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HEEELLLLL YEEEAHH So addictive, so diffficult, the music gets your heart racing and keeps you going through a million and one deaths. Better make sure you don't have controller drift issues because this one is _fast_.

I really enjoyed the first oceanhorn game! I finished this one, but I found this one to be pretty frustrating throughout. The controls and game physics were super clunky: bombs or barrels would routinely "stick" halfway up a wall, camera angles would be consistently pointing the wrong way, I found the "jump" mechanic to be super arbitrary (could often get into areas I wasn't supposed to be able to by just running at a wall for a bit) and the boundaries (or lack thereof while swimming) seemed extremely arbitrary. Because of this I found myself getting annoyed rather than enjoying the story. There was very little incentive in any of the side quests or to explore, especially as you have to do so at walking speed (with the occasional run). Unlocking the hover bike would've been a great way to help people explore without being penalised with a huge amount of wasted walking time. The map was clunky, as there was no way to mark areas you wanted to come back to and there were no labels anywhere. It took me half the game to realise I could throw things, as the mechanics were never clear and you didn't need to be able to do this until late in the game. Similarly the electric ammo / switch mechanic wasn't intuitive. All in all a bit of a disappointment for me. The game looks gorgeous, but I just wasn't able to enjoy like the first.