French Developers BulkyPix, brought us Hysteria Project 2 in 2010, and a series of updates following it's release to iron out any issues that arose, the last of which was in Dec 2011. That being the case however, the iPad version of the game, which we did our walkthrough on, was not really as ironed out as it should have been at this point, considering we are now into 2013.
The concept for this game was certainly not a new one, but still a fun idea of an experiment gone wrong, which has resulted in it's subject becoming a psychotic killer with paranormal abilities. The way this game has been designed, is basically to test your reaction times. There are also some elements of puzzle based segments within, but the general idea is to test the players reactions to the environment and situations they are in. Considering that this is where the Developers decided to focus their attention, you would think that they would have put a lot more time into ensuring that the games ability to pick up on the players actions, was fully able. I found myself repeating moments over and over, not because I failed to react, but because the game failed to pick up on my reaction, or similarly made me go in the wrong direction from where my finger told the player to go...yes I mean that frustrating laser section!
The games mechanics aside, this game was actually not too bad. Given that, I personally, am a HUGH horror fan, I usually enjoy anything that is horror based. If the mechanics of this game had been better designed, however, I would have really enjoyed playing this title a lot more than I did.
The story itself begins with our main character waking in a lab. Tied to a bed, with an attractive scientist hanging over us. We quickly realise that she is afraid of some hooded killer with an axe, who comes for us if we do not react quick enough to our environments. This stranger then flees, leaving us alone to face our stalker. As we creep though the halls, trying to avoid this madman, she begins to help us progress, by talking to us over the intercom and later an earpiece that we find on a corpse.
We will not spoil anything in this blog, but to be honest we are not given enough information in this segment of the game, which would enable us to spoil anything anyway!
Given that this game was released so long ago, we are unsure as to BulkyPix intentions to release the next installment. It would be nice if they are still currently working on it, but whether that is the case or not...we do not know.
We have given Hysteria Project 2 a rather limited 5/10
They simply had to improve those reaction issues, and it would have been a much more enjoyable experience.
We thank you all for your time once more,
All the best,
Tal @ Winning Media HD
Here is the link to our Hysteria Project 2 Walkthrough:
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