Kona II: Brume

Kona II: Brume is a pretty good mystery, horror game and a pretty good follow-up to the first game, but anyway what is the story. Detective Carl Faubert has had a rough day and it all started by being hired by the rich industrialist Hamilton, it was a simple job someone had been vandalizing Hamilton's business and he hired Carl to investigate, not exactly something a detective would be hired for but Carl needed the money and Hamilton was rich so he didn't question it. But on the way Carl got into an accident, then a freak snow storm in October just blows in covering everything in a thick layer of white and after that he discovered that Hamilton is dead and the strangeness does not stop there. After having escaped an impossible monster from legend Carl Faubert hopes to find people and get help, unfortunately his rough day is about to get a whole lot rougher as the detective will soon be forced into more strangeness as he uncovers the truth about Hamilton and his mining Corporation and perhaps Carl will stop this madness from continuing. Now what are the likes, the story is very good not only does it answer all the questions that were left unanswered from the previous game, it also expands om the characters Carl Faubert and Hamilton, it also shows the origin of the monster too. [spoiler] although I will admit I'm kind of on the fence with making the monster and the reason why all this weird stuff is happening it more sci-fi than mystical. [/spoiler] The gameplay it's okay, it's somewhat like the first game you go around uncover clues and find secrets until you're able to go on to the next area, what makes this a bit different is the fact that there is more combat while there was combat in the first game it really wasn't the focus except for the last segment of that game, here it has a bit more of a focus, but it's pretty simple find bullets and shoot things nothing too complicated and you'll be fighting ghost wolves like you did the first game, but you will also be fighting other ghost animals. The characters are fine each one is written well and while there are those characters who are just there for to move the games plot, I did like the characterization of Carl Faubert despite being a seasoned War veteran he's not emotionally closed off, there are some things he sees that actually horrify and sickens him and despite being in a scary situation he can still find beauty in nature like his comments on finding first nation architecture and marveling at the animals he comes across. The graphics are pretty good they are kind of same as the previous game with interesting uses of colors, designs and scenery that really captures the feel of being in the woods of Canada. The levels for the most part are okay with some nice scenery that makes you just want to stop and stare at it all, there is a slight problem with some of the levels but I'll get to that into the dislikes. The music is good with each track fits the game very well, even those some of the tracks are basically reused from the previous game, but I don't mind it. The atmosphere is good, it’s nice and spooky and for first time players you may be kept on edge a bit as you wander around wondering if the monster going to get you. Alright is the game scary actually yes a little bit it, it does use some jump scares, but it’s used very sparingly but coupled with the spooky atmosphere you will be able to jump a bit. Now what are the dislikes, there are some bugs in this game nothing really game breaking though, except I did fall off the map once in my first playthrough. Okay I mentioned that there is a problem with some of the levels and that it's too snowy sometimes to the point where it can affect your vision, like in the second to last level where you’re going to this quarantine area it's snowing so heavily you barely can see it. It got really frustrating because there's a lot of trees in the way and why would that be a problem is because of the snow dogs, in the previous game you could drive a car or use a snowmobile, here you use snow dogs to get around some parts of the game’s areas, unfortunately the dogs can't go through trees so you have to go on foot and it gets really annoying especially because there are some areas with such a big gap you think the dogs will just go through it, but no they'll turn around, that got really annoying really, really fast and I kind of wish they kept the snowmobile from the first game. There are also some segments of the game that felt kind of asinine like the battery puzzle. Alright with that finally all finished Kona II: Brume is a pretty good mystery, horror game and a pretty good follow-up to the first game, with a very good story, okay gameplay and fine characters, so do I recommend this game actually yes if you enjoy the first game you'll probably enjoy this game, although I will suggest having some patience with it.