Hylics 2

Its more Hylics, witch is good, but its better than the original? I would say, not exactly. I have played the original last year, wanted to get to the second one right after, and then it just passed me. Better late than never. I did not write a "review" for the original, so i hope this serves as a doble review. Its longer, has callbacks, the story is the same go there and stop Gibby, the main difference is that this one feels smaller, despite being more than twice as long. The dungeons are more intricate, there are minigames that switch up the gameplay a bit and i really like the new ship. It feels a lot harder than the first one, i found myself missing dinamite and bugs power up, but overall i think its more "balanced", not that it matters because in the end there is no real farming and you probably want to kill every enemy to get more hp, the main gateway to progressing the story. I did die a lot, in this game in particular i feel weird using objects, because you cant grind per se, if you use your items on an attempt and fail, those are lost, weakening for future ones. The save system is permissive and has even autosaves!, so it evens out. Also there is a difficulty setting, just in case. I really like the art/graphics, this claymation stile is great and something you dont see often. The character designs are great/iconic at this point, and everything just oozes the "weird but cool" vive. The music is also really fitting, a mixture of guitars, weird cores, and some really catchy ones like the ships theme. It just blends into a kind of fever dream were instead of snapping your fingers to wake up, you do it to destroy your enemies. This is a way more polished game, it has reactive lighting on some caves, 3d models mix in, or at least seems like it, and everything feels more cohesive. Overall, 8.5/10 - IF you see some trailers and thing this looks weird and cool, and you are into weird and cool games, this one is great. Otherwise just skip it, you dont have to like all games. For the original Hylics, i would say 7.5/10 - Its a bit too short and feels more like a first game, still recomended tho.

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hylics 2

It is quite hard for me to play, as the bright colours hurt my eyes, but that is just me The art is truly beautiful, and I love the characters with all my bloodline

i would play double for a similar experience