SYNTHETIK 2 Reviews

Don't listen to the recent negative reviews. I can assure you the developer has not taken the money and ran. In fact this is one of the most communicative developers I've ever seen as long as your in their discord. Yes the communication outside of discord has been spotty but in discord they put up polls and options for all sorts of things for the community to vote on. The listen to the feedback and make the game better. The reason for the lack of updates is that the new update is their largest undertaking yet. It's currently available to try it out on their test server which you can access via their discord info. This game without the update in progress is still great. Don't listen to the haters this game is solid an the developer is still working hard.

Game is dead, developer forgot that he made the first game and made the second worse in every aspect. Also no updates.

Abandonware. Dev's get over yourselves and lower the price already.. not even a single hotfix patch in 13 months?

No update in over a year kind of sucks. The game has a lot of potential still to be really really good, and it was headed that way, but the absolute lack of communication on steam and not even so much as a hotfix really sours this for me. I hope that Flow Fire can get things together to get this thing complete

Loved Synthetic 1 so much this was an instant buy but it took me awhile to actually get into it as some of the changes take a bit of adjustment, now 90~ hours in I might actually prefer it over the first. This game succesfully builds on everything that made the first great, it adds some 3d mechanics like descructable enviroments and some weapons/abilities that can shoot over terrain. The combat feels a bit slower at first but maxing out classes to unlock all their perks helps and once you get used to the changes it's just as much of a fast paced adrenaline rush as the first. Despite being in EA there's already a ton here, the classes are all unique & cater to different play styles. There's a ton of weapons and items/upgrades, almost 100 hours in and still haven't unlocked nearly everything. Only aspect that feels like it could use some work IMO is more maps or boss variants, but it's already about on par with the first overall. Modding is a really awesome addition & something not many roguelikes have, it doesn't use the steam workshop but has a built in editor that is very deep and allows you to customize almost everything. There aren't too many mods so far but they add a ton of new weapons/upgrades/classes/etc. Hopefully by the time this leaves EA the modding community will take off as it has so much potential. My only complaint is it could use more optimization at least for older PC's, and while it's been a long time since the last update they tend to be pretty big and there was an alpha for u15 last month so it shouldn't be much longer. All in all this is one of the best tactical shooters/roguelikes and I'm really looking forward to seeing how it develops, but even in the current EA state it's very worth the price. It can be hard but with the editor/mods and difficulty settings it can be as easy or hard as you want, and as with all roguelikes part of the fun is finding OP builds & getting used to different classes/play styles.

Sadly a dud for me, it does not have the same polish and charm as the original even after 4 years. The gunplay also feels a lot more stilted for "tactical gameplay" which makes it lose the chaotic and fast-paced feel of the original. I just cannot play this sequel without the lingering feeling of wanting to play its predecessor instead. Don't wanna say I don't recommend but rather not what I expected from a full on sequel.

just as buggy as synthetik one, classes feel worse that S1

extremely tight and fun roguelike. Not quite at the level of the original, but they make huge improvements with every patch. While I would prefer more frequent updates, each update is like 3 reworks, 30 new items, a new mechanic and a kiss on the forehead so i'm not too mad.

Well, its "Early Next Year" and we haven't heard hide nor hair from the developers since August 2024. Seven months, no communication, no updates, no "We've been hard at work, stay tuned" nothing. Radio silence. I dont know what happened in 2024 that caused the team to drop off the face of the world and stop updating us, but it feels like the game is abandoned.

Communicating exclusively through Discord when you haven't put out an update in over a year kinda sucks, my man.