Get enough promotions, and well, Evan may very well find what killed his father.įireShot Capture 2423 - Beholder 2 Review_ A Dark and I_ - https_beholder-2-rev.jpgīeholder 2 may sound painfully un- fun, like some sort of daily life simulator for some individuals forced to join the corporate workforce.
Eavesdropping is also a useful tool to expand the dialogue branches, which in turn will help Evan make powerful alliances and friends (or enemies to backstab.) Earn enough reputation points, and Evan will be promoted. He can find items that will eventually assist in opening up new conversation paths with other characters. It's up to players to decide how they want to go about making enough cash each check to get by, but none of it is particularly savory – that's just kind of how it goes in the Beholder universe, after all.īetween collecting reputation and cash, Evan can also snoop around in coworkers' desks, file cabinets, and even bushes in the workplace. It may not be the most glamorous way to make a living, but that it does – and Evan has plenty of bills he has to pay to make sure his family stays afloat. Evan must essentially be their whipping boy and complete their work for them.ĭoing others' jobs will make Evan's easier, as he can earn plenty of reputation points and money to help work his way up to the top. Evan's coworkers drink at the job, participate in orgies, and engage in all sorts of debauchery. As players will quickly find, Beholder 2 is filled with plenty of decidedly unprofessional and even immoral individuals, who do just about whatever they want whenever they want.
The ultimate goal, however, is to deduce what sent his dad (a fairly respected societal figure) to his grave in the first place.įireShot Capture 2422 - Beholder 2 Review_ A Dark and I_ - https_beholder-2-rev.jpgĪs such, instead of spying on tenants for the state like Carl did in the first game, Evan has to work for them directly in the jungle of the corporate world. Evan is faced with opportunities to climb his way up the corporate ladder in a ruthless, oppressive regime – without somehow invoking the ire of his employers and facing the very same fate his father did. It's improbable that he flung himself out of a window and to the ground from a high rise.Įither way, it's Evan's change after his father's passing to try and carry on his torch as part of the very safe government that likely took his life. This similarly gloomy follow-up introduces a newcomer named Evan, who finds in this title that his father has died – or perhaps he's been killed. Developer Warm Lamp Games' unique strategy adventure put players in the shoes of protagonist Carl, a landlord appointed by the state to spy on his tenants by way of listening in on conversations, searching their belongings and otherwise invading their privacy. BEHOLDER 2 IS A GRIM, DISTURBING DEPICTION OF LIFE IN A TOTALITARIAN STATE THAT PICKS UP WHERE ITS PREDECESSOR LEFT OFF.īeholder 2 is the sequel to 2016's title about life in a totalitarian state.
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