Lucius II

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3.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 63 Ratings

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  1. Kahisys
    Mar 7, 2015
    3
    A game that could have been good, but that has gotten so, oh so wrong.

    Lucius II starts 6 months after the events of the first game. Robbed of his powers by his father, the 8 year-old son of Satan starts his new journey in a mental hospital where he has been committed. Now, the game itself presents a story that has a huge potential : Lucius is on a race against his brother (from    A game that could have been good, but that has gotten so, oh so wrong.

    Lucius II starts 6 months after the events of the first game. Robbed of his powers by his father, the 8 year-old son of Satan starts his new journey in a mental hospital where he has been committed.
    Now, the game itself presents a story that has a huge potential : Lucius is on a race against his brother (from another family, brother as in other son of Satan) to launch the Apocalypse by following the Bible's prophecy (hence the title of the game).

    However, the game presented it in such a poor manner that it almost seemed like the developers were putting the scenario of the game in the background. Each chapters has a certain amount of levels (which all are hopefully long unless you rush through, despite the game's length being very modest), and between each level we are greeted with a cutscene explaining what's going on. Sadly, the cutscenes are very, very obscure and they barely explain as much as they should. This leads most of the time to do the brainless task of following the objectives conveniently displayed both at the top left corner of the screen, and on the map. No brainer! Who needs explanations when you can kill people and be Satan's son, right?

    Speaking of killing people, the gameplay is also a bad point of the game. Lucius the first was a game based around problem solving, and being able to carefully plan your murders in a way to never, ever be caught or even suspected by your family. Lucius II is GTA with a broken stealth mood. Anything sounds wrong here?
    In every level, among the tasks that you have to complete, you're able to kill pretty much everyone that you want. Now of course you're just a little 8 years-old boy, so you can't just go and swing a gun around. The game pretty much works this way : the game gives you around 2 different ways to kill the "important" victims, added a plethora of more "basic" ways to kill (the innocents you'll kill will just have to go through the basic ways of killing only). From poisoning food to give, to electrocute, to launch a high-pressured gas tank or even activating a pulley to smash huge containers in their face, you can really have a kick out of it. Or not. You actually can't.
    This idea, which was good, is impeded by the major flaws this game has :

    - The stealth is broken. It is super easy to just go around on your merry killing way as long as you don't stay literally in front of the person as they die. There can be a witness, they will barely care at all. The previous game had a very strict stealth system, this one is just a joke.
    - The AI is beyond imbecile. You can have in your hands a (poisoned) donut box and, while being in front of the NPC, throw it on the ground, they'll still pick it up and eat it on the spot. They quickly forget about you, barely react when you're in places you shouldn't be (except the "forbidden" areas in which case they literally launch at you like hungry monsters), and they just don't react to almost anything. This is way too easy.
    - The murders are repetitive and boring. As mentioned before, said "basic ways of killing" remain the same everywhere in the game, making it far too simplistic sometimes to even try to look for an actual good way. And when you have enough experience and levels stacked with the correct skills, it just becomes a healthy walk in the woods at this point.

    And, to make it even more simple, we can add this last flaw to another : this game is glitched beyond possibility! Poor camera angles, controls are terrible (especially when possessing someone), pulling items such as trolleys is a torture, everything goes into walls, the detection of collisions is a joke and you can even recycle some murder weapons!
    The first game was already criticized for its important amount of glitches, yet they somewhat did even worse!
    You can find at some point acid bottles that you can throw on your victims. Instant death. Now, the game says it's "broken", yet you can keep it, and re-use it at the next level. Stack them and you'll have more and more easy murder weapons.

    Speaking of glitches, the audio of the game often bugs, subtitles don't even show sometimes when they should and, if we forget that, the audio quality is just ridiculous. While the ambiance with the musics is absolutely great, the sound effects have an absolute terrible quality and the voice acting (except the cop helping us) are bad and also very poor in terms of quality! It seems like most were recorded with a poor microphone integrated in a cheap laptop!

