Pro Philosopher 2: Governments & Grievances Steam Charts & Stats

peak sequel to a peak game, 10/10

If you liked Pro Philosopher, you will probably like the sequel. For me the biggest problems was getting use to new art style, which is good, but characters also seem noticeably different from the first game. Also Socrates Jones sadly takes the backseat and Ari does all the debating. The philosophers have strong personalities like in last game and their ideas are examined well in the short time given. 5 hours is not long time even examining one thinker, but when you have half-a-dozen, only core things can be shown. Considering all this the game achieves everything that is sets to be doing. 10/NONSENSE! More spoilery section starts here: Machiavelli: It would have been interesting to see his ideas as depicted in his Discourses on Livy. He seems lots more reasonable and not fan of tyranny like in Prince. It is however understandable that he is depicted as edgy teenager, as that is how he is known. Machiavellianism or political realism is still living ideological movement. Most famously maybe seen in opinions of Henry Kissinger. It was important for the game to show at least one person that debated against ethical governance. Fanon: Fanon was a weird pick, as I felt that his thinking was not really connected to the conversation at hand. No one is gonna debate that colonial government is a good way of governing. His chapter doesn't really answer the question on what is a good goverment. However I liked him as I had never heard about him. I was especially interested on his opinions of urban vs rural. Rawls: I would have been more interested on the examining veil of ignorance. Big problem for me has always been that people act lot on principle and not on direct self interest. Practicing Catholic has very different opinion on abortion compared to feminist activist. I think that even under the veil of ignorance their opinions would not change, as they would choose based on principle, not on self interest. Plato: I liked how this game had a more modern depiction of Platos Republic. It felt realistic modern remake of the old ideas. Really felt the right way to end the game. On what we didn't have: The game however was left lacking on nationalistic and far-right thinkers. This felt weird as nearly all modern states are nation-states. We had time to examine Nozic an ancap thinker, which ideology is as fringe it can get, but not time for Hegel and his followers? Far-right nutjobs like Evola could have also been interesting. Maybe this just seems weird to European and the chosen philosophers in game are logical to American. It welt weird that the joke achievement is called: Still No Nietzsche, when much more importantly: Still No Hegel. Well there is a reason why we speak about Continental and analytical philosophy. German idealism is not very interesting talking point to analytical philosopher. But this is just nippicking. All of you did a great job on game and hope to see something like this more in the future!

I couldn't suggest a game more I myself am very interested in political philosophy. I went in a bit apprehensive but came out smarter and with a list of new people to study. Game really challenged my ideas by giving multiple very good view points with their benefits and flaws and gave me names of cool philosophers to study it is a must play.

This sequel is a pleasant surprise to a game I played as a teenager. If you liked the debate portions of Ace Attorney, you might enjoy this.