Everhood 2

Everhood 2 may be the hardest game to review that I've ever played, because its just. Its ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ strange. Everhood 1 is a self-contained story that has no need for a sequel. Everhood 2 is a sequel to that. So its kind of an awkward start. I'll cover the like, easy stuff first. The music is good. The battles are good. The new areas are cool. It is funny. In a very basic sense, it is more Everhood But if you liked Everhood for its story and specifically want more of that, you're ♥♥♥♥ out of luck. In a spoiler-free sense: Everhood 2 is a game about being an unnecessary sequel, about going to a finished story and going, what if there was more? It is a game that's gonna be absolutely baffling in spots unless you have a pretty good understanding of philosophy. It is a game about absurdism. As an insightful redditor once put it, trying to describe the meaning in Everhood 2 is like trying to find the meaning in an inkblot test, or an acid trip. There kind of isn't one solid answer, but that doesn't mean the exercise of trying isn't in itself valuable. The story of Everhood 2 is your experience of it. It is in a literal sense A Game but also a deconstruction of what A Game is It's a game that really wants you to think about it. Despite being a numbered sequel, I think Everhood 2 is actually more like what Deltarune is to Undertale - a successor, but not exactly a straight sequel. Do not go into Everhood 2 wanting it to be Everhood again. Sit with it, trust in it, take your time and explore. Be willing to think a lot about it. Try your best to have fun with it and engage with what Everhood 2 is presenting, and you *will* be rewarded for that. And remember that it never ends in Everhood.

awful story that does an immense disservice to everhood 1 but the gameplay is good ig

gameplay is good, story is a shell of what everhood 1 was. pretty dissapointed

It's... a very *soft* recommend. People who've played the original Everhood might get something out of this, but I don't think others will. The story is sort of nonsensical, a lot of things feel unresolved & random. That said, a lot of the music is still fantastic, and it keeps the dance battle formula of the original while mixing things up. It's a strange one, but Everhood always is

It's a general quality improvement from the first game, but my recommendation is to go into it not expecting much from any story, that's where my main disappointment lies with the game. Aside from that though it's great fun!! Art is great, music is amazing and the fights enjoyable.

The story falls short, especially when compared to Everhood 1, BUT Everything else is incredible. The music? Still top notch The gameplay? Still a great time and improved with more ways to play with the music attacks The graphics? Still colorful, seizure inducing, and beautiful Don't let the lackluster story put you off from buying this game. It's still a ton of fun and worth playing if you've enjoyed Everhood 1

i understood nothing and this time it wasnt my fault

TLDR: Everhood 2 spits in the face of the original while only being better in gameplay, while the story is a mess that peaks 2 hours in and the rest is incomprehensible Spoilers for this game and its prequel Everhood If you liked the original everhood for the gameplay alone you'll probably like this game. If you liked everhood for everything else, you'll probably want to pass on this one. Everhood 2 is a straight downgrade in every department except gameplay, but it never reaches the heights of hype or difficulty as the original does. The game peaks narratively 2 hours in at the defeat of the Mind Dragon, and everything after is an incoherent mess as you are dragged along by the other characters doing what they want to do without being given much reason as to why you are doing it to begin with. Then the game goes on to canonize what is (in my opinion) the least satisfying ending of the first game by bringing back some of the original cast of the game including the protagonist of the first game. This is done through the Yellow Doll ending of the Original Everhood where everything kind of sucks and you chose to selectively free only some of the denezins of Everhood. However, before you can even really process this, you are whisked away and its as if it never happened as the player character is dragged along to do whatever else the supporting characters want. THe story is horribly paced and doesn't go anywhere, with the climax being hand waved off as the main villain is randomly made to not be a villain but before you can even think about that you are whisked off to before you even encounter him. then you are mocked with several achievements telling you the end is never the end in everhood. Which once more retroactively ♥♥♥♥♥ on the ending of the original game. I sort of understand the direction the game wanted to go but it really should not have been called Everhood 2, and instead been marketed as a sister story that takes place within the universe. This game doesn't feel like a proper sequel and even on its own really struggles to stay afloat on its own. Also the game is just, way easier than the first. The note patterns are far easier and the updated battle mechanics make the endurance rounds this game can get into trivial, even when you are stripped of the natural regenerative hp mechanic. If gameplay is the only thing you care about, then play this one, its a fine expansion upon the game's mechanics even if the accompanying music isn't as good either. but if you can for another experience like the original, you'll be left high and dry

Se retrouver devant la porte donnant sur la dernière ligne droite du jeu, et ne pas pouvoir l'ouvrir parce qu'il fallait trouver une arme à un moment du jeu à côté de laquelle on peut passer sans s'en rendre compte, est déjà incroyablement frustrant de base. Mais la solution du jeu pour arranger ça est de faire repartir notre personnage dans le temps quasiment au début du jeu, et imposer de devoir rejouer TOUTES les heures qui vont à nouveau mener devant cette porte pour accéder à la fin ! Je veux bien avoir raté des quêtes, mais me voir imposer de refaire l'entièreté du jeu m'a vraiment dégouté, et je ne comprends même pas comment les devs ont pu se dire à un moment donné que c'était une bonne idée de faire perdre le temps des joueurs comme ça. J'ai quitté et désinstallé sans voir la fin qui était à littéralement quelques mètres derrière la porte, et honnêtement si je pouvais me le faire rembourser, je le ferais. Dommage car le reste du jeu est globalement bien.