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Sludge Life 2 (PC)

Gotta play that mid-quel someday. Anyways, this chill surreal game is more of the same which is just a good thing honestly. Lots of exploration and parkour and tagging. I guess one thing against it would be how easy it's become to find tags in part due to ease in which key items are found. Perhaps foregoing a metroidvania approach and going freeform exploration is to this game's detriment. After getting all the necessary items within the first few minutes and them being in plain sight, the rest of the tagging felt easier and the places you could go to felt less than the original. Thankfully like the first game, it is also peppered with collectibles and To-Do's to keep you entertained. Just slightly disappointed tagging takes a backseat this time around (it was like a sign of rebellion in the first game).

Meeting fellow taggers and combo-ing with them has always been a treat though. The rep system of finding tags to find combos is still around but has lost its meaning narrative-wise. There is no story per se but several plot threads to follow each with their own conclusions. If I was concerned about that, I would say the narrative here is weaker than the first game but I'd say it just takes a different dimension and a different approach.