![]() In the roster, you've access to ledge-shimmying acrobatics, lock picking, cryptology, hacking, super-strength and, er, ferocious sucking. Each of the game's six characters has their own unique 'abilities' and Hydravision has managed to fashion some incredibly nifty puzzles around each. Luckily though, there's more to recommend than vague ineptness: Much like the first game, Obscure II's wild card is its co-operative mechanics. Chuck in some hilarious translation clangers - making Resi's "master of unlocking" sound positively Shakespearian - and voice acting not so much phoned in as scrawled in crayon on a Post-it, then mailed Second Class, and there's something almost irresistible about Obscure II's daffy charm. It knows it's a cheesy horror romp and quite happily nicks entire set-pieces from classic movies of yore - there's even a chainsaw-wielding maniac in a wobbly shack, for goodness sake. That's never really a problem though, given how self-aware Obscure II is. In fact, there are so many brightly lit environments, constant atmosphere-undermining quips and daft enemies, you might as well be playing Big Ted's Adventure in Picnic Land. You might also wonder when the scares are going to start but - spoiler! - they don't. You'll spend most of your time being whisked from various survival horror staple locations - school, hospital, spooky forest and so on - eagerly awaiting the plot to kick in. Obscure II certainly won't be winning awards for its stunning characterisations and earth-shattering plot twists - mainly because it doesn't have any. If that sounds like a fairly generic premise, it is. Of course, in time honoured teen horror tradition, it's not long before the past catches up with them and all hell breaks lose on campus. It was an enjoyable if relentlessly, half-knowingly, naff take on the slasher genre which just about managed to hold its head at shoulder height with the heavyweights of the survival horror genre - thanks, in part, to its entirely co-operative two-player story mode.Īll hail the omnipresent traffic cone! Three years on, the surviving students of the first game have returned for the obligatory sequel, having left the accursed halls of Leafmore High behind for the hedonistic delights of recreational drugs and unabashed bonking at Fallcreek University. Posting unmarked spoilers will result in removal and warning, and posting spoilers with malicious intent will result in a ban.In fact, the only game to revisit the heady days of teen dismemberment in an educational setting was the original Obscure - a somewhat low-key title from French developer Hydravision. Please report posts containing spoilers unless they are hidden using the following method or are inside a thread clearly labeled as containing spoilers. If you want to promote without participating in the community, purchase an ad. For more information, see the self-promotion on reddit FAQ. Some promotional submitting (posting your own projects, articles, etc.) is permitted, but it must be balanced out by a much greater level of non-promotion participation in reddit - the rule of thumb is no more than 10% of your submissions may be promotional. Promotion must be kept within acceptable limits.Follow all specific content restrictions.No off-topic or low-effort content or comments. ![]()
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