Broken Reality 2000

I just beat this game after about 10 hours [spoiler]and got both ending[/spoiler]. Ultimately I'd really recommend this game. If you enjoy weird walking sims about collecting things in very interesting environments then I think you'd have a blast with this game. That's not to say this game isn't a bit rough around the edges and at times a bit janky. Some of the puzzles are a bit tedious and a fair amount of the quests in the game could be described as fetch quests with more steps. But the overall experience is really unique. At the end I thought I had seen everything, but I kept finding more and more secret areas. [spoiler]That last area nearly tore me to shreds emotionally with the music and theming. During the past ending, the moment I realized the area was a replica of the first game's starting area I was really taken back. [/spoiler] I definitely think some of the areas from this game are going to live rent free in my mind palace for a long time.

I had an absolute blast playing this game! I feel like both the first game and this one hit different parts of the nostalgia spectrum, the gameplay loop is different between each one for sure but I think if you loved the first game you're gonna have a great time with this one too! They absolutely nailed the early 2000s vibe with this one, and if anything playing this game made me realize just how much nostalgia I really carry for the 2000s. I can't recommend this game enough, try it out and see!

The legendary sequel

Первая игра была Очень Вайбовой. Тут и там вылезали прикольчики и вайбы старого интернета,И не подумайте эта игра не менее хороша. Таких проектов сейчас почти не выходит. Дальше будет моя критика, не читайте если не хотите спойлеров или испортить себе ощущения. [spoiler]НО. Это проблемное НО После первой локации игра перестает чвуствоваться тем чем была раньше. В первыой игре сразу попадал в окружение которое чувствовалось относительно живым. В BR2K После Пляжа Минами вы перестаете ощущать жизнь и жизнь неписей. Тут и там есть мемы, но очень мало запоминающихся персонажей. Чего стоит УЖАСНО ДУШНЫЕ головоломки в Шахтах и на пути к Концовке. А так же сами локации обставлены хуже. Грифтон по сравнению со старым киберпанк городом чувствется хуже. Вероятно если бы в игре было бы больше отсылок к первой части, старых знакомых, Места которые были бы похожи на те локации с реверансом на ностальгию, при этом если бы Меня как игрока не душнили головоломками и необходимостью проходить дополнительный Экшн с летающими головами. А, и еще система с камерой зря была усложнена. Не понимаю зачем нужно было добавлять фиксированную камеру. Я уже писал выше что Уровень с Шахтами задушил меня сильнее всего? Музыка там хреновая. Кстати и в облаках на полпути к Эндгейму тоже музыка совершенно заколебала. [/spoiler] Игра Хорошая, но у первой игры Вайбы были лучше.

Could use better signposting or at least an in-game hint system. Otherwise, a really enjoyable game that's far more expansive than I expected.

I really want to like this game, but it keeps randomly freezing on dialogue boxes. The first time it happened, I the game was freezing on a questgiver's dialogue, and I had to reinstall to fix it. I'll probably return to this after an update or bug patch, and give it a positive review... Right now, I'm not fond of the fact that I keep losing gametime to reloading saves.

As a big fan of the first game, I was super excited for the sequel and it definitely didn't disappoint! It's aesthetically stunning, and the level design is spectacular and the whole world feels a lot bigger than the first game. It was a shame not to have a map, however I understand that in areas that were intentionally maze-like it would have ruined the puzzle if it just told you where to go. Pros: -I adored the soundtrack and regularly get the music stuck in my head even days after finishing the game. -Was immediately excited to see the return of some characters from the original game -As a millennial, the museum and cinema areas both gave me such a great hit of nostalgia, and I also loved the frutiger aero theme of Nexus -Visual aesthetics and textures were, as always, phenomenal -I really enjoyed the ending sequences -I was glad to see more puzzles in this game than the last, even though some of them felt pretty difficult -There were more areas to explore than the first game, and they were much more detailed and had more varied mechanics than the first. -The new tools were REALLY fun and satisfying to use. -The quests were fun and gave me incentive to interactive with the world instead of just observing it. Cons: -It was sometimes unclear what the game wanted you to do, in particular because of some of the NPC dialogue being too vague/confusing (there's one particular area that I've seen a lot of players get stuck because of this) -On initial release there were some game breaking bugs that thankfully have been fixed. -Limited settings menu that is, to be fair, still being updated. But as someone who has already finished the game, it kinda sucked not being able to make mouse sensitivity any higher and it could have done with a setting to turn off bloom as that got a bit obnoxious in some parts. -Similarly, walking speed has apparently been fixed, but during my playthrough it was very slow so made the game tedious. There is a reason for this, as you are able to go faster later in the game, but boy it made those earlier sections a pain to get around. In general, I loved the game possibly even more than the first! It seemed a little more serious, but still didn't take itself TOO seriously and I got some good laughs out of it. I've seen a lot of people complain that the lore didn't quite track, however I didn't really pay much attention to the lore in the first game so it went over my head anyway and I didn't really mind. The amount of bugs/glitches in this game that are still getting fixed makes me think that maybe they should have cooked for a little longer before releasing, to make sure that the game was more fully formed (it's annoying as a Day One player to see bugs fixed after I already completed the game), however I was so excited for this game that I actually could not wait any longer for it to come out so I kind of wanted it sooner than later even with bugs lol. I highly recommend this game, and have been begging everyone I know to play it. You can get truly immersed in this game, and lost in the world in the best way, and it's the best visuals and level design I've seen in a game for a long time! You can tell the devs poured so much heart and soul into this game and it absolutely pays off.