Livestream 2: Escape from Togaezuka Happy Place Reviews

Delightful, as expected of Qureate~ ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡ Please make Livestream 3!

[h3]Nice and fairly short horror VN with psychological and supernatural aspects, high quality L2D and great voice acting. Oh, and it comes with a horror adventure game, too![/h3] Livestream 2 is the sequel to Livestream: Escape from Hotel Izanami. The two are loosely connected, so you can play whichever you like; they are both great games! The sequel preserves the core experience and expands it with the neat livestreaming / character switching mechanic. That said, Livestream 2 feels like a new franchise entry, offering a completely new story with the same base game. Don't expect any crazy improvements, the original did not leave anything to be desired, anyway. Both games are polished. The formula remains mostly unchanged. The original was focused more on the horror aspect, with an intricate villain background and a progressively more eerie atmosphere as you got closer to the roots of the mystery. The sequel is focused more on the three characters, Himari, Aina and Miyabi. All three of them have a story to tell and a trauma that they are dealing with as they escape the nightmarish "Happy Place". In classic Japanese fashion, the characters' internal struggles and the crisis they are dealing with are connected deeply in a symbolical manner, and things can get quite philosophical in their inner monologues. That's the style of writing that I absolutely love, but the horror horror aspect felt secondary, and the mystery was not as interesting as the first title. Still, a great game! Definitely worth checking out if you liked the original, and vice versa.