Watchmen Part 1 was repetitive, but had a decent enough storyline and combat to justify playing for Watchmen fans. Part 2 has the same basic Beat-Em-Up gameplay, but manages to be more repetitive and overall worse. Just like in Part 1, the storyline itself is actually a strong point. It's a separate storyline from part 1, and shows a possible explanation for why Rorschach and Nite Owl Split. It touches upon some interesting themes such as the difference between what is legal and what is ethical, and has an interesting gameplay twist at the very end, so the plotline is decent.

What isn't so good is the gameplay. In part 1, you could unlock new moves, which kept the gameplay from getting completely stale. In part 2, you start off with all of the moves from part 1 unlocked, which makes sense, but you don't unlock anything more. You end the game with the same skills you started with, meaning there is no progression and the difficulty curve is more of a difficulty flatline. Furthermore, part 2 is the same length as part one (about three hours), but has half as many levels (a total of 3), meaning you're stuck in the same area for twice as long and fighting the same enemies for twice as long (and just like part 1, there's really only two or three enemy types, just having different models on each level). The effect that all of this has is that every fight in the game is essentially identical, and since the game is almost nonstop fighting, you're going to have a bland time. Furthermore, the final level is just annoying, as it consists of you chasing the villain through a mansion. Everytime you catch up to said villain, she says something essentially boiling down to "HAHA YOU'LL NEVER CATCH ME WATCHMEN" and then runs off to another room. This repeats several times in a row and just felt like a lame way to keep you moving through the level.

Overall, can't reccomend this one, even though the story is decent.

Just no. Part 1 I can recommend on discount, but this is just a waste of your time.

End is Nigh Part 2 is... Bordering, if not, has a toe in negative territory for me. I'll explain that all later but here's a quick story rundown.

It's 1977, five years after the first game. The Keene act is set to pass within days, outlawing costumed vigilantism across the States, unless sanctioned by the government. Eight years before the events of the film. It starts with Rorschach recruiting Nite Owl in the search of a missing girl named Violet Greene, her parents given a tape with their daughter in a compromising state, hands bound to the roof. With a clue as to the location as to where Violet is, the duo investigate.

Part 2 cuts the chapters down by half. Six in Part 1 to three in Part 2. To pad out what was removed in the prior part, the three sections of this game are HEAVILY padded out by combat sections. Each chapter will outstay it's welcome long before they're actually done. You're thrown all types of enemies to slow down the game and ensure that most of your gametime is focused on combat.

Nothing changes at all from the first game, you start out with all the combos and abilities available to you so it's just simple to perform the Max Damage string a few times to win stupidly easy. But... Is it just me or do the heroes seem a little... Nerfed? I noticed Rorschach's full on Rage mode won't automatically perform counters on enemies and Nite Owl's blocking to be unreliable most of the time. The weapons Rorschach uses also seem to break faster than they did in the first game. I'm not about to speculate or put on a tinfoil hat about this though.

The 'puzzles' i mentioned in my review of the first game haven't changed. Only one thing was added. The heroes pushing open doors before it shuts them out on the other side to lock the player into the next combat segment.

The collectables also have had a cut, each hero only having 6 to collect to upgrade the Rage or Charge bar.

The straining dynamic of the two heroes is interesting... Enough? With only three chapters, it feels a little rushed for the finale and it's 'victor gets the ending for their character' battle. Personally i think Rorschach's ending fits within the duo's story.

Same graphics, same combat, less chapters and collectables, game feels like a complete slog to get through at times.

Adds a tutorial for combo stings. Which... I would've thought better suited the first game but is just dropped into the second. I guess it's a positive.

At least chapter 3 adds a new enemy to fight through with unique finishing moves and counter attack animations... All women. So enjoy those repetitive animations after 5-10 minutes of chapter 3 gameplay. Why am i trying to make that a positive towards the game? Better to summarise now before Twitter cancels me.

Yeah i'm struggling for positives here and i'm the guy trying to say "Hey, new unique stuff for beating up women in fetish gear trying to beat our heroes!" is a plus... There's nothing really good about this game. You had to have gotten this game in a bundle on sale because getting it as a standalone is utter madness.

