Joining the surprisingly robust genre of sci-fi survival games about the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Chernobylite 2 takes the warped-landscape scrounging of the original and supersizes it, putting the player in the role of a mercenary working for an interdimensional colonial exploitation project.
HIGH Unlocking Lu Bu.
LOW The second-to-last boss is a nightmare.
WTF There can’t really be this many playable characters, can there?
HIGH The city sequence.
LOW Having no idea how to get the last song segment.
WTF People seriously live out here?
HIGH That sweet Myers vs Myers action.
LOW The demon boss that’s only vulnerable when it wants to be.
WTF Is that weapon themed around the time Michael Myers killed a dog?
HIGH This is the scariest Lu Bu has ever been.
LOW A couple of classic weapons aren’t available.
WTF Did not expect ‘Romance’ to be this literal.
As I wait for the dropship to pick me up, I reflect on just how badly this run had gone.
It started — as all deployments do — with my character, a freshly-ressurrected cyberzombie clad in an armored exoskeleton, jumping out of a helicopter into a warzone..
HIGH Blasting facehuggers with my one free hand.
LOW Getting to the ‘to be continued‘.
WTF Those aliens LOVE to do jazz hands, apparently.
HIGH Correctly identifying my first spirit!
LOW Trying singleplayer mode.
WTF Why is there a full ribcage in this garage?
HIGH Absolutely dominating bosses with a genocide gun.
LOW No unlocks for beating the highest difficulty? Shameful.
WTF Wait, are we playing Space Invaders?
HIGH The return of Frank Stone.
LOW That rescue attempt came with some pretty harsh consequences.
WTF This ‘happy ending’ raises more questions than it answers!