It's a hide and seek horror version of a popular children's TV show but with evil critters instead. I am recommending as I am literally having palpitations from the jump scares. I'm not good with horror films, I have no idea why I thought this would be fun. Not suggested for people that scare easily or who don't like stealth games.

Won the game in a GA on Steamgifts.

I've waited ages for the release of this game! I've seen the development from start to finish, watched every trailer when it came out ETC. The first Slaughter Me Street was quite lackluster, whilst still holding up as a game I liked. And I like this one, too. However, when I think about what I've played, afew things spring to mind.

This game is short. REALLY short. I only brought the game this morning and I've already finished it. Slaughter Me Street 1 took me a little longer, but that was held up by difficulty. Talking of difficulty, this game lacks it. Whilst with afew moments that are a little bit hard, comparing it to the difficulty of the 1st game its not there.

The game started out playing fine. but in the later levels, there was lag, floating puppets lying on thier side in the air and broken AI's who didnt acknowledge that I was there and just walked past. There were also many poorly animated jumpscares, the worst being one where I clipped right through the Seeker's head and saw nothing.

Another thing I was expecting was to get really scared by this game. However, fear factor is none exsistant here. There wasn't a single moment where I felt like I might have a heart attack or poop myself like the first game.

So I have a hard decision to make here. I really want to like this. I've hyped this game up from its announcement to now. I've played SMS 1 and Retro, and both of those were really good. But I have to weigh two scales here. Should I not reccomend this game because its too short, too easy (then again, I'd be complaning it if was hard) and mildy broken? Or should I reccomend it, because these bugs weren't entireley game breaking and, albeit short, was a fun game?

The game is good, dont get me wrong. I liked it. But, as you play more and more, you figure out thats its not everything its cracked up to be. Sadly, I must be the first one to not reccomend this game.

I feel very bad not disreccomending it. Team IGS worked really hard on this game. And im the one who must take it upon themselves to post something bad about it. If IGS reads this, I want them to know I like this game, but there is alot missing to make it an overely satisfying product.

But I still have hope for this to-be series, though. What do I mean...?

!!!SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

You have beaten the game, right? Or you just dont care and like ruining game endings for yourself, huh? Ok, well, as we know, the closing line is "There is another..." and various text before that reads "Until we meet again" and "Salvation awaits". Im sure this means a 123 Slaughter Me Street 3 is in either planning stages or development. So, if John and Nate are reading this, here is a list of things I would like to see in SMS 3:

BALANCED DIFFICULTY:
Not as hard as SMS 1, but harder than SMS 2. More, normal than hard mode like SMS 1, or Easy mode like SMS 2. Infact, thinking about it, a difficulty selection would fit.

MORE LEVELS:
Im fine with the 17 levels of SMS 1 and 2 combined. However, in 3, I'd like to see abit more. 20, 30? Maybe even 50! (Of course, that might be stupid. 20-25 would do)

FREE ROAM:
This isnt necesarily a change, but I preferred the free roam of SMS 2 over the restriction of SMS 1. So, free roam again, please.

MORE PUPPETS:
In SMS 1, there were 3. In SMS 2, there were 4. Maybe some new, intersting puppets with the combined reutrn of The Follower, Greeter, Waiter and NIghtmare. Also, Hunter, please. He was cut once again.

BONUS CONTENT:
This was a problem I had with SMS 1, but SMS 2 didn't fix it. After you've finished the game, I'd like some Extra content to keep me playing rather than what I've done with these 2 SMS games, which is finish them and never play them again (probably). Im not a very eager completionist and the Relics of SMS 1 and Golden Coin things in SMS 2 dont make me want to carry on playing JUST to find them. Anyway, back onto the bonus content, a prime example you can take is FNAF 1 and 2's custom night. Im not saying directly copy that, hopefully you can come up with something original and something that gives the player a bit of creativity, like a level editor or something.

123 Slaughter Me Street 2 is, in general, an improvement from the previous game in most areas although it seems it is a bit easier to play than the first title.

Gameplay:
Gameplay has certainly evolved from the first game in which you were navigating what seemed like the same corridor again and again. This time you can free-roam inside a house. Huge improvement right there on its own.
Now the game is played in 3 stages. Hide, Seek and Exit. All three are exactly what they suggest. You have to use hiding spots in the first phase until you get your green bar up. Then you have to follow the purple trail fast in order to seek and lastly you have to exit the house via the door.
Jump-scares are much better than the previous game as well both in presentation and execution.
I did manage to notice a very annoying bug though, in the "Pre-Game" phase (which is right before the game starts), hitting escape does not open the game menu but instead I see a mouse pointer. This is rather annoying as you have to wait for the Hide phase to start before you can quit.

Graphics:
In this department the game has stepped up, by a lot. Resolution has gone up and so did the quality of the monster models who are much more scary now.

Music/Sound Design:
Like the first title, there's still not any real music in the game while the sound effects/design are good and fitting the theme.

Pros:
-Step up from the first title in the series, in almost every aspect.
-Better graphics and monster aesthetics.
-Jump scares are MUCH better.
-Stage area is now a house instead of a corridor. Although it could be bigger.
-Flashlight is no longer annoying like the first game.

