Bionic Heart 2

It's not a visual novel that will stick in your mind. The price is decidedly high considering that there are no "voices" inside the game, it's just pure reading. Nice graphics, but the story and characters are not engaging.5/10 my vote

I like it but didn't like it. It gives the options for multiple endings like the first one but the mystery that the the first one wasn't there. Sadly wasn't enough that didn't want me to make me to keep replaying to find out more. In everything I enjoy it enough to keep going after 5 hours I would reccomend it to other people if it was on a sale.

Bionic Heart 2 is a notable improvement over the original Bionic Heart (which I really disliked), though it still makes a lot of missteps. Every pro in this sequel has a con: * The character art is far more appealing to me (I hated the exaggerated look in the first game), but Luke in particular appears too young considering that the first game says that he's 35. * The writing is better (the first game's dialogue was clunky and amateurish, and rife with typos), but the narrative still suffers from long stretches of exposition. And I still don't get why we can understand the cat. * I appreciate the multiple points of view, but the characters don't quite mesh with their original-game selves in terms of their priorities, behaviors, personalities, and even vocabulary. This game feels like a sequel-but-not-a-sequel in many ways as a result. * This game's branches are more interesting than those of the first game, and I also like how it's possible for the story to continue even after someone messes up in a "boss battle," but on occasion the endings conflict a bit. * Finally, going back to the sequel-but-not-a-sequel feeling, the tone of this story is quite a departure from that of the first game. This story tries so hard to be much more serious, with higher stakes and far-reaching consequences. Sometimes it works, but other times it's pure melodrama. In the end, I can't say that the improvements in this sequel make it a good game, but I did like it better than its predecessor. I'm hoping to see good things in the other Winter Wolves games I still have left to play.

This is an nteresting visual novel which sacrifices the typical genre-obliged light-heartedness setting and "romance options" for a much more mature and grim drama, which is quite refreshing. The games also features a very good soundtrack (which you can find somewhere in the game folder, along a few wallpapers with drawings not used in the game), and good art, far away from the standard VN anime style in most characters. The game is sadly not perfect. The writing could be the mayor issue. It is much better than that of its predecessor, but still shows some inconsistencies, such as different versions of "reality" depending on the path (that may be needed for making room to the 24 endings, but I find that a bit cheaty and unimmersive), and some deus-ex-machinas hard to explain. In a few points, disconnects from the story of the first game, which I find a good decision. That should allow you to not feel obliged to play that game, which was worse than this one. Also, there are a few minor bugs here and there, nothing game-breaking or particularly annoying (but note that in Linux, the achievements don't unlock, but if you kept savegames before the endings you can load the savegames in other platform and unlock the achievements by replaying them, I had to do that). All the endings can be achieved but the guides are hard to find and follow (I couldn't find a comprehensive one). Getting all of them became a bit tedious (and frustrating because of the errors in the guides I used). Overall, it's a pretty decent game that probably should reserve more recognition that it has. It's more difficult than most others I've played, so I wouldn't recommend the game to a novice in visual novels. Experienced players should try it (beware of the different theme and setting, though). About the price of the game, just look at it, compare it to my hours played (and those of other players) and consider if it makes up for you.

Also a nice Sci-Fi VN like the first part. In the first moment the graphics seem pretty improved comparing to Bionic Heart 1. Dialogues are now inside the text window. They introduced newly some bossfights (order decision answers) and a new gameplay. Now can progress in the story but have to set about a dozen of savepoints to playthrough all endings. A bit nervy is that you have beat the final endboss for each of the endings. Still a good piece of VN.

The social boss fights and multiple perspectives are interesting mechanics, but not worth wading through a dull story full of terrible people whom I couldn't bring myself to care about. At least there's no painfully bad voice acting like the first game.

I had such high hopes for this game after playing the first Bionic Heart the voice acting and cartoony style characters gave it quite a unique feel compared to most novel games on the market. Sadly the developer has taken a good thing smeared feces all over it like a simian at the Zoo. All the dark humor and wit seemed to be discarded in lieu of now boring mundane characters with no real depth and all their engaging qualities lost in this atrocious game. My tip to the dev: Bring back your unique cartoony style of characters and animations and also bring back your voice actors so your interactive novel isn’t as stale as the rest of the bargain bin ones advertised on steam.

The first game was better. It wasn’t a masterpiece, but surely more enjoyable than the sequel. I liked the art style (but sometimes there’s a certain lack of expressions — but that’s more like a pet peeve of mine) and BGM, they were nice. Bionic Heart 2 is way too serious and it becomes boring after some time playing. Even so, I recommend getting this game on a good sale. It has tons of different endings. So if you have some spare money, get BH2. 5/10. I personally didn’t liked this game so much, but I must admit that the multiple endings are quite an accomplishment. If developers ever make a sequel, please bring back the dark humor from the first game!