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• gamedeal user

  Dec 3, 2021

  Following on from the original game, The Fall Part 2: Unbound sees you resume your role as ARID, having broken free of her programming and going through an existential crisis. Playing the first game, while highly recommended, is not required to enjoy this installment. To a greater degree than its predecessor, Unbound is really a journey about self-realisation, and the world building is a stark departure from the original. This time around, you play as ARID, commandeering three different robots in order to achieve your own goals. Each robot is uniquely different (One <3) and each has their own perspective on the world, your actions, etc. - essentially the game has four different arcs which culminate in a cliffhanger (doubtless to be resolved in a still hoped for third part). The puzzles remain, some travelling remains, but the world itself is far larger, more varied and a lot more fleshed-out than previously shown. Where the game really excels (for me) is in the questions it asks: <*>What is self/individuality? <*>What is morality? <*>Where does self fit into the greater good? While shooting, and in some sections movement in general, remain the weak points of the package, they are more than outweighed by the quality of the narrative and involvement of other NPCs. Without giving too much away, this is a worthy sequel and has far greater depth and involvement than the first game (in my opinion); if you enjoyed the original, or indeed enjoy puzzle solving and/or games which lead you to ponder bigger and deeper issues, this is well worth a look. If you do not like The Fall Part 2: Unbound, you are PATHETIC Played on Windows 10 Pro x64 without any issues. P.S. I AM TRAIN.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 13, 2018

  I will preface this review by saying that at the time of writing I have only played the game for two hours, but these are my findings so far. There really needs to be a middle option for recommendation. I have chosen yes only because if you managed to push through the control issues with the first game, and loved the story enough to rush out and buy this second one, you'll probably be able to push through the problems here again. Unfortunately, it appears that the team have not done anything to address the major issue of unwieldy controls since the first game; if anything I'd say it's gotten worse. I loved the first game to pieces and played it through twice to unlock all of the achievements, but I'm really struggling with this one. Wrestling with the controls just becomes even more frustrating when you're trying to find the needle in a hay stack that is your next interactive button. I hope you can have fun whilst trying literally everything on literally every button, but I am finding it tedious and awful; there are just too many 'nothing' buttons that give snippets of info that add little to the gameplay, and only serve to clutter up your options and obfuscate what you're actually supposed to be interacting with. Then when you do find the right button, expect to do a dance just trying to get your character into the pixel-perfect space where they can actually interact with it. To add to the control issues are niggling things that are counter-intuitive if you've played a lot of games, like having three different 'action' buttons; e to interact in button menus, enter to interact in game menus, and space to accept dialogue options. The first time I encountered dialogue (after using e for all previous interactions) I literally spent 10 minutes pressing random buttons, then restarting because I thought the game had glitched because I couldn't accept any of the options, checking the controls in the main menu, before replaying up to where I was and finding that it was the space bar all along. Admittedly I am only two hours in, but I feel like most of that time has been me going in circles shouting at the character to 'JUST TURN AROUND FOR FUCKS SAKE!' So...yeah. I don't know if I can recommend this one, but you should go into it expecting at least a little frustration.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 13, 2018

  Little short, took me only 6 hours to complete. BUT most AAA titles that cost a good $60 usually take me around 6-8 hours, for a $17 game this is well worth it. I'm usually not a fan of puzzle point and click games, I usually prefer FPS Shooters. I do enjoy the combat moments they put into the game to add that little bit of action. The game was (Mostly) bug free and I was able to complete the game without issue.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 14, 2018

  It kills me to write a negative review for this game, because I absolutely love the story telling and found it to be spectacular. My biggest issue was that it was [i]frustrating[/i] in several parts, which really took me out of the story. I'll admit, I might just not have been smart enough to get it in several parts, but it turned into pure guess work for me on several seconds, where I just walked around and tried objects on everything possible until I got it right. Ultimately, as a story it is absolutely spectacular, but I felt as an actual game, it was poorly executed. If you can get by the occasionally infuriating puzzle, and uninteresting combat, the story is well worth it. I write the review as my personal feelings on it, and I am sure a lot of people will find the puzzles engaging rather than frustrating, but unfortunately, I wasn't one of those people.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 19, 2018

  I was kind of blown away by the first installment of The Fall. Like top 5 all times game list blown away. So I was a little bit nervous waiting for the second instalment to come out; what if the second part of soemthing I had loved so much fell flat? And as a couple of underwhelming trailers were released, and the time line for release kept getting pushed back, my concern only grew. Well, I didn't need to worry. The Fall 2 not only lived up to The Fall part 1, but I think in many ways exceeded it. Story and character development were excellent, the puzzles were mostly much more coherent than the first one, and the emoitional impact was marked. If you havent played the first part, I highly suggest buying and playing that one prior to starting in on this one. TLDR; This game is an excellent choice for people who are into character driven, philosophically reflective Sci-fi.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 20, 2018

  Loved the first game, but this one not so much. There was too much guessing needed for solving a lot of puzzles instead of being logical.
• gamedeal user

  May 15, 2018

  Bad stuff real quick: aiming with 'flashlight' is horrible... thats literally it. This series has become an interesting cyber punk, AI, futurology, and morality. I played the story (easy combat) game because I'm older and I like short games and especially story focused ones like this. So I'm happy to report the story was engaging and kept bringing in new ideas while intergrating previous chapters you've already played through. Truth is I won't replay a game like this, but I will buy part 3 when it comes out and spend a whole day when family friends are out of the house and enjoy it begginning to end in one sitting. To the devolopers reading this; Goodjob and please bring us part 3.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 25, 2018

  To get the bad stuff out of the way real fast: - Clunky controls. The flashlight mode didnt get any better since the first game, it's still out for your blood and will spin the character around depending on where the invisible cursor is. - No sound/music volume option? Thats odd. Otherwise absolutely loved it. It answered most questions I had after finishing the first game and expanded the world, introducing new characters. [spoiler] I'm so happy that Arid didn't just happen to conveniently crash in the place that would force her to break rules by accident. Too many stories do that. [/spoiler] The voice acting is on point, I love the changes in Arid's voice and just her voice in general. Loved the the dialogue, though most humans seemed odd to me. Combat improved a lot, its much more interesting and smooth now. The puzzles are better as well, they're fun and make much more sense. > Total tears shed: at least 10 > Food breaks: 2 > Robots adopted: all of them > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Evaluation grade: I love [b]A[/b]rid so much oh my god Really looking forward to the last(?) part.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 6, 2018

  The bad: The controls are clunky at best. In Online Combat, jumping costs you energy, and so does shooting--not an issue in the easy difficulty mode, but in harder, it often means having to choose between dodging or shooting. Some of the levels are frustratingly designed at best. The good: I cannot say enough good about this game. The above setbacks are NOTHING compared to how good this game is. Mainly, I want to gush over two parts: *Character development: This is basically "how 2 human: the game". The main character--an AI designed to work primarily in combat situations--starts out infected by a virus that is slowly corrupting her actions. She's forced to interact socially with other less-combat-oriented AIs (already a weak point for her), and her already-violent tendencies are already bad. The virus drives her to manipulate and abuse one AI after another--which would be a terrible trope in any other game (force the player to make terrible decisions, then ridicule them for those decisions), but instead, due to [spoilers], she's forced to come face to face with the fact that in spite of the virus, she made the choices to hurt the others. Through this realization, she has the capacity to go back and help them. It is the most raw expression of genuine redemption, as well as the most genuine view on the cycle of abuse and how it can be broken, I've ever seen. *Messages: The messages laced throughout the game are not messages frequently seen in video games, which is a shame, because more people need to see these messages. Most of these revolve around boundaries not needing to be broken, how sometimes violence is necessary (normally we get "VIOLENCE IS BAD" shoved down our throats), about how personal growth can only come when we desire to grow (and that frequently only happens when the alternative is death), and how our perspectives may shape who we are, but changing those perspectives from time to time is necessary for seeing the world as it is--nuanced and full, as opposed to flat and boring. Again, I cannot recommend this game enough. Everything about the story is worth getting through the clunky controls and the occasional poor level design. If you get stuck on a puzzle, there are faqs and walkthroughs out there--no shame in looking up how to bypass a puzzle if you're stuck! I had to at least once or twice on my first playthrough. 9.5/10
• gamedeal user

  Nov 18, 2018

  If you liked the first one, getting this game is a no-brainer. The story is heating up, and the new characters are more intriguing than ever. It's an easy recommend especially if you see it on sale. (Longer than the last one!) Problems...? Well it changes combat mechanics from the first one. I was used to the manual aiming of the first one by the end of part 1. And this time you have target lock based aiming. (Though actually, on reflection, this change can make sense lore wise.) It's simple in a way, but still can be a bit cumbersome (I only played with a controller), and yet I loved mastering it lol. Where is an increased difficulty option xD Also, you might find yourself stuck at times in typical adventure game fashion: trying to figure out what you should be interacting with. This disturbs the flow of the game when you feel you are pressed for time, in-game. However, there's nothing like those times when you connect the dots quickly, because the clues were there and you just had to understand. All in all, this was an excellent purchase for me. Loved the voice acting, loved the new characters, plot and certainly most of the graphics. Verdict: [b]This game... is not pathetic.[/b] I eagerly await part three of the trilogy... It is a must-buy if they can keep up this quality!!