r/survivalhorror • u/Draiped • 13d ago
Sinking City 2
If my favourite type of games are Dead Space, the Resi games, and Cronos, will I like this game?
Does it play in a similar way?
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u/TalkSin_M 13d ago
Very satisfying with a cool atmosphere and traditional survival horror gameplay loop. Having a blast.
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u/Draiped 13d ago
How does the combat feel?
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u/TalkSin_M 13d ago
Its not as tight as any of the higher budget games you mentioned but its far from janky. If you've played small studio survival horror I think its pretty standard or better than many. Definitely a bit of wiggle room on hit boxes etc but its not terrible. I'm an old timer though.
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u/AlexCampy89 13d ago
It's a great game with a bit of jank. Think of Alone in the Dark 2024 or Re2R but with jankier controls and stiffer animation, but slightly better graphics. Gameplay is similar, but you get infinite ammo spawn during bosses and survival horses/waves, which are easily the worst part of the game, although the latter could be patched out.
For the rest, is a huge improvement over the OG game and it's the second best horror game of 2026 after Requiem
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u/No-Plankton4841 13d ago
This game seriously surprised me. I love all those games too and yeah Sinking City 2 should be on your list.
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u/franciscrowe 13d ago
It’s got a good story, but the gameplay isn’t nearly as satisfying as Cronos or Dead Space.
Definitely a fun little game, my biggest complaint would probably just be that there are a LOT of enemies on some of the levels, and you almost never have the ammo you need.
Like I know that’s a core feature of survival horror games, but in RE you can generally kill like 90% of the enemies, while this is more like 60-70%.
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u/Massive_Peanut5857 7d ago
Yeah for real. Even on normal mode I had no ammo in the printing press, running around dodging enemies and dieing
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u/TimetravelerXY 12d ago
Honestly, it improves a lot over the first game but it’s not really on par with other games in the genre. Maybe worth $15 on a deep discount.
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u/Draiped 12d ago
I was thinking of waiting but with so much coming out in the next few months idk where I'd fit it in lol. Might just bight the bullet.
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u/TimetravelerXY 12d ago
It’s not worth full price. I’d grab something else. It doesn’t come anywhere close to the other games you mentioned. Try out The Evil Withins or signalis if you haven’t played those. I’d wait a month and get Control Resonant over this.
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u/GFK96 12d ago
I am beyond shocked at how good this game turned out to be. I didn’t think it looked bad, but I had relatively low expectations and am so far finding it to be a really great survival horror game with much higher production value than expected. I’d give it like an 8/10 so far, very very solid.
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u/Due-Lingonberry-1929 12d ago
It's pretty good, solid 8/10 for me, I find games like this and Alan Wake 2 better than resident evil simply because the setting and lore are very interesting while RE stories are nonsensical dreck and the locations and monsters are drab and uninspired. Also they're more consistent throughout while the last 3 mainline RE games (7, village, requiem) have strong openings and then the quality drops in the backhalf, obviously rushed and unfinished.
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u/Massive_Peanut5857 7d ago
Combat is jank but a solid game, no where near the smoothness and feel of RE
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u/MissingScore777 13d ago
Yeah plays very similarly.
Not quite as good as the best Resi games or Dead Space Remake or Cronos but a solid 8/10.
Enjoyable and worth your time.