Pih 2

Pih 2

better than pih because its pih 2

This review was the most expressive and true thing ive ever heard "Pih 2... Where does one begin? I've played games for over two decades. I've seen games rise and fall, studios come and go, trends burn bright before fading into irrelevance. Every year we're promised "the Fortnite replacement.", "the cod killer", "the next big thing" yet every year I lower my expectations just a little more. Then I played Pih 2. For the first time in my life i really understood what it meant to play video games. This isn't just another FPS thrown out to cash in on the success of the its predecessor, it fundamentally changes the geopolitical landscape of the internet and real world. Pih 2 feels like the result of a single man who had a vision so absurdly ambitious that most studios let alone a mere mortal wouldn't even attempt it. Every mechanic feels intentional, every level handcrafted, every enemy encounter designed to make you think differently. There is no filler, every single moment is handcrafted to challenge what you thought about our known universe. The mere amount of content is genuinely bamboozling. Every time I thought I'd seen everything this game had to offer, I was introduced to another mechanic, another hawg type, another vehicle, another boss that completely changed how I approached combat and real world situations. One moment I'm carefully creeping through the pih infested routes of the masterly crafter levels, the next I'm gently soaring through the gorgeous skies on an air balloon, taking a brief respite from taking on all the hawgs, similarly of how we play these games to take a break from the pihs in our own lives. As i said, once you think you've mastered it all, the game throws an entirely new situation at you that forces you to rethink everything you'd ever known. And then there are the Hawgs themselves... I've fought countless enemies across thousands of games. Simple goombas, ai enemies, difficult soul's bosses, but nothing could have ever possibly prepared me for the psychological complexity of these creatures. On the surface they're just Hawgs, identical to the farm animals called pigs we keep for bacon production. Then you notice the subtle behavioural patterns... Then you realise they're noticing you... Before long, you realise these creatures have an entire complex mind of their own, with thoughts, needs, dreams, fears and so much more... By my Fourteen hundredth hour I wasn't reacting to the Hawgs anymore, I was predicting them before they had spawned, empathising with their inner feelings, feeling who they truly were... The soundtrack deserves a grammy. No scratch that, a Nobel Prize. Calling it "music" feels disrespectful. These aren't songs. They're cosmic events translated into audio. There were moments where I'd stop moving entirely because I didn't want to interrupt what was filling my headphones. Every morning I open Spotify, hoping the soundtrack is released so i may fill my meaningless days with the glorious orchestration of this games background. Visually, Pih 2 makes every other game look like a child crayon drawing. Every frame contains enough artistic intent to guarantee passing an arts degree. The lighting alone is a medical breakthrough, guaranteed to cure anyone's seasonal depression. It made my monitor display colours I am reasonably certain it is physically incapable of producing. I don't know how this was possible. I've seen a few people complain that the game is "too influential." I'd have to agree. Ever since finishing it I find myself looking at architecture differently. Traffic lights. The weather. International diplomacy. You start connecting dots that you wouldn't have with a different game. I won't elaborate further because I value the stability of my country but those who know, know. Performance-wise... I don't understand it. I have absolutely no idea how this thing runs. I am convinced the executable isn't using conventional computing principles. My 5090, Ryzen 9 9950X and 256gb of ram were holding the game back from showing me even more. Ill admit, I didn't play the first... Lord strike me down for being so ignorant. I had thought the 'evil sales' and misspelling of pig as 'pih' was ridiculous tomfoolery for children. I was the one who was misspelled. My whole life has been a misspelling, but I understand now. This game was all i needed. In conclusion, if only one object was to preserved to survive the heat death of the universe then i think I and anyone else who's played will say let it be pih2, so reality may hold life's greatest creation. Everything/10"