- Publisher: Team17
- Release Date: Oct 2, 2023
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 5
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Oct 19, 2023Despite its shortcomings Trepang2 could be the perfect option for those who long for frentic FPS games and lots of gore.
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Sep 29, 2023Drawing inspiration from the dreary aesthetics of mid-2000s shooters and 2005’s F.E.A.R. in particular, Trepang2 sits at the blissful intersection of the very silly and the very serious.
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Jan 2, 2024It may sound like I’m focusing on the negatives too much here, but much of what I enjoyed about Trepang2‘s premise was ultimately undercut by its various weaknesses. What initially seems like a promising concoction of bloody firefights, psychic superpowers and absolute bedlam suffers from poor pacing, muddled direction, odd enemy AI and controls that are more suited to a mouse and keyboard than a controller. When it works as intended brief flashes of brilliance are tucked away in the combat, when taken as a whole it winds up being a fairly middling experience.