A lot of you might probably have heard about this game before since it is a pretty popular mod available from multiple sources. But for the sake of clarity I will explain it in short terms anyway. Nightmare House 2 is a direct sequal to the first game, building upon the premise of a place you need to escape from in order to survive. This time around you get to explore a hospital called "Never Lose Hope", which happens to be riddled with zombies and ghosts. Sounds good, does it not?
During your journey you will encounter not only monsters but also a small SWAT team, creepy mannequins, a dead angry girl and other things that just makes you go "aha, Fear!". This is not a bad thing. You do have to rely on axes and guns to survive though, which makes it feel a bit too action oriented for my taste when it comes to this genre. There are a lot of things taken directly from Half-Life 2, so I ended up looking for stuff I recognized more than immersing myself in the game I had before me. The slight delay in a few sound effects also made the jumpscares a bit weak since it felt more comical than scary. There is however a pretty interesting story behind it all, but it unveils at the very end and therefore feels a bit... Rushed? Forced? Something like that. I do however appreciate the effort.
"The slight delay in a few sound effects also made the jumpscares a bit weak since it felt more comical than scary."
It is a pretty short experience, a couple of hours is all it takes to reach the end, but the fact that it is completely free and made as a mod still makes it feel very ambitious. I recommend this one if you are a fan of horror, but do not expect to get scared.
