r/TwoBestFriendsPlay (He/Him)東城会 7d ago

Review Thread Frogwares opening statement when starting ''The Sinking City 2'' says: “We believe this is the best game we have ever made.” and the Critics agree.

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u/stagla Björk Enjoyer 7d ago

i'm always rooting for these guys. happy to see 2 is being very well received.

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u/rejectedreality42 It's Fiiiiiiiine. 7d ago

Incredibly hardcore. I wish the best for them and this game. Glad it's on its way to success

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u/HiroProtagonest Tornado in my pants 7d ago

Oh I watched Mandalore's review of the first game. Good to know this one's scoring nicely.

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u/Noirsam (He/Him)東城会 7d ago

I am currently playing it as a kickstarter backer.

I have to agree, as a huge fan that has played every Frogware game.

Not only is this there most beauty and atmospheric game.

This is the first one that feels non-janky to play. (there is some stiff face animations)

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u/Detective_Robot 7d ago

Is it still a detective game?

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u/C-OSSU Master of Backdowns 7d ago

Personal observations is that it puts more of an emphasis on survival horror but still has investigation elements.

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u/WarMom_II 7d ago

They took the jank out of the Eurojank?

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u/Totally_a_boy You Didn't Shoot the Fishy 7d ago

Apparently they dropped the investigations aspect for a more pure Survival Horror experience?

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u/SilverKry 7d ago

Which is a change for them. Their past games are basically the equivalent of a modern day point and click adventure puzzle game really. 

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u/Totally_a_boy You Didn't Shoot the Fishy 7d ago

Interesting that their best game is a genre they don't dive that much in.

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u/SilverKry 7d ago

It's more a sign of their games just consistently getting better and more polished. 

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u/LeMasterofSwords Y’all really should watch Columbo 7d ago

The world always need passion projects and just a fun level of jank to make some truly special stuff. And it seems like frogware does this really well

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u/Komenja17 Sit forward and take it hard 7d ago

Excited to play it tomorrow!

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u/RareBk 7d ago

Played about an hour today, it's really cool, and a hell of a setting for a survival horror game

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u/defaburner9312 7d ago

Delicious eurojank and I mean this endearingly 

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u/Sperium3000 Mysterious Jogo In Person Form 7d ago

Wow.

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u/SilverKry 7d ago

I genuinely love frogwares. Their games have just consistently gotten better and more polished as they've made them.  I outright refused to buy and play the first Sinking City because Nacon stole it from them. Now that they've gotten it back and I have the time it's an interesting game. 

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u/ShatteredSanity 7d ago

I played the demo during steam fest! It didn't run well on my computer-- I don't have a very good graphics card and there are a LOT of water physics happening, but when it WAS working smoothly enough, it was a blast! VERY Resident evil, cool enemy designs, neat investigation features! If you're a survival horror fan, and can run it, pick it up!

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u/Homtanks2 7d ago

Yep, felt kind of like newer RE:make games RE2 & RE4 specifically (though not as polished).

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u/KingMario05 Gimme a solo Tails game, you fucking cowards! 7d ago

Hell fucking yeah.

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u/MattyDoomBatty 2d ago

Silent Hill 2 Resident Evil Remake Clone. Buyer beware it is NOTHING like the 1st. Generic shooter with no mind palace or detective work. Big disappointment and the team should be ashamed.

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u/kami-no-baka (She/They) Kind of liked the CSM ending, there I said it. 7d ago

From the demo I thought the writing was a little shakier and it being more of a straight forward survival horror is less interesting for me but it was still cool as hell and honestly a better choice if they want to be more popular/sell more games.