    Long story short, this game is bad. A mess, a botched joke and should not be bought.    … Expand
  2. kuehnau
    Feb 16, 2015
    0
    The first Lucius was a buggy hell of a mess. It was also completely linear to the point that if you didn't complete your "missions" in exactly the way the developers envisioned it, you'd fail it. Combine that with game breaking bugs, terrible game AI and unpolished development and the game was horrendous.

    Apparently enough idiots bought Lucius that the developers were able to afford to    The first Lucius was a buggy hell of a mess. It was also completely linear to the point that if you didn't complete your "missions" in exactly the way the developers envisioned it, you'd fail it. Combine that with game breaking bugs, terrible game AI and unpolished development and the game was horrendous.

    Apparently enough idiots bought Lucius that the developers were able to afford to begin development on " Lucius II". In the newest version of the game, unlike the first one, it takes on more of a "Hitman" style of game-play, something that should have been core to the first game.

    It's unfortunate that, besides some of the game-play mechanics, the game still stinks of unpolished crap. The game is horribly buggy, the AI is as stupid as ever, a complete lack of polish, boring story and repetitive game-play. there are game breaking bugs that will prevent you from completing the game.

    Developers like this give the indie scene a bad name.    … Expand
  3. Spackolatius
    Feb 15, 2015
    3
    It has some potential and the scenes are funny as hell. Sadly this game is a buggy mess. The AI has to be the worst i have seen for years. Also i cant get past level 2 as the keys to a crucial room are slipping through the floor as soon as i kill the carrier. Great! Also every door you unlock throughout special events get locked again on reload, with no possiblitity to reopen them. If youIt has some potential and the scenes are funny as hell. Sadly this game is a buggy mess. The AI has to be the worst i have seen for years. Also i cant get past level 2 as the keys to a crucial room are slipping through the floor as soon as i kill the carrier. Great! Also every door you unlock throughout special events get locked again on reload, with no possiblitity to reopen them. If you saven in one of the rooms youre going to be stuck there forever. I cant understand companies who release their games in Alpha stage. Keep away from this… Expand
  4. UnbiasedOne
    Feb 15, 2015
    2
    What pisses me off the most about Lucius 2 is that as it stands is almost the opposite of what was advertised. I don't think that only one or two ways to kill someone, or sometimes only one way qualifies as freedom to kill how you want. While the graphics have been upgraded, almost everything else has taken a huge step back. The powers are worthless, the inventory is too large and theWhat pisses me off the most about Lucius 2 is that as it stands is almost the opposite of what was advertised. I don't think that only one or two ways to kill someone, or sometimes only one way qualifies as freedom to kill how you want. While the graphics have been upgraded, almost everything else has taken a huge step back. The powers are worthless, the inventory is too large and the audio issues are frustrating.

    Despite it's problems there is still some entertainment in the game, and it will last you four levels which is almost half of the game. The developers seemed to of just stopped caring at the start of part two as it is the most bugged, glitched and limited in freedom for the game. The final level is the nail in the coffin as it is clearly in a pre-beta state. You could make a game yourself about everything that is wrong with Lucius 2.    … Expand
  5. Alex88
    Mar 1, 2015
    10
    ... Из огня он вышел целым и невредимым...

    Lucius II - достойный сиквел к 1 части. На этот раз нам предстоит окунуться в жизнь обычного душевно-больного пациента. На уничтожение нам дана больница Святого Бенедикта и небольшой городок Ладлоу. Здесь все зависит от нас, как мы решим, так и будет. Думаю, основная цель второй части всем понятна : Уничтожать все и вся на своем пути. Мы сами    ... Из огня он вышел целым и невредимым...

    Lucius II - достойный сиквел к 1 части. На этот раз нам предстоит окунуться в жизнь обычного душевно-больного пациента. На уничтожение нам дана больница Святого Бенедикта и небольшой городок Ладлоу. Здесь все зависит от нас, как мы решим, так и будет. Думаю, основная цель второй части всем понятна : Уничтожать все и вся на своем пути. Мы сами выбираем какие нам прокачивать способности, хоть поджигание, хоть телекинез, хоть контроль разума.

    В самом начале нас встречают очень " тепло " и мы оказываемся на нулевом уровне, а именно на обучении. Если называть самый худший уровень Lucius II, то им, конечно же, окажется обучение. В течение этих десяти минут нас познакомят с игрой, но сделают это ужасно скучно и занудно. После " интересного " обучения мы попадаем прямиком в игру, где нам показывают заставки, выполненные в стиле рисовки. Оригинальное решение, что сказать. Мы узнаем, что Люциус очень плохо себя вел и его ведут на шоковую терапию. Результат : куча убитых санитаров. Дальше, собственно, мы начинаем игру.

    Что касается геймплея, то, по моему мнению разработчики сделали правильное решение, превратив линейный квест в песочницу. Именно это и является одним из главных достоинств Lucius II. Что касается графической составляющей, то тут у меня претензий нет - все сделано красиво и качественно. Саундтрек был написан великолепный, который завораживает с самого начала. Что же касается реализации, то тут все хуже. Обильное количество багов хоть и забавляет, но иногда мешает хорошей и спокойной игре. Иногда хочешь убить жертву каким-то кровожадным образом, но не можешь, так как эта жертва застряла в стене, заглючила или вообще исчезла. Иногда происходящее поражает : Убил ты человека, пришла медсестра, оказала первую помощь, а когда поняла что пациент мертв... Просто ушла как будто ничего не случилось.

    Lucius 2 мастерски сочетает в себе несколько элементов разных жанров. От забавного момента с геями в туалете до отрезания головы вентилятором. Игра вышла слишком короткая, поэтому советую подольше задерживаться на каждом уровне.

    Как бы не старались Shiver Games, гениального продолжения у них не получилось, однако они сделали хорошую игру. Моя оценка 9/10.

    Ждем новых новостей о Люциусе и выходе русификатора.    … Expand
  6. Vasault
    Feb 15, 2015
    0
    I can't believe this sequel is real, the first one wasn't even a good game, and this sequel is a bad excuse, starting for the graphics, which are worse than the first one, gameplay is bugged and glitched, how many days took to make this garbage? 4 days? it does not deserve more than a 0/10
  7. paulie9990
    Feb 17, 2015
    3
    Possibly the worst sequel I have ever seen in my life. The first game had great ideas that needed to be expanded upon. This game is sort of a kill em up in boring and repetitive ways in a terribly overused environment. Very buggy as well.
  8. MauricioL778812
    Nov 14, 2015
    5
    Outdated graphics, history not very good, the game is simply any buggy, it's a pretty heavy topic and never retrado in a game before and it's cool because it is an innovative way content, great scenery without details and its price this good.
    Final note: 5.1
  9. gameboy92
    Sep 29, 2018
    6
    what can i say the developers could do better job but they just did not .. the only thing is good in this game is the story and the killing part other then that you get not that much out of this game . there is lot of bugs and problem in games however you can play and finish the game if you like the story .

    sorry dev it is nice game however I cant recommend it to others Story 9/10    what can i say the developers could do better job but they just did not .. the only thing is good in this game is the story and the killing part other then that you get not that much out of this game . there is lot of bugs and problem in games however you can play and finish the game if you like the story .

    sorry dev it is nice game however I cant recommend it to others

    Story 9/10
    Realistic 5/10
    Graphic 8/10
    Game play 5/10
    Sound 5/10
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    Total 6.4

