Nightmares from the Deep 2: The Siren`s Call

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Would I recommend? Yes I absolutely would. The second entry into my favorite hidden object games is a huge improvement over the first game, which is already great. The story is good, and it's actually introduced in a way I really enjoy as opposed to some sequels in these series that don't have the same characters or end up being completely unrelated with different characters altogether. The sequel is a progression of the events from the first game that makes sense and is a novel continuation of the story and I really enjoyed it. I actually really love the "ally" character they introduce, although I find it weird they never give him a name. Even the achievements and Steam trading cards only refer to him as "your ally" or "the messenger," and I think he deserved more than that. Has the same great music from the first game as well as some new music, all of it atmospheric and a really good fit for the setting and tone of the game. In technical terms, the cutscene / FMV quality is improved greatly, to where I don't find it to be a problem at all anymore. The inventory bar now features a lock on it that you can use to keep it open at all times, which is a setting I love on these games. The map you can now click on a room to go there directly, which is great. Like I said, it's been improved upon in basically every way. There are now collectibles in the game, as well as a bonus adventure. If I have one gripe, one thing that's still not perfect, the collectibles sometimes take a frustrating amount of time to fade in and out, as many of them are the "transforming object" or appearing and reappearing types of collectibles. There is no indicator in the UI to tell you if an area has a collectible you haven't yet acquired, and this to me makes it difficult to find all of them. It's a challenge for sure, but also something that was harder to do than I expected or thought it should be. Like the first game, there are also Mahjong games you can play in place of the hidden object puzzles and you would need to play through the game doing all of each one to get all the achievements, which I enjoyed. There was actually an achievement for playing 3 games of Mahjong in a row without needing to reshuffle that is not in this game, and I wish it were in this one too, I thought it was a fun challenge. I tried to just do every puzzle without reshuffling anyway as a challenge to myself, but the Mahjong is still a nice alternative to the hidden object puzzles once you have already beaten the game once to change things up. There are even a lot of awesome callbacks to the previous game in this one, as well as some other references to completely different games series like Maple Creek, and I love finding those Easter eggs as well. Overall, super fun, great series, great characters, a solid hidden object game if not one of the best. If you have the chance, PLAY THIS GAME.