Watch how that acknowledged love blossoms or expands the choice is yours after all…
Some key points that this game offers:
- A sequel to the events of what happened in Sakura Beach.
- New character.
- Beautiful story with multiple endings.
- The same gorgeous area we enjoyