HIGH An excellent upgrade of a beloved PS1 classic!
LOW A bit too faithful to the decades-old original.
WTF One boss is a merger of a lizard and a cactus?!
HIGH An excellent upgrade of a beloved PS1 classic!
LOW A bit too faithful to the decades-old original.
WTF One boss is a merger of a lizard and a cactus?!
HIGH Stellar worldbuilding, story and voice acting.
LOW The gameplay has not aged well.
WTF Why are there so many block pushing puzzles?!?
HIGH Fast action. Intense enemy design. Impressive visuals.
LOW Puzzles can be offputtingly difficult in single-player.
WTF There are challenge modes to make things harder???
High Pleasing, poignant, and pure.
Low The narrative pacing isn’t the best, so the ending feels lopsided.
WTF Why is the drummer in a hellscape?
HIGH Simplistic gameplay paired with immaculate vibes.
LOW Might be too simplistic at times.
WTF The menu music reminds me of the Green Acres theme.
While I wouldn't go so far as to say that Fear Effect 2 is the digital entertainment equivalent of a cutting-edge novel or soul-searching film, it certainly pushes the envelope of games by going boldly where almost no console titles have gone before in terms of what qualities they are expected to contain, and it manages to do it with panache.