Little Nightmares II

peak

good

Multiple things to say there. let's start with the good points. as for the first game, the second you enter the first level, you are deeply immersed in the universe, as the scenery is near-perfect. you encounter the first "boss", which looks awesome, you discover the mechanics of the game and... you get stuck in a room, where you are supposed to get a handle, that never spawned. but since you don't know that, you turn around, search some more, and, after twenty minutes, you yeld, and pull out a guide, just to notice the handle never spawned in, and you should not have been blocked. a bit annoyed, you go back to playing, restart the level, grab the handle, continue, finally encounter a chase, start to get immersed and you die. because your ally pushed you in the field of view of the enemy. you respawn, and continue, and die again. because the timing for most if not all bosses, traps, or stuff you have to do and might kill you is super tight. which would not be an issue in any other game that was not tagged "horror". Because, horror games need either immersion, or cheap jumpscare to actually scare you. And don't get me wrong, when you are immersed in LN2, you are getting frightened. but since the game kills you so easily, it just pulls you back, make you remember that "ah, yes, this is a game". or worse, you get frustrated. especially when you are doing the right thing, but it does not work because of control issues. However, I was playing on a keyboard, not with a controller which is the recommended way to play the game. I may give another try one day with a controller, to see if the game handles better with one. I'd give the final note or a 9/20. with the gameplay issues resolved, I would bump the game to a 17/20 (19/20 if I had found no bugs), However, I simply cannot ignore the immersion breaking gameplay, that does not fit the global ambiance of the game. That I, a scaredy-cat is more annoyed than spooked by a horror game is just abnormal.