Expect to die a lot but be frustrated a little. There is no health bar in Little Nightmares II, but there is, blessedly, a super-fast load screen upon death. The Big Bads will still absolutely one-shot you though. With these, Mono can knock down barriers, clobber lesser enemies, and even complete puzzle sequences. Mono has the ability to pick up rather large weapons - axes, pipe wrenches, hammers - relatively speaking to the characters' diminutive sizes. Mono, the new player character this time around, has a similar movement and tech to Six, with one exception.
and a bonus hat, purely for fashion's sake.) So much so that I picked up the deluxe edition so that I'd have access to the artwork (and soundtrack. Every scene a painting, though maybe not one you'd actually like to hang on the dining room wall, this title is gorgeous in its grotesquery. I'm happy to say that Little Nightmares II succeeds across the board with all of the above. The first thing I looked for upon picking up this follow-up was consistency in art style, character design, and mechanics from the first game don't mess with success.
And while the mysterious little character's own part to play in the tale - past, present, and future - could have been left up to the imagination (or, okay, maybe just a couple DLC chapters), we now have a second helping to satisfy our curiosity with Little Nightmares II.
Little Nightmares wasn't the first side-scrolling puzzle-platformer with an emphasis on stealth, and it wasn't the only one with a compelling story to tell (see also Limbo, Inside, and similar titles.) But it did introduce a jaw-droppingly fantastic art style and macabre atmosphere into every frame, all explored, feast or famine, by the bright-yellow raincoat-wearing Six. It was a breath of fresh fetid air in a veritable smorgasbord of sameness within the video game world. Ever since the dark, artistic, and enthralling arrival of Little Nightmares back in 2017, I've been waiting for the follow-up from Tarsier Studios.
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