Too hard for a horror, ambiance-based game

[Babouinator]

Don't get me wrong. I love the game, and I don't hate difficult games.
I just think that the die & retry side of this one really kicks you out of the ambiance and tension.
I don't remember the first game being that hard. Just wondering if other people had the same feeling playing the second one.
Cheers !

[Felix Purcell]

I had to use a walkthrough so many times in the first one to get something out of it but I never needed a walkthrough for this! I am no small amount of proud of that in my meek little life.

My opinion is that the death did not ruin the ambience and that the difficultly was very well judged but I respect that this is a deeply subjective thing.

[Blue Candle]

It can be frustrating at times when you get stuck in a chase but I wouldn't say it is difficult at all. Most of the game is set pieces with the just enough game play to be engaged to not call it a walking simulator. In fact with how the game plays it reminds me a bit of those old flash games.

[Isaax]

I helped my daughter play this game, got her through the hard(er) bits. The only thing we found annoying was falling off of little ledges because the camera angle was slightly one way and precision was hard to achieve.

Otherwise it was fine, more enjoyable than the first IMO. Better set pieces, my daughter was captivated by the story even more than the first. Great stuff. Hope for a third (theres a prologue on play store mobile game, its also very good)

[Welsenfürst]

Originally posted by EbonHawk:

I know one thing, I'm going to have to dig my controller out for this one. And I can count the number of games on one hand that I have to have a controller for, and I think this is one of them. Unless there's a way to move my character in one direction (away from an enemy) but also point the flashlight back at that enemy, I don't see now mouse & keyboard will work for this game at all. I've gotten this far, but the hospital part requires moving constantly to the right and on keyboard, this makes the flashlight always point to the right while moving.

It's not possible to keep moving to the right and point the flashlight to the left as is required.

Yes it is. YOu have to circle your movements. Press A and D at the same time and move to the right. you have to try a little bit, but with some luck you can pass this section... and yes... ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ difficulty

[EbonHawk]

Originally posted by Welsenfürst:

Originally posted by EbonHawk:

I know one thing, I'm going to have to dig my controller out for this one. And I can count the number of games on one hand that I have to have a controller for, and I think this is one of them. Unless there's a way to move my character in one direction (away from an enemy) but also point the flashlight back at that enemy, I don't see now mouse & keyboard will work for this game at all. I've gotten this far, but the hospital part requires moving constantly to the right and on keyboard, this makes the flashlight always point to the right while moving.

It's not possible to keep moving to the right and point the flashlight to the left as is required.

Yes it is. YOu have to circle your movements. Press A and D at the same time and move to the right. you have to try a little bit, but with some luck you can pass this section... and yes... ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ difficulty

But A & D are opposite directions.. Linearly left and right. Nothing circular about them. How do you press Left & Right and move to the right?

[?Syntax Error]

Originally posted by Welsenfürst:

Originally posted by EbonHawk:

I know one thing, I'm going to have to dig my controller out for this one. And I can count the number of games on one hand that I have to have a controller for, and I think this is one of them. Unless there's a way to move my character in one direction (away from an enemy) but also point the flashlight back at that enemy, I don't see now mouse & keyboard will work for this game at all. I've gotten this far, but the hospital part requires moving constantly to the right and on keyboard, this makes the flashlight always point to the right while moving.

It's not possible to keep moving to the right and point the flashlight to the left as is required.

Yes it is. YOu have to circle your movements. Press A and D at the same time and move to the right. you have to try a little bit, but with some luck you can pass this section... and yes... ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ difficulty

I used the mouse for this section. It helps with flashlight movement holding right mouse button. And movre with WSAD.

But now I am stuck on that stupid final boss, it's so badly designed I'll probably have to dig out the controller too :( Just unplayable with keyboard atm :s

I hate it when games FORCE me to use a controller :( It should be stated on the store page that a controller is advised.

[Keegan]

I really loved the first game and some parts of this one as well. Like being chased by the hunter or being stealthy around the teacher... that was cool. A few puzzles are interesting.

But in the end I struggled fighting the small guys in school with my hammer. Like damn you need perfect timing/positionning to get them and it made me restart a section or two like 10 times just because "oh you missed the timing by 0.5sec" "oh you were 2 millimeters off" like c'mon... I'm playing a horror/puzzle game here. The camera clearly doesn't help as it's focused on good angles for the atmosphere and is sometimes awful to as actually focus on combat. I don't need combat in such a good horror/ambiance game... not like this.

And now I end up with the mannequin and the AWFUL controls. Even with controllers when you just walk past a crawling mannequin while trying to hold the flashlight on them and "oh bummer you pressed the stick a bit too much and the mannequin could move for 0.5 sec and you're dead".

