Once you are done with a chapter a brief loading screen flashes up which spawns in the next NPC. Each level is now a different individual in a different house.

However, the open world is as basic as it could possibly be and brings nothing to the experience. Set in the open world of Raven Brooks, you will be investigating the inhabitants as the journalist. This is great in theory, but just doesn’t work here. Most of the actual storytelling is done through flashbacks, or an attempt at something a bit more environmental. The plot is paper thin, and you don’t get any idea behind character motivations or what’s going on in the town. Unless you are somehow a Hello Neighbor lore nut, then nothing in Hello Neighbor 2 will actually engage you. Peterson is and what happened to the children. You play as a local journalist called Quentin (I think), who is looking into the missing children’s case trying to uncover where Mr. Peterson, is still alive and has fled his house.

Hello Neighbor 2 is set in-between the timeskip in the original game. We’re coming into Hello Neighbor 2 with hopes that they can recover. Now just five years later, here we are with the first major sequel (after countless spin-offs). Puzzles and platforming became the sole focus in the later stages, and these two mechanics were Hello Neighbor‘s weakest points. This was highlighted in its level design, which went from basic houses to huge towers, that were just ridiculous to look at. The game lost its main focus diverting its attention from stealthily sneaking around to focusing heavily on solving cryptic puzzles that ignored all sense of logic. Its great idea aside Hello Neighbor was a frustrating experience. However, the reality of the game was a bit more complex. A stealth horror game about infiltrating a neighbor’s house to uncover the dark secrets hidden in his basement. It was a mostly miserable game built on the foundations of an admittedly excellent idea. When I first reviewed the original Hello Neighbor way back in 2017, to say I wasn’t impressed would be a massive understatement.

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