Strange Case 2: Asylum Escape 12+

Loved this game and the previous. If you love escape rooms and a good story with a creepy vibe this is a great game. No purchases necessary, though you can choose to donate a small amount to the creator in place of a few ads, and you can play without wifi. Found the first game a few days ago and played through it quickly and was pretty excited to see the sequel just got released. They are fairly short which stinks, but I’m already very excited to see what happens next to the protagonist in the 3rd game. Loved the story and puzzles! Good job LabeledMan. Can’t wait for the next game!

Overall i feel the game is much shorter than the first one - I was very exciting that I got the super power back and then the game ends not long after this, which made me quite sad. There seems to be much potential to carry the story further - I would hope to see more interactions with the psycho friend, or more tension with the doctor.

The game control seems better - at least there’s no things-too-small-hard-to-click problem. There are some excellent puzzles, but in my opinion there are one or two puzzles I don’t quite get the logic (yet I was lucky to get it right.) Used 1 hint in the entire game.

Saw some people complained about chapter 3 - I found if you accidentally enter the wrong ending, just close the app - it will be at the last state. (I thought there are multiple hints that the game is designed this way, and I don’t think it’s reasonable to blame the game on this.)

This wasn’t as good as the first Strange Case. I appreciate that they added combining items, but I wish they kept the items on the right side of the screen like in the first game. You also don’t get the alternate vision (shadow?)until much later in this game, and barely use it. So it’s overall not as unique and fun as the first game.

The most annoying part is there are multiple endings, where it basically ends early if you make certain choices. I don’t mind the alternate endings, but give me the option to just go back one step and make a different choice. Don’t make me redo the entire chapter. Redoing puzzles I’ve figured out already is aggravating and unnecessary. I don’t even know the full ending to this game because on my 3rd redo of chapter 3 I accidentally walked upstairs again… and I’m not doing it all over a 4th time.