The Sinking City 2 (PS5) Review
I was really excited to get to fully experience The Sinking City 2 after I had a chance to preview it back in May, because it did leave a really good impression on me, even in two small snippets. Frogwares has come a really long way from its humble beginnings—delivering games that were genuinely inspired, albeit a little janky—and this was looking to be proof positive of that. Veering in a radically different direction from its predecessor, The Sinking City 2 takes a lot of inspiration from the modern survival horror genre of the mid-2010s, as well as the recent revival as seen with games like the Resident Evil remakes. What it builds is a genuinely solid experience that takes the mythos of the previous game and creates a tense and captivating game around it. Like I touched on in my preview, players take on the role of occult adventurer/investigator Calvin Rafferty. After an attempt to contact an Old God seemingly goes wrong, the love of his life, Faye Bennet’s soul... Read more
I was really excited to get to fully experience The Sinking City 2 after I had a chance to preview it back in May, because it did leave a really good impression on me, even in two small snippets. Frogwares has come a really long way from its humble beginnings—delivering games that were genuinely inspired, albeit a little janky—and this was looking to be proof positive of that. Veering in a radically different direction from its predecessor, The Sinking City 2 takes a lot of inspiration from the modern survival horror genre of the mid-2010s, as well as the recent revival as seen with games like the Resident Evil remakes. What it builds is a genuinely solid experience that takes the mythos of the previous game and creates a tense and captivating game around it.
Like I touched on in my preview, players take on the role of occult adventurer/investigator Calvin Rafferty. After an attempt to contact an Old God seemingly goes wrong, the love of his life, Faye Bennet’s soul... Read more
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