Let's be honest here. If you didn't immediately click off after seeing the screenshots and the price, you probably have a history with this game and thus don't need someone to tell you why it's enjoyable. Instead, I'll say that this steam release indeed contains all the game's content, runs well, and did not give me any issues. Enjoy your nostalgia.

If you are an exception and just think this game looks cozy, you'd be right. Stick RPG 2 is a light life-sim experience in which you can work, fight, talk, quest, and do commerce all in a simple isometric view with an equally simple gameplay loop. There aren't really any "required" minigames, as the jobs and whatnot are timeskips which affect your position in the career, as well as stats if you get a special event (which are textual). This is very much the sort of game you'd play on a laptop when you're supposed to be working or studying, which is unsurprising given it was originally a flash game.

Back in (what was it?) - around 2008? This was THEE Flash game to play. Anyone who grew up playing Stick RPG: The Complete Edition treasured this icon. But sadly, the devs expect $20 a copy in 2024, nearly twenty years after it, a free Flash game (minus the additional island) released. Not much has changed, and the devs went inactive years and years ago. Not worth the $20, unless you want to reference the game for R&D like I did - for my own game heavily inspired by the series.
It was a hit pre-2010. But we're approaching 2030, and it's just not relevant anymore.
If the price was lowered to even 4.99, I'd highly recommend people buy it. But I just can't, at around $20 a copy.

Is this worth 20 dollars? No.

Is this worth less than 10 dollars? Yes.

Literally my childhood in a game. The only thing I wish they added was steam achievements. Fantastic game nonetheless.

Charging $25 CAD for a 14-year-old game is criminal.

That said, it went on sale for around $8 CAD, and I figured that was low enough to justify the purchase.

Sadly, I am very torn on this review, as I did have a lot of fun, but there's little to no replayability here, plus I do believe even $8 CAD is too high, especially when you can play the flash build for free. This build (Directors Cut) includes some extra content which involves new jobs, new weapons, and a couple random side quests but besides that, you really aren't missing much. It's basically a bunch of late game padding.

I was going to 100% the achievements/trophies but they are so tedious and grindy I gave up after like day 100, so that's also going to bring down my opinion of the game.

It's times like these where I wish that steam had a star rating instead of just like or not, so alas, I'll include this in my likes, as I did enjoy playing it, and the good outweighs the negative.

Hello friends,

Today I wish to review the game Stick RPG 2: Director's Cut. This game started out as a flash game, but eventually came to steam after some time. This version is a upgraded version, or a GOTY edition compared to the original version found on a flash game site, like newgrounds or others on the internet.

This is in fact a rpg with a character that is a stick figure. If you ever played a game with stick figures, like the henry stickman collection, it is similiar in graphical design to that. In this game, the main character gets teleported into a 2.5 dimension, but wants to go back to their own dimension. The way to do this is to find certain items found in the world by doing quests or buying them. Most of the time, the character will be trying to earn money to purchase items or use it for activities in the game. Certain activities in the game increase the player's character's stats. These stats include charisma, strength, intelligence, and karma. By increasing these, any job the player character is working at, they can ask for a raise. This depends on their overall stats. So, in order to get money, the player must upgrade stats, and work at job and ask for a raise. This is the whole game formula, the character needs enough money to buy things or to upgrade stats. There are also quests mixed in that require the character to have certain items. For example, someone might ask for a light to light a cigarettes, and the character must have one in their inventory to get it used. This will appear as a text option to use it for npc. Some items that can be found can be used, but do not use them. Only use items you purchase from food restaurants to eat to heal hp's. I made a mistake on using a bottle of alcohol to heal, and i needed it for a later quest. Do not use items dropped by enemies.

Also, you can buy weapons to help fight gangs and stuff. This depends on your karma level. If your evil, you will fight different enemies. If your character is good, you fight gang members. The character can buy weapons at various places in the game, or they drop off defeated enemies. Also, you can combine items dropped or found and use them to make wepons and upgrades. Anyways, here is my PROS and CONS list:


PROS:
- A rpg with minimalist graphics.
- A system to earn cash by doing jobs and buying things to help other npc's.
- Able to fight different enemies depending on the character's karma. This also dictates if you play a good or bad character.
- Different maps with different stores.
- The player can buy buisnesses and stores from the bank, but this takes lots of money.
- The game continues off after the player beat it so players can work on achievements they missed or earn more money since their stats do not decrease or reset.


CONS:

- The settings do not save, so the player is forced to change settings everytime they close and load up the game. For example, Full screen does not save it's full screen mode, so everytime the game opened for me, it was windowed.
- The minimalist type of game will not be for everyone.
- There is some developer website you can make a account for, but i never did this. Players do not do this, and i advise against it since this is a older game and maybe the account could leak possible information about the players steam account credentials. It is not required to sign in to play the game, as i played it fine without making a online account.
- It is possible to use some items that are required for certain quests or weapon developers later in the game. For example, i drank a bottle of alcohol that is required for making a flamethrower. I was not aware of this and thus, i could not make the flamethrower. Although this is more of a nitpik, i feel i should of been at least warned before i used a quest item before using it casually. So i recommend do not use any drops from enemies or quests, and only buy food from restaurant for healing. Anything that is food related that drops most likely can be used for another quest in the future.

Do i recommend it? Maybe get it on a sale. This is one of times that i wish steam had a neutral rating on their review system, as i would give this a neutral rating. This game does not deserve a negative review, because it does exactly what it advertises. It is a rpg with minimalist type graphics featuring a stick man as the main character in a modern city where they must earn money to open stats or buy weapons. Due to the age of the game, it is not recommended signing into the developer site, if they exist anymore, as this could be a security issue that could come around and cause issues for the player who signed into it and make a account.

get it on sale, only like 5 hours worth of content realistically but nostalgia makes me love this game

Game is great watched matt shea play it and it was 10/10

A GREAT FOLLOW UP TO THE ORIGINAL. USED TO PLAY THE FIRST GAME ALL THE TIME AS A KID, NOW WE JUST NEED A THIRD ONE!

Really a classic nostalgic title, yet not worth full price in BRL.



ps. would be cool if they added steam achievements at the very least...

fun little game enjoy playing a bit here and there, would be nice to get the achievements on steam though