade, if I want to play Resident Evil I will play Resident Evil, that is not what I want to play when I go into The Sinking City and yet this is what we got! Combat is atrocious, especially the mele, you do zero damage, meanwhile enemies will knock you down in one, what the hell, weapon combat, also bad, it's like the bullets and shotgun shells do bugger all and aiming is no use, 99% of the time it is a miss and all you do is waste ammunition, as for ending enemies permanently, I've stomped bodies into what should be red paste, and then they just got back up again!, or they somehow get into the physical terrain and you cant get them. Another example of a game that didnt need fixing but was "fixed" and by fixed I mean of what is done to dogs at the vets. I know that Frogwares is in Ukraine and that they are still being attacked, in which case the game should have been delayed until it is over so more attention could be put into it. Really dissapointed!

The people comparing this to RE2remake are a little off. The gameplay is a poor imitation of RE3remake. Has a dodge but worse, some decent puzzles and some nonsensical solutions in a few. Melee is terrible: no enemy hit stun or stagger, you can't interrupt them with your hits, the melee upgrade for the shotgun is a straight downgrade. The game tells you to stomp on worms to prevent enemies coming back, but some can't be gotten rid of and enemies will respawn anyway in rooms without them. Combat feels bad. Weapon upgrades feel like an after thought like doing more damage when you fire more non-stop rounds with the thompson, but ammo is scarce , crafting barely gets you any even with the upgrade and full auto is a waste when enemies have clear weakspots. You know your game isn't tuned well when EVERY boss arena has infinitely refilling ammo and health boxes. Usually in RE clones like this you'd get ammo for the weapons your carrying and I don't know if I just had a bad bug, but I only ever got ammo for weapons in storage so I'd have to make constant trips back and forth just to progress through a room that might have an enemy respawn the next time through. And it's not lik…

Sort of a fusion of RE2R and Cronos with good lovecraftian storytelling. The devs definitely took notes on other successful and enjoyable survival horror games and delivered one of their own. There's no open world like in the original one, in fact this game is very little like the original one at all except with the same vibe and basic concept. I liked the original for what it was, but in the intro text from the devs notes they think this is the best game they've made to date and I'm inclined to agree.

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