Neutral:
-Difficulty is decreased. But considering some of the aspects that made the first game more difficult (eg the flashlight being randomly wonky), this goes in neutral.

Cons:
-Controls feels clunkier than the previous title at times.
-The house is rather small.
-Exit door in the house is always at the same location.

Conclusion:
If you liked the first game, you will almost definitely like this one as well. It is certainly an improvement at an already interesting game.
As per my review of the first title as well, recommended to fans of horror and jump-scare based games.

Score:
Gameplay: 7/10
Graphics: 8/10
Music/Sound: 8/10
Concept/Story: 7/10


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This game isn't all that bad. It's basically hide and seek where if you get caught, you die. Once you're done hiding, it's your turn to seek! Now, you gotta find a randomly appearing floating pink orb somewhere in the house, while still being chased by the creatures. Hey, I thought I was the seeker this time, you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.
The jumpscare animations though, are a bit lackluster, but I appreciate the devs for using a reasonable volume for them and not an ear raping screech that leaves you deaf after the first two.

The house layout is quite simple, 2 floors, a basement, and a backyard, and it's quite cramped sometime. The enemy AI is quite simple too and a bit predictable, one enemy bumrushes you, the other lingers around (And bumrushes you once she sees you), and the last one wanders around, hissing if it sees you, alerting the other two about your location. (So they can bumrush you in pairs).
The hide spots are mostly the same all the time, so it's quite easy to pick a few favourite ones and hide away, for example, there's enough hiding spots, some riskier than others, in the second floor to get you through the game. Stay away from the main floor, it's a huge death trap, all the hiding spots there suck ass and you are in the most transited area. Remember, no hiding spot is safe, not even the closets, it seems. Except the vents, the vents are bros. And the safe spots. You can camp camp camp all night in there without a problem.

The "seek orb's" location is randomized, but there's not a whole lot of places where it can spawn, making it a bit easy to find even if you miss out your chance to follow the trail that helps you to find it. It mostly spawns in the basement, or outside in the backyard. Or the garage, but the garage is a huge deathtrap sometimes.

I feel like this game lacks a bit when it comes to length (I've finished it multiple times, each time, it takes like an hour with 1 or 2 deaths, mostly because I screw up), and difficulty. (If you abuse the second floor's vents or the basement's wide open space, it's quite easy to survive up 'til the final nights.)

The game's a bit buggy too, when it comes to graphics sometimes, like a whole lot of clipping, FPS drops on the later levels (Albeit, slight ones) because of some kind of effect used by the game that makes youfeel like you're drunk, and a few other misc bugs, like I once shut a door on my face accidentally and I fell through the floor outside of the house, falling endlessly in a pitch black abyss.

As for the scare factor....It's not THAT scary, but sometimes, it can get a bit tense, unless you abuse the AI and the crawlspaces/jukes, then, it can be a bit hilarious instead of tense!

All in all, I enjoyed this personally, I feel like it was an improvement over the first one, but I understand why some people might feel put down by the lack of content, or the lack of polish in this game. Give it a try and see for yourself, the game's not that expensive anyways.

Easy to learn , scary and fun!

I look all over Steam for random / unknown Steam games to play. This was one of the chosen titles this week! If you'd rather watch than read, you can do so here:
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[Thoughts and First Impressions]

123 Slaughter Me Street 2 if you want to know... is a fun game. It's surprisingly tense for what it is. The monsters are very silly looking a lot of the time but the game is actually compelling. You have to run and hide in the first part of the game (sometimes in as many as 3 different spots) and then you have to find an orb on the level somewhere, and then you have to escape. It's a pretty simple concept but with as many as 3 monsters running around patrolling and your VERY tiny stamina bar you really have to make good choices.

There are 10 levels in total and they get progressively harder as you move through them. The lights may go out in one stage, and on another your objectives may be much farther from each other. The level is designed in a way that you really have to make guesses much of the time when you are choosing to run out and get your objectives done. Often you won't know EXACTLY where the monsters are but you have a general idea. The safe spots in the level help to alleviate a lot of that tension but it's by no means not scary. You'll get jumpscared plenty when you sprint around a corner and there is a monster there.

Overall it took me about an hour to clear the whole game and I had a good time. Glad that my Discord chose this game for me to play randomly.

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One thing to say: Gameplay. The game itself is very fun to play and the backstory is pretty awesome. The characters are amazing, just like the first one and it really gives a chill down my spine every time it turns to Hide!. I really love the mechanics and AIs of the game, not to mention the graphics.

Definitively recommending it.

LOVE IT

it's an okay game just watch out for jump scares while playing this game

This game is lots of fun, It has a lot of charm and is miles better than the first
If you like somewhat short horror games with difficult gameplay then this is for you.
I also gifted this game to my friend and he enjoyed it also!

(edit)
I have now beat the game and have almost all of the achievements
and can still say this game is great, the lights out challenge seems a little hard but, I'm still gonna try to beat it

(Finale thoughts)
I have gotten all the achievements and have beaten all the extra challenges
and can say that for the price theirs a lot you can do In this game
I did kinda rush through but still took me a while to beat
Its fun, has some charm and I wish there as more

(More Thoughts)
I'm still playing this game! Just trying to be really good at it lol...
I may reset the game to beat it again with all the achievements