Sapphire City Part 2

Hello, welcome back to Sapphire City!
This game is labeled part 2 because is a direct sequel of the first Sapphire City that I reviewed in March. That game was called just Sapphire City, with no number, anyway I knew that was not going to be a complete game (the game stated "part 1" on the main menu), nor this part 2 will be a final episode, because, I have to warn you, it will end with a cliffhanger. So play this game ONLY if you played the previous adventure and are willing to wait to play a third episode, you can do otherwise but then you clearly won't enjoy it.

Sapphire City Part 2, like the first game, is a RPG Maker MZ interactive visual novel adventure by Pehriska about the adventures of Merc, an ordinary guy that lives in the dystopian future of Sapphire City, a metropolis where he recently moved and was involved in a conspiracy after he helped his friend Tarik to look for the missing daughter of a rich businessman, Piotr.


Oh no poor girl! Anyway like in the previous game these portraits are really cool and mapping isn't bad at all!

The previous episode lasted about an hour, and my gameplay time for this second adventure is the same. I call it "second adventure" because despite the fact that the events take place immediately after the first game it's set in another different district of Sapphire City with new locations and characters... but including also the return of some old familiar faces like Tarik and Piotr, of course!
This time the game starts with a recollection of the events of the first part (well done!), after arriving to the new district, everyone goes to the safehouse while Merc goes to the doctor to have his eyes checked and he experiences also some visions in the meantime. I won't spoil you the events of what follows, but I'll tell you that we'll also have to go back to the district of the first game.
As mentioned before the game ends with a cliffhanger, what bothers me was that our protagonist is free (and so confident) to walk around despite the previous episode ended with a daring escape...

Now the gameplay: like for the first game this is a classic adventure game but with different paths available in some instances, even if some seems to be more easy to figure out than others. There are some elements returning from the first game like the possibility to change clothing, and some new additions for example the hacking minigame (nothing complex, just like the steapth part in the first game, still it fits).

Visually the game is on par with the first episode: I find mapping adequate and the custom made portraits really pretty, the charsets are nice and appropriate to the setting. Music and sounds are once again pretty good in my opinion.


Minigame time! This time our Merc, dressed as Solid Snake for the occasion.

Final Verdict
The good aspect of Sapphire City Part 2 is that it's very similar to the first game, and the main flaw of this game is that it's very similar to the first game! Yes, I know it's the same thing and basically that's the problem, if you liked the first like me you probably will play it from the beginning to the end having fun and will be curious about what happens next, if you expected something different or something more you'll be clearly be disappointed! So once again it's a pretty cool game but maybe not for everyone, there are also some parts of the story that were some characters, especially the protagonist, behave in a bit odd way, in any case there are no inconsistencies and this is still a solid futuristic adventure.