I was somewhat unaware that The Sinking City 2 was something that was even in development. Its predecessor lives on as a bit of an oddity—genuinely beloved, despite being a somewhat janky mess of a game. But Frogwares has built up a bit of a reputation for delivering games that, despite their flaws, are so genuinely earnest and entertaining that it’s easy to get absorbed in them.
So when the studio offered to give CGM a Hands-On first look at The Sinking City 2, I was honestly intrigued—and not just because I’ve recently become our magazine’s “Cthulhu guy.” However, I was not expecting for this game to go in such a radical direction from its predecessor and present an experience wholly its own. Despite being a sequel, The Sinking City 2 feels so distinctly its own that it could’ve been its own game.
Set in the same fictional universe/time period as its predecessor, the Sinking City 2 puts players in the role of the occult adventurer Calvin Rafferty. After... Read more