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5.02Dark bravely portrays themes that most developers lack the guts to touch, but unfortunately, AI, UI, and Level Design problems make this game feel largely unfinished.
2Dark
Gloomywood · Mar 10, 2017
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In 2Dark, you guide former detective Mr. Smith in his quest to find and free his kidnapped children in the sinister and macabre town of Gloomywood. During your rescue, you must avoid sadistic and bloodthirsty serial killers, and you will be called on to confront unnameable horrors lurking in the shadows. Discover the terrifying secrets that linger in this accursed town...
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- COGconnected7.2I will also admit that I a well-seasoned stealth genre gamer and after figuring out the inventory system, I found the game to be quite my level of game play as the whole light and dark system is rather simplistic. However, a lot of the success was dependant on forward planning. Players who are more adept at stealth games might find 2Dark to be too easy and less satisfying.
- GameSpew7.0For its asking price, a nine-hour campaign seems more than reasonable for 2Dark, especially since it’s such a well-developed game. It isn’t without its issues, but the minor frustrations don’t take away from the overall quality of the story and the game. If you enjoy a good horror with a bleak tale – and can stomach seeing pixelated children in cages or mauled by animals – then 2Dark is definitely worth checking out.
- Hey Poor Player5.0For all of that, I must say that 2Dark is a fun and interesting little game, but at the end of the day it wasn’t knocking my socks off. The game became repetitive, frustrating, and uninteresting all too quickly, and each level takes less than an hour to complete unless you run into a bug or a figurative wall when it comes to progression. Nevertheless, I’ve played better stealth titles that offered more varied gameplay, and unless you’re a big fan of the noir genre or enjoyed the Alone in the Dark series, you can probably write this small title off.
- Game Grin7.0In summary, 2Dark is an atmospheric experience, and while it isn't an out-and-out horror game, the game blends elements of survival horror with the main gameplay chiefly revolving around sneaking in a furtive manner through levels. The atmospherics are striking, and the cartoon-like animations work well as a contrast.
- God is a Geek5.0At the right price point, 2Dark could be an interesting curio. Its flaws might have been more forgivable. I know price shouldn’t really affect your enjoyment of a game, but when it’s twice the price of smarter horror games like Resident Evil HD and Lone Survivor, and is more expensive even than the Amnesia Collection, you can’t help but see its faults all the more clearly. And 2Dark is a game chock full of faults.
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