No I'm done with this ♥♥♥♥. I love puzzles, looking for how to escape but when it's all about super precise control inputs and die and retry... I might play other games that are actually good at it. Here the immersion is broken for me. I'm not enjoying the game anymore with these things happening. Bye Little Nightmares II... you disappointed me enough!

[Bagerista[BG]]

Originally posted by CRIT MAGNET:

I really loved the first game and some parts of this one as well. Like being chased by the hunter or being stealthy around the teacher... that was cool. A few puzzles are interesting.

But in the end I struggled fighting the small guys in school with my hammer. Like damn you need perfect timing/positionning to get them and it made me restart a section or two like 10 times just because "oh you missed the timing by 0.5sec" "oh you were 2 millimeters off" like c'mon... I'm playing a horror/puzzle game here. The camera clearly doesn't help as it's focused on good angles for the atmosphere and is sometimes awful to as actually focus on combat. I don't need combat in such a good horror/ambiance game... not like this.

And now I end up with the mannequin and the AWFUL controls. Even with controllers when you just walk past a crawling mannequin while trying to hold the flashlight on them and "oh bummer you pressed the stick a bit too much and the mannequin could move for 0.5 sec and you're dead".

No I'm done with this ♥♥♥♥. I love puzzles, looking for how to escape but when it's all about super precise control inputs and die and retry... I might play other games that are actually good at it. Here the immersion is broken for me. I'm not enjoying the game anymore with these things happening. Bye Little Nightmares II... you disappointed me enough!

Bro u are kidding me :D

[kash]

Originally posted by EbonHawk:

Originally posted by Welsenfürst:

Yes it is. YOu have to circle your movements. Press A and D at the same time and move to the right. you have to try a little bit, but with some luck you can pass this section... and yes... ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ difficulty

But A & D are opposite directions.. Linearly left and right. Nothing circular about them. How do you press Left & Right and move to the right?

I don't know if there has been a patch since this message but for me, it was indicated in the screen that you can move the flashlight with the arrows and continue to move with WASD. It was still a pain though...but not impossible :-)

[Mr. Solomon]

Yes, way too many "memorize the sequence of movements or die" moments. Lazy stuff. A step back from the first one for sure.

[Felix Purcell]

Originally posted by Mr. Solomon:

Yes, way too many "memorize the sequence of movements or die" moments. Lazy stuff. A step back from the first one for sure.

I don't remember any such moments.

[EbonHawk]

You probably didn't memorize them. There are a bunch.

[MilkyNightmare]

I found remapping the run and crouch keys to right enter and shift helped a lot.

[Jaxley]

I loved this game and found there was a few hard bits like the flashlight section and a few frustrating things like jumps when you feel like you're aligned correctly due to the camera angle you're actually not.
The hard parts and parts of games though right? I'm playing a game called Little Nightmares, i'm not expecting a yoga inspired puzzle game where you dont die. Comments here seem like people want minimal challenge and cant handle dying (this isnt a reflection on everyone).
I grew up playing games like Alex Kidd on Master System, the Mario games, the Sonic games ... now they were hard at times and a lot of trial by death, precise placement/jumps etc, an era with no walkthroughs/videos and when you finally cracked it, oh the elation!
Anyway, if its getting too frustrating I'd urge to stick with it but have a break, the amount of times is kinda crazy that I've been stuck on a game, gone away for half hour, come back to it and done it first time. I personally think it's definitely a game to stick with and see through till the end. Good luck, enjoy!

[Babouinator]

Originally posted by Jaxley:

I loved this game and found there was a few hard bits like the flashlight section and a few frustrating things like jumps when you feel like you're aligned correctly due to the camera angle you're actually not.
The hard parts and parts of games though right? I'm playing a game called Little Nightmares, i'm not expecting a yoga inspired puzzle game where you dont die. Comments here seem like people want minimal challenge and cant handle dying (this isnt a reflection on everyone).
I grew up playing games like Alex Kidd on Master System, the Mario games, the Sonic games ... now they were hard at times and a lot of trial by death, precise placement/jumps etc, an era with no walkthroughs/videos and when you finally cracked it, oh the elation!
Anyway, if its getting too frustrating I'd urge to stick with it but have a break, the amount of times is kinda crazy that I've been stuck on a game, gone away for half hour, come back to it and done it first time. I personally think it's definitely a game to stick with and see through till the end. Good luck, enjoy!

You don't get it. The point is that dying multiple times pull you out of the ambiance and after a couple times you dont FEEL the danger anymore. The game becomes less scary and impactful.