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106.0 hrs on record (93.2 hrs at review time)
immortal empires makes this game incredible

buy the faction packs whenever they go on sale, and you'll be set

i love this game
Posted 12 July, 2024.
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8.9 hrs on record (5.5 hrs at review time)
It's games like this that makes me wish steam had a "mixed" option between yes and no.

I'm not sure I've ever really felt the way I have about a game like this before. A sequel to one of my favorite indie games of time, HM2 follows up in such a weird and interesting way, continuing the story from the perspective of lots of different characters before and following the events of the first game. Where I find a lot of enjoyment in the story and seeing how everything connects, the gameplay to me just feels like it completely pales in comparison to the original.

The original had this system where you wear different animal masks that influence your style of play for every level. In 2, they shed away with this idea, allowing you a little bit of choice regarding your style, depending on what chapter you're playing and who you're playing as. Moving on from that, some characters and their play styles just feel like i'm having to wrestle for control instead of taking advantage of each new characters abilities (i.e. Corey, Alex and Ash, and unfortunately Beard, who might be my favorite character in the story.).

The level design in this game feels like it takes on a whole new philosophy, where it feels like you're rather strong armed into beating the level how the game wants you to instead of the originals way of going "here's the level, try and figure out how you wanna do it", not to say that you aren't encouraged into following specific orders in the first game, but it feels like you're actively kneecapping yourself if you don't follow the way the HM2 wants you to. I wont say that the game is "too hard", but it certainly just feels like a slog to run through, compared to the original where I can actively, albeit unintentionally speedrun the game over the course of like an hour.

These games are very different mechanically and it's unbelievably disappointing. Gone is the combo heavy ultraviolent arcade fun of the first, replaced with a weird ultraviolent puzzle game. It feels like the developers just fumbled hard.
Posted 27 June, 2024.
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6.6 hrs on record (5.7 hrs at review time)
Early Access Review
I like the game a fair bit, I feel like its a bit rough around the edges visually still

it feels like looking at early development terraria compared to the current version, some polish will go a long way
Posted 5 January, 2024.
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51.3 hrs on record (14.9 hrs at review time)
probably the funniest game i've ever played i love it
Posted 24 December, 2023.
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41.4 hrs on record (33.9 hrs at review time)
Early Access Review
One of the most mechanically dense and best zombie games i’ve ever played. The fact that you can tweak the settings in the sandbox mode takes it up another level. Take advantage of the workshop! There’s tons of quality of life mods there
Posted 5 September, 2023.
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4 people found this review helpful
12.7 hrs on record
its a good shooter, but by god this story is such a massive train wreck
Posted 5 April, 2023.
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7 people found this review helpful
2 people found this review funny
33.0 hrs on record (18.5 hrs at review time)
Get this instead of Blood Bowl 3
Posted 23 February, 2023.
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42 people found this review helpful
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6.0 hrs on record
DO NOT HUNT DOWN THE FREEMAN
Posted 15 February, 2023. Last edited 15 February, 2023.
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5.3 hrs on record
its good! im excited for the full release
Posted 16 October, 2022.
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167.4 hrs on record (82.4 hrs at review time)
Only buy this game for zombies, it's well worth it plus the workshop support is nuts
Posted 25 June, 2020.
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