The Sinking City 2

Give me a well-told story I can run through a few times as opposed to something more epic that I can barely get through once and you’ll have my heart – Frogwares certainly does. I dove into the The Sinking City 2 with a good amount of trepidation, and whilst I do hope Frogwares get the chance to revisit their earlier style at some point, in the end they made the right Call…(of Cthulhu).

Plenty of people won’t agree with Frogwares’ decision to relegate investigations to an optional component, but as someone who enjoyed them in the first game, The Sinking City 2 works better as a survival horror game. It may follow a proven gameplay blueprint, but Frogwares has crafted a tense, confident and satisfying experience with The Sinking City 2, with only a few minor annoyances stopping it from being in the same conversation as the games that inspired it.

The Sinking City 2 effectively brings together Frogwares' well-honed, Lovecraftian world and a swathe of clear survival horror influences. There's little here that's groundbreaking, but the feeling of craft, of earnest-ness and passion for human storytelling is evident all the way through.

The Sinking City 2 is survival horror by the book. Puzzles, constant tension and a good dose of Lovecraftian cosmic horror. A sequel that builds on what worked in the original game and refines it with a much more focused approach.

The Sinking City 2 is a confident adventure that can go tentacle to tentacle with modern survival horror like Resident Evil and Silent Hill. The odd misstep is forgiven when Lovecraftian twists work so well to deliver some unsettling, unexpected moments of terror that just feel oh so joyous to squeal at.

Frogwares' turn toward the survival horror genre, after many years of making adventure games, proves to be a welcome change. The Sinking City 2 doesn't try to bring any kind of evolution to the genre, however, the developers know very well how to hit the right notes to create a proper and satisfying survival horror experience. Next time, we hope they have enough confidence to bring their own unique ideas to the gameplay or world design, but as a first effort, it is commendable and will surely be appreciated by fans of the genre.

Generous doses of squishy gallows humour, elaborate secrets and expert tension pick up the slack. As does writing that skirts the grim glorification of overt war allegory to tell a story about refusing to leave what you love in the rubble, so long as the faintest signs of life remain. If you’re going to create, wrote Bukowski, you’ll do it “while the whole city trembles in earthquake, bombardment, flood and fire”. And there’s me thinking he was being dramatic.

Ótimo jogo, lembra muito uma mistura de resident evil com silent hill e o próprio the sinking city em uma forma mais moderna, os puzzles e o horror do jogo são espetaculares, além do jogo estar bem polido, não se encontra muitos bugs. Otimo trabalho da frogwares 10/10. Que venha o próximo the sinking city.

The Sinking City 2 me ha parecido un muy buen survival horror. Frogwares ha hecho un trabajo excelente, especialmente teniendo en cuenta las circunstancias del estudio. El juego entiende y aplica muy bien los fundamentos del survival horror, algo que no es nada fácil a día de hoy, y además consigue hacerlo con un tono y una identidad propios. Sus niveles me han encantado y, aunque hay pocos, también he disfrutado mucho de los **** principal problema es la duración. Sé que los survival horror no suelen ser juegos especialmente largos y no espero que todos duren 30 o 40 horas, pero creo que el género ha demostrado que puede ofrecer experiencias más completas, con títulos que rondan las 18-20 horas sin necesidad de convertirse en RPGs. En mi caso, terminé la Premium Edition en un solo día y The Sinking City 2 me pareció extremadamente corto. No porque piense que un juego corto sea malo, sino porque el final llega de forma muy abrupta cuando todavía estaba disfrutando muchísimo y sentía que quedaba bastante por delante. La rejugabilidad tampoco termina de compensarlo. Los perks, mejoras y el New Game Plus son interesantes, pero hay pocos encuentros y poco contenido para aprovechar realmente todas esas posibilidades. Reconozco que también es algo personal: últimamente tolero bastante mal los juegos cortos. No necesito juegos de 50 o 100 horas, pero para mí unas 10 (7 si vas al grano)horas se quedan cortas, especialmente a partir de 50 €. Entiendo que para otros jugadores sea una duración perfecta, pero en mi caso me ha sabido a poco. Un muy buen survival horror, con una excelente base, mucho potencial y un gran futuro para hacer algo realmente bueno. Ojalá Frogwares pueda aprovechar mas la próxima vez todo lo que ha construido aquí y ofrecer una experiencia más ambiciosa en el futuro.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

It doesn’t bring over anything that made the first game any good, It does improve on level design, gunplay and resource management. But it doesn’t really do anything as well as other franchises in survival horror. It really didn’t even feel lovecraftian most of the time. If you want either survival horror or a lovecraft experience, this is not it.

FROM DETECTIVE INVESTIGATIVE BEAUTY TO A SURVIVAL HORROR CLONE! I'm so sick of developers thinking they need to leech off other games in order to keep fans. I won't be surprised if the developers of Sinking City 2 get sued by the Resident Evil Franchise. Everything is the same. The exploding polyps, the sudden awakening, the different forms each one less human, the trying to save a loved one, the special fog, the limited inventory, the limited resources, and the ganging up enemies. I cannot see a single thing they took from the original Sinking City except for the fact that it has to do with the sea. Now judging it as its own game. The main character is clueless and weak. The controls are slow and so frustrating. The inventory is so limited and the expansions don't come easy. Even the original resident evil was more forgiving. The sounds were taken directly from resident evil so I can't grade them. The visuals were very subpar. It does not look much different than the first one. Definitely not 2026 quality. The map is vague and you will get lost or confused on what to do next or even your current objective. I have no idea why this game is getting any praise. If we put up with these survival horror clones they will keep making them and forget about trying something new. They owe us more than that. So take a stand and actually admit when developers completely destroy the original work of art that made them famous to begin with. Save your money! There are no physical copies so I can't get my money back by selling this or anything. I'm stuck with it for life. SAVE YOUR MONEY!!!