DISTRAINT 2

This is the second part that complete the story of the first game. I love it. The music is great, especially the piano. On this game you will start where the first one ended. You will know more about the character, his story, and his life. I didn't expect that. You will face little puzzles, not to hard, not to easy, just well done and doesn't push out of the story and the game. If you liked the first episode, i recommend it.

3.5/5 stars Distraint 1 was a fun adventure game with a creative graphic style. Its unusual ending might’ve left you cold, but it turns out there’s a sequel that continues the plot. While the graphics and gameplay are like the prequel, Distraint 2 is quite different in other regards—an abstract drama, a psychodrama, in fact, instead of a horror game with a traditional plot. (I actually like how the sequel drops the prequel’s graphic violence.) Older gamers may appreciate the intellectual themes. Even though the game draws on psychotherapy principles you find in hackneyed Hollywood dramas, Distraint 2’s approach is original and thoughtful enough to go along for the ride. The game is rather short, almost DLC size, and a little too focused on the basics. I would’ve liked more exploration and characters. The crooked card player was my favorite, and his fate is a hoot! I’m afraid I had to drop 1 & a half stars because of a poor design choice. (I almost dropped another half star for the sliding tile puzzle.) The game’s font size is linked to your Windows setting for font scaling, which I’ve never seen a game do before. I usually keep my Windows fonts scaled up for easy reading, but this made Distraint 2’s fonts too big for the screen. I had to reduce scaling in Windows to 100%, which also reset all my custom font sizes, a major nuisance.

I love this developer, and he's done something amazing here. This game is dark, it's harsh, it's depressing, but actually less so than the first. But if anything, it's far more psychedelic than its predecessor. And after all the darkness, it still managed to touch me with a gentler tone. The graphics have improved, the art is better, backgrounds are more detailed, dialogue feels more flushed out. I am thoroughly impressed and enjoyed every minute of this game. I highly recommend it.

I can definitely see an improvement over the last graphically. The dev is very good at music composure and has a bright future from that alone. There is an issue with the text going off screen, if this happens to you just check the scale on your PC is set to 100% while playing the game. Settings / System / Display / Scale and Layout and then it works fine.