Initial 2 : New Stage

Initial 2 : New Stage

Steam Deck Playable

Restory Studio · Action · Oct 19, 2018

It depends on what you're after.

At $24.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

69%
Mixed
413 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 21 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 7 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 5 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 33 sampled reviews

Based on 413 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 33 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise50% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The story is good and interesting however most the translations of the subtitles are poorly done so you are gonna have to replace the words that dont fit there with the correct vocabulary in English in your mind.
21 of 33 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
But I did like some parts of the first game like the OST the sci-fi tone and liked the game's setting.
7 of 33 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Follow the core gameplay and style of first “The Initial” with promised various improvement.
5 of 33 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
During that time I played it on the highest settings and had a solid 60+ fps with no frame rate issues or gameplay problems whatsoever, The controls are much better then the first game too, heck you couldn't even dream of playing the first game with KB and Mouse however in this one you can and the default KB+M controls are feel great and responsive and I would say the controller would feel the same.
4 of 33 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters21 reviews
Audio7 reviews
Gameplay5 reviews
Performance4 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat16 reviews
75%
Interface5 reviews
80%
Graphics4 reviews
100%
Optimization3 reviews
67%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Full price

Currently $24.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $24.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
69%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
37
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.