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Death end re;Quest 2 (PS4)

With this game leaving PS+ Extra on Tuesday it was finally time to get through both the first game and this one, and so far I have only a few trophies left to collect (1000 enemies defeated, NG+ exclusive ending, and beat the bonus dungeon) in this one after beating it last night.

This game takes a lot of what made the first game great and throws that out the window. Gone are all the hacks you can utilize in battles, as well as any strategy using the field bugs - most don't even deal any damage to your character anymore, so you can just run over all of them in every battle, go into Glitch Mode, and just destroy the enemy. I actually turned up the difficulty to Hard for a good portion because the game was extremely easy - something that I never thought during playing the first game.

The story and exploration also takes a step back. Most of the story sections take place in a school setting, which to me is immediately less interesting than the sections with Arata in the first game. All exploration is done at night, which adds to how the game leans a bit more towards the horror genre than the first. Also to add to the horror theme there are now monsters that spawn in dungeons that chase you for a brief time. Touch it, instant game over.

All in all, the game seems to be a disappointing sequel to a great first game. NG+ seems to be goign towards a much deeper link between the two games than the first run through, so it might be more interesting when I finish it either today or tomorrow.