Игрок 8523·Не рекомендует·16 ч в игре

I beat it out of principle since I hate leaving games on back log nowadays, but tbh this was such a lazy port. Very disappointing. It hasn't aged well at all, the puzzles are mostly opaque if anything, and they are a huge chunk of the game along with environmental puzzle solving that is reminiscent of survival horror games such as Resident Evil. There are some Chinese puzzles in here towards the end so if you're not Chinese or know how to read it idk...Check out a guide, or enjoy guessing. A lot of the time it feels like throwing darts blind, while going down a list of possible solutions, it's neither fun, satisfying or intuitive. Fun in other regards, mainly just the nostalgic factor if you're into that, but no QOL improvements, upscaling, or any bells and whistles. Of course, the fixed camera artwork, cel shaded character design, and prerendered backgrounds are lovely. Hana and Rain as far as character design go, chef's kiss. But didn't see enough of them together, especially towards the end. Game goes into a weird fever dream and dives into the absurd right up until the credits roll. A few sections in the game the weapons downright stop working, and the controls are piss bad. Basically the most they give you is a rewind quick load and quick save feature....Oh and slightly improved controls from legacy. Yeah, that's it. So incredibly lazy. Worth 3-5 dollars at most. Again, finished out of principle. I wanted to play this game growing up so it certainly piqued my curiosity and I kind of finished it because old me couldn't way back when, but the terrible resolution, bad controls, and lack of care put into this port left me with a bitter after taste. Play it on Duckstation or something, DNI with this version. I actually like the art direction and some of the story elements, but not sure why this game leaned so heavily into mythology, it was working fine as a espionage game. As you can see I have a lot of problems with this game, I wish some studio would revive this franchise and actually make it great, it's sad that the devolopers working on the reboot cancelled it. Don't be like me and give em your money till they actually work for it.

Игрок 6858·Рекомендует·49 ч в игре

10/10 Rain's Origins It was a matter of time for this one to come to PC too! Fear Effect 2 was slightly harder (even the puzzles are harder) than the first game in the franchise, but it still retains the same gameplay mechanics and keyboard controls. We also have an extra character to play now - Rain Qin - who is also a very important character in the game's story. Just like the first game, this one runs on an emulator, with the exact same settings and features. The game is a prequel, so we see certain characters who died in the first game, alive here. I found the story of this one quite interesting (and it's still peak), as much as the one from the first game. It mixes Chinese history and folklore with the futuristic setting of Fear Effect. This game also explains why Rain isn't in the first game, and where Hana got her knife! It's worth mentioning that this game introduced a sapphic couple when video games at that time lacked LGBT representation (Rain and Hana ). As usual for this franchise, this game has two endings, depending on your choices. Unlike the first game, you don't unlock a "true ending" if you play on hard mode. Special thanks to my girlfriend Bibi for gifting me this game <3 As Origens de Rain Era apenas uma questão de tempo até que este jogo chegasse também ao PC! Fear Effect 2 é um pouco mais difícil (até os puzzles são mais difíceis) do que o primeiro jogo da franquia, mas ainda assim mantém as mesmas mecânicas de jogabilidade e controlos do teclado. Temos agora também uma personagem extra para jogar — Rain Qin — que também é muito importante na história do jogo. Tal como o primeiro jogo, este corre num emulador, com as mesmas configurações e funcionalidades. O jogo é uma prequela, por isso vemos aqui algumas personagens que morreram no primeiro jogo vivas. Achei a história deste jogo bastante interessante (e continua a ser o pico), tanto quanto a do primeiro. Mistura a história e o folclore chineses com o cenário futurista de Fear Effect. Este jogo também explica porque é que Rain não está no primeiro jogo e onde é que Hana arranjou a sua faca! De referir que este jogo introduziu um casal sáfico numa altura em que os videojogos careciam de representatividade LGBT (Rain e Hana ). Como é habitual nesta franquia, este jogo tem dois finais, dependendo das vossas escolhas. Ao contrário do primeiro jogo, não desbloqueiam um "verdadeiro final" se jogarem no modo difícil. Um agradecimento especial à minha namorada Bibi por me ter presenteado com este jogo <3

Игрок 3056·Не рекомендует·21 ч в игре

I really enjoyed Fear Effect 1. Despite some insane gameplay and leveldesign decisions (papered over by the rewind functionality of the port), it was a pacy adventure full of character, twists, turns and predicaments. The gameplay was mostly solid, minus some very low moments (usually involving a timed challenge against an FMV background). The sequel (this game)... I'm not quite as sanguine about. It begins with an endless series of espinage instructions (with very little in the way of stakes or emotion) and then almost immediately doubles down on the worst gameplay elements of the first game (endless timed puzzles). After a while, I found myself enjoying the game more - the back-and-forth gameplay between the charming female leads, Hana and Rain, kept the pace brisk and the atmosphere exciting. Loved the mechanical design (the Fixer robots are cool) and the dingy sinister atmosphere of the sewers, but then... ...There's a very odd section near the start of this game which features a grotesque scene of SA - basically a tentacle assault on a young woman. It's not explicit, but it's very clear that the assault has taken place... an event which is subsequently laughed off by the women involved. You can tell this game was written by a guy. I'm fairly sex positive, and I think that games can cover any themes or subject matter, but this content comes out of nowhere and is treated as utterly trivial. I love games like Fear and Hunger that provide adequate warning of mature content, and then engage with that content in a mature and thoughtful way. This game does neither of these things. It's just a cheap shock. Matters don't improve with the world's cheapest garden maze, which follows the sewer sequence. However, the game then shifts into a Mission Impossible mode, with our heroines infiltrating a party and labratory at some corporate headquarters. The item / narrative puzzles are somewhat obscure, but the environment and challenges are fresh and once again, the pace is snappy and interesting, even as the goals and narrative stakes remain murky and abstract. We're here to get a DNA sample. What for? Who cares? The labs environment and costume designs throughout this section are exceptional, however, with some really tasty palette choices and silhouettes. The CyberChina setting of Fear Effect remains distinctintive - even today you'd be able to pick it out pretty quickly in a lineup. There's some more uncomfortable leering male gaze in the cutscenes, but there's also sequences where the leads demonstrate agency and initiative, which is good. Overall, I'm a fan of the lab heist. However: Then we end up in a ghost town, housing a recently excavated ancient temple. I hope you like endless criss-crossing fetch quests and interminable exposition about Chinese legends. Hey - there might be some interesting cultural stuff here, I dunno - because whenever the story touches on these elements it slows to a maddening crawl. Prepare for chained cutscenes of immortal guardians forcing you to complete mind-numbing tests. The only escape here are some occasional sequences featuring Glas, who encounters some novel experiences (fighting zombies with a mech suit!) and has a vaguely interesting flashback to a military infiltration mission. The game ends on YET MORE dry exposition. The writer of the game, one Stan Liu, has a good grasp of pacy, interesting dialogue, but is clearly missing his co writer from Fear Effect 1 (John Zuur Platten) - the structure and plot of Fear Effect 2 is DIRE. You're never told what you're doing in a clear or interesting way that speaks to your values or emotions on any level other than dry business ("go to floor 80 and unlock floor 86") or droning exposition that provides the most limp motivation for any of the actions, be they mortal or supernatural, taken in the game. I'm a member of the Fixed Camera Appreciation Society, and I'll take some interesting gameplay / control elements and some scene composition notes from Fear Effect 2, along with my continuing regard for how beautiful the faux 'cel-shaded' lowpoly characters and environments are. But I'm starting to think that it was perhaps a mercy that we never got the intended Fear Effect sequels - nobody but academics and curiosity hunters should have to endure this type of nonsense. Play the first game. And then, for the love of sanity, skip this one.