Shadow Corridor 2 雨ノ四葩

fun

Ugh...I don't want to give a 'not recommended', but I don't like the directions the changes went towards compared to the first game. So I'll start with the good, and I'm playing on Intermediate/Normal difficulty.

Good:
- Updated graphics and UI look really nice.
- Unique Stages
- More apparitions!
- More items
- The base area, cards/karuta system, and coffee buffs are pretty neat
- General gameplay loop plays the same as the first game

Bad:
- Procedural Generation in this one is too random? The first game also had random generation, but had static areas, which acted as landmarks for your character. This game doesn't have that luxury and leads to being extremely lost as you continue to run into areas very early and frequently that look identical to one another, sometimes not even minutes apart. You can drop stones but those are rng dependent. Knowing the gameplay loop, I ended up taking 3hrs to complete the area due to the layout added to the already massive amount of rng in the game.
- Magatama spawns seem more limited than the first game. On it's own its fine, but when combined with everything else, it becomes frustrating. I.E. there is only 1 magatama in viewing distance using clairvoyance but it requires a key, that you don't have? Better hope it drops nearby and that you remember that exact room location that's identical to the rooms parallel to it if/when you do find one.
- Some cards/items need tweaking. Minimap display should have a toggle for on off, or at least a 'minimum souls for activation' sort of thing. Automatic Door is broken and immediately closes upon you when used, you can't through the door before it closes in your face, leaving it useless in emergency situations. The shrine that gives you the extra candle should give you the extra life. Why does it have to be used in another randomly generated area??? The Hourglass SUCKS! I've used it a few times, but with the crying child, she instantly tracks you afterwards no matter how far you run while time is stopped. This is personal, but the two-hold candle shouldn't be able to be extinguished once lit, nor should it be able to use your last life. Because when you're using the controller, sometimes when bringing up the items, it defaults to the light source instead of your items, and causes your light source to extinguish.
- Traps were a good idea in theory, but the execution is really disappointing. Unfortunately, it's only a couple of traps so far I've run into that make me wanna quit. Floor trap is simple enough, no problems. Hanging trap you'll always get got by it no matter what. Insanity Gauge? I've never been able to run away from the sound, or find a space to hide in afterwards. It fills up super fast, and your chain smoking teen is already out of stamina by the time the gauge is half filled. Worse mechanic I've gotten to so far has to be the Corruption Gauge though. I literally died at 5 magatama with compass because I couldn't find a corpse to heal my corruption level, so it filled up. I died looking for the alter to complete the level after an hour in the stage.
- Shop keeper. He doesn't sell all the rng items! I needed a key for a room, and so used my ticket to get to him only to find out that he didn't even HAVE any strange keys. Additionally, when warping out, I ended up in front of the crying child TWICE in two different levels(who aggro'd immediately)! What is the point of going to the shopkeep if he ends up not having any items that would help you find things faster??

That's all I have for now, which is also why i can't really recommend this game currently. The heavy RNG for literally everything in game makes for an experience in frustration. You'll get lucky and get out relatively quickly; or you'll get unlucky and it'll be a slog of dodging apparition after apparition to find the items you need.

Game has a lot more dimensions and strategies to employ, a easy stage to grind out souls.

楽しい

버그좆망게임

Lame.

it's good!
quite difficult sometimes, but that's the fun of it.
I have to say that I liked the story of the first game a bit more but in terms of mechanics is this one a bit better.

i love this game, i loved the first one, more people need to see these games!