An eternal reminder to our nature and my relation to it. A sobering time in my life contrasted by the change came to me later the same year has left me biased to this game. I love it and the themes tackled were as true then and especially now, I tore apart countless hours into the lore and characters that it was an obsession for a coming of age degenerate. One of the few that made me confront my own intimacy with rage and what pushes me despite adversity, the soundtrack and playtime are designed to ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ blow your balls out in constipation. No not a cope if you want a fun game play the first one, if you want the themes of the game to break you to an unsatisfying fever just to beat the level in a near zen state give this a try on Brutality difficulty. I agree it isn't for everyone, but I defend the choices cause the first made me feel bad ass while this beat me into submission and my anger and need to commit pain intensified with the score to the point where I would be left in disbelief soaked in neon and the entrails of some Ivan that by the end would I be surprised when the encroachment of those emotions are left with mutually assured destruction.

The long hallways and pure infuriating placement of the enemy is enough to make anyone give up and not see it through. I understand but if you're like me and feel a fire with ever r, like an exhilarated soundtrack that keeps the octane in free fall or a doomer with masochist daddy issues it's worth asking, do you enjoy hurting other people?