Grief. 2.9 hours and I've finished the game - as Rorschach anyway.

This is actually better than Part 1. The graphics aren't stupidly dark so you can generally see what you are doing. The enemy are generally tougher and the final section is a quartet of very tough fights. Again the characterisation is strong, and this episode really brings out the differences between Nite Owl and Rorschach. Pressing left button to face your destination is a great quality of life improvement.

But - it's still a series of fights connected by even briefer narrative comics. There are several points in the game where the legality and morality of your arm breaking and skull cracking become questionable.

The problem is - along with the limited gameplay - that in 2024 a game you can finish in under three hours - and I needed multiple attempts on the final battles - is extremely short. It would even be underweight as DLC.

It's not a disaster. But Batman Arkham Asylum was released the same year and is an infinitely better game.

Again Watchmen superfans and fans of (very) old school brawlers might enjoy this game but in 2024 there's too many much better games available cheaply to recommend this game.

S.x.

My review of Watchman: The End is Nigh Part 1 can be used for Part 2.

"A low quality game in every aspects.
This very short game feels like a DLC of some other game. At the start you are catapulted in a random investigation of this 2 super heroes, without any presentation of the 2 protagonists nor of the enemies, nor of the environment you will be playing in.

Audio is terrible, the graphics is outdated. The gameplay is very basic. This is a minimalistic beat'them'up. There are some combos you acquire over time and the same 3 types of enemies. It's important to say that this game is shallow, empty, repetitive. Most of the times it's fairly easy until the last boss who increases the difficulty a bit. You punch and kick large groups of enemies, then you have some platforming and running to do, and again you punch and kick enemies. There are combos but in this game enemies can hit you and stun you while you do combos, and since you are always surrounded by enemies the only obvious tactic is to always use block and counterattack until you have thinned the hordes, so you can then start using offensive moves and combos.
Usually in beat'them'ups you can use the environment, like throwing chairs, throwing trash cans, using pipes, or similar interactive elements, but not in this game.
The camera movement is not done well.
It's difficult to present how empty this game is. It's obviously made only for fans of DC Comics and fans of the movie Watchman, but I'm sure even for them this is too short and void of any real quality."

Part 2 is even shorter then Part 1. The audio and graphics are 20% better. The story and ending is even worse. A shallow experience.

A prequel to The End is Nigh Part 1. Nothing game-changing here, just some collectible Rorschach cards and lockpicking. It’s shorter than the first one and honestly gets boring after a while.

batman arkham if it suuuuuuuuuuuuuuucked

the gimps having belly jiggle physics was amusing at least

And now part 2... Ugh... Seriously. The first part was decent enough, and the first two chapters of part 2 were also okayish, but damn, that third chapter is one of the most annoying, bloated, and boring sections I have ever played in a game.

SERIOUSLY, someone playtested this and greenlit it? It's the same ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ enemies in the same ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ level for almost 2 hours! Besides Rorschach acting like a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ incel lunatic in it just makes it all way worse. 

Also, for some reason, this is NOT a sequel to the first part, which ended on a cliffhanger (????????). Are you serious? Is this a joke?

STAY AWAY. If you really want to play it, just play part 1 and forget part 2 exists.

This is just a continuation of the first game, more varied combat to a degree, but still just a pretty empty experience.

A real disappointment because the characters of Nite Owl and Rorschach were very beloved from the novel and movie and one of the few highlights was them being voiced by the actors. Roughly five hours to complete the game as both means the game is (thankfully) very short. Perhaps the co-op play would be fine but I didn't have a comrade to test that. Running thru the same environments over and over fighting basically the same small and fast or fat and slow enemies is boring and you just want get it over with. Looking for cards or batteries was not a big thrill, since the full skill tree was given at the beginning. If you get it for two bucks it's maybe worth it, but there is still a bit of time you're not getting back. The Arkham games for example are infinitely better for not much more money, so there's not much point in this.