It says online co-op and guess what? online co op doesn't work...

this game is very unfun
combat=bad
i am glad the studio making the game becomed shuted down to the gone forver and ever and ever and ever becaudse this game is veryu bad and as well; as unfun also the studio got shut down and i thinkl that is good becauyse this game is bad so that is prebably why the studio became shut down
oof ouch i just got a mosquito bite it hurts ow
the studio that made this game is shut down
the game is also bad and not fun becaset it is bad

Hear me out.

It's not bad. It's no Aragami 1 mind you, but it's not bad if you separate this game from the first one.

The addition of the "classic mode" saved this game for me. Before the addition of this mode the game was honestly not very enjoyable and really was lackluster in its delivery. I only play in Classic, therefore my review will revolve around this game mode specifically.

I feel as though this game is more of an "introductory" stealth game, which when it is compared to its predecessor. It's rather hand-holdy and is much more forgiving than the first game and gives more power to the player (which following the first feels very out of place). Certain mechanics are now missing such as light harming you, and shadows are only used for re-gen of powers making them less of an importance and more of a bonus additive. However, with the addition of the classic mode, teleporting to shadows becomes the only way to utilize your teleport over terrain (minus to rooftop sides and building ledges) making the game feel more like the first in this aspect. It definitely brought more of the original feel of the game back for me when this option was available.

Combat in this game is poorly optimized and very janky. They attempt to teach you in the beginning how to do it correctly, but throughout the game it ends up being a very glitchy one sided experience often resulting in your death due to glitchy mechanics and weird button inputs. Classic mode once again resolved this issue for me due to the fact that combat is still available but is severely punished with the implementation of the OG Aragami mechanic of "one shot one kill". Meaning that you do have the option to fight should you need to, but one hit will kill you and force you to start over (and you will get hit due to the poor fighting mechanics). Therefore in classic mode, stealth becomes all the more imperative due to it being more of a punishment than the ability to actually kill your attacker in a 1v1 fight.

The levels do get a bit on the redundant side, especially since the first game had you going to different places throughout the game. Personally, this wasn't really a big con for me, I didn't really mid it all that much. Would some more level diversity been a little better? Yeah, was it a deal breaker for me? Not really. I also really didn't mind the hub world either. I really liked the music in this area so I wasn't really upset or bothered about it being a thing.

The one thing I really was upset about was the story itself. I would have loved a continuation from the first game into this one. I was really looking forward to playing Aragami again and learning more about the character that I became attached to in the first game, however, the story-line in this game is legitimately all over the place and has nothing to do with what was established in the first game about the Aragami. That was a bit on the confusing side to me, as suddenly the entire lore was changed from what we had learned in the first game. We're no longer playing the first guy, but some other guy who's now an Aragami because he's cursed. While the story isn't "bad" per say it was a huge derailment from the established line of story from the first game which honestly left me feeling some sort of way. This story-line almost felt too "Naruto-y" to me which gave it that cliche Sasuke angst feel. This ultimately made the story really hard to connect to and had me tuning out half of what was going on throughout the story-line because it just felt so discombobulated and far removed from the first story-line. Did I hate it? No. Did it keep my attention? Not really. Did I still play the game? Yes.

All in all, it's not bad but not amazing either. Do I still play it to satisfy a certain fast paced stealth itch? You bet. Is it as good as the first one? No. Is it worth $34.99....not really. I'd say if you're curious, go get the first game. Play it through with a friend and have a great time. Then come to this game when it's on sale. Personally I'd say this game is probably worth about $15 as it does have some love an care obviously put into it and it's not a hot dumpster fire disaster, but I'd not really pay over $20 for it.




TLDR: Good game, not as good as the first. Janky combat. Classic Mode made game better. Wait for game to go on sale before playing. 6.3/10