RELATED: Ninja Theory's Next Game, Project: MARA, Will Recreate The Horrors Of The Mind The intention is that you play the game again, make the right choices, and save the girl, but the game plays out so linearly that replaying it again is pretty unappealing.
It's pretty counter-intuitive and made me feel a little ripped off. It turns out at the end *spoilers* that if you don't side with the Tinder rando through the course of the investigation, he and the girl you're trying to save are doomed. In the first Simulacra, two characters competed for your attention and loyalty: a hot-headed on-again, off-again boyfriend, and a total rando from a Tinder-esque dating app. The first game had you solving a simple puzzle to recover these corrupted images, but connecting them to clues you find just works so much better, so I like this design choice a lot. RELATED: Crafting, Survival, And Horror Come Together In The Pixelated Zhelter Typically when you find a clue, whether that be through texting with the witnesses, reading Maya's emails, or exploring her various social media accounts, the special app will connect the clue to a corrupted image or video on the phone that will either lead you to the next clue or give you a better perspective on what happened. Almost immediately, you'll be introduced to three more influencers: a MLM scammer, a singer/songwriter, and a fashion/brand type that were all present when Maya mysteriously died. On Maya's phone, you'll have access to a number of apps the imitate Twitter, Instagram, Facebook Chat, Gmail, and a browser. This time around, there is a special app loaded on the phone that makes it a bit easier to find the clues you need to push the investigation forward. For reasons I'll get into later, I found choosing the Journalist made it much easier to get the "good" ending. You're given the cell phone of the deceased Maya Crane, a Kimera influencer (read: Instagram) that died under very mysterious, possibly supernatural circumstances. Detective or a Journalist hired by a senior detective investigating paranormal crimes in an X-Files-like basement office. When you start the game, you can choose between either a Jr. RELATED: World Of Horror Preview: Unnerving 1-Bit Terror Simulacra 2 goes for the jugular with its depiction of social media influencer types and ultimately delivers an engaging detective adventure that is satisfying. Like the John Cho film, Searching, the entire game plays on a cellphone screen as you navigate email, texts, group chats, and various social media accounts to gather clues, interview witnesses, and ultimately try to stop the next murder. Simulacra 2 is a supernatural horror/detective game that tasks players with investigating a dead girl's cellphone to discover the cause of her death and prevent her friends from becoming the next victims.