    Single player time 4 to 6 h
    Worth to buy this game with $ 19.99? no you can wait to get it around $ 10    … Expand
  10. pppoopoowewebut
    Jan 14, 2021
    4
    I mean... it's fine? I'm not going to say that Lucius II is an underappreciated gem or the worst game ever. It was certainly made on a budget and it shows. From the janky animations all the way up to the strangely limited and linear-feeling sandbox of each level, it's not hard to tell what kind of game this is. I can at least give it this: it delivers on you being the antichrist. When itI mean... it's fine? I'm not going to say that Lucius II is an underappreciated gem or the worst game ever. It was certainly made on a budget and it shows. From the janky animations all the way up to the strangely limited and linear-feeling sandbox of each level, it's not hard to tell what kind of game this is. I can at least give it this: it delivers on you being the antichrist. When it works as intended, which is not often, this is the game is **** nasty. Blood sprays everywhere and the gore feels appropriately exaggerated. That said, when it's not working as intended, it's funny for reasons. Let me put it this way: Shiver Games struck gold with the first Lucius by releasing it in the early parts of the decade's first half when Let's Players were just starting to boom in popularity. The discourse around that game, other than the gore and shock value, was how little it did effectively with the way it presented its premise. When this thing released, the only videos I saw about it were about how hilariously broken it was at release. Even PewDiePie--who, by 2015, was still doing his 'appeal-to-the-lowest-common-denominator' style of screech humor--made the game look weak. He spammed three kills over and over again, didn't do much with the powers, and highlighted just how borked some of the game's core systems (such as Ai) were. The AI is probably the worst part of this game. It ticks all of the boxes: can I get out of being chased by leaving this person's line of sight for two seconds? Check. Can I manipulate it into doing things that the developer may not have intended? Oh boy, that's a big check. Do I struggle to manipulate it into doing the things the developer intended? Check, check, aaaand CHECK. Is it more impressive how broken it is than how technically solid it is? Don't think I need to explain this one, but check.

    If I am to be totally fair to what the developers did right, the more linear parts of this game are rock-solid. There were a couple of kills that the developer set-up that got a good chuckle out of me. Best of all, none of this game is horribly offense and has to rely on being overly edgy to entertain. The entire Lucius trilogy is uneven on a scale of 'shocking, but entertaining' to 'owch, I hope you don't cut yourself on that edge'. Lucius II is, thankfully, on the left side of the scale.

    When the best part of your non-linear sandbox game are the bits where you're encouraged to do what the developers want you to do, there's an issue. If there's one thing to be said about the entire Lucius trilogy, it's that it suffers from a massive identity crisis. The best way to explain it is that it's the natural cause of trying to stuff too much into your game without knowing how to design around everything you've implemented. To put it even more bluntly, all three games lack focus. The best game in the entire trilogy is the Demake of the first game. All of the presentation-quirks of the original game were wiped clean. It felt like the straightforward adventure game the developers wanted to make. Going forward, if Shiver has any more games left in them, what I'd like to see from them is more scaled-back experiences like that. They have a talent for making immersive, if limited, worlds and put to better use, there's the potential for a truly amazing title in there. Sadly, Lucius II isn't that.    … Expand

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Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 10
  3. Negative: 4 out of 10
  1. Brash Games
    Nov 10, 2015
    50
    My rating is based on the major bugginess. The poor controls and sound. As well as the repetitiveness of the murders and ways to solve them. This is most likely one of those games they should have just stopped after the first. I really hope they don’t make another.
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  2. Riot Pixels
    Apr 19, 2015
    56
    There is no need to be creative when killing enemies in Lucius 2 — the game is inhabited by certified idiots.
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  3. CD-Action
    Apr 1, 2015
    30
    Ijhiodfsopsdf s dfjopfwop euifopsdiopf dksdl;ksdsdl;ksd[dsge p[osdfkds afalkjvklnsawe jhguieryhrte jbghjtyglthgfw ejklfdsjklfsdjowe priwe opsdfl;jklkl;fg iojiiiiilbgjklj. I wrote that part with my head, which was hitting keyboard a lot while I was playing this ugly, poorly designed and painfully underdeveloped game. [04/2015, p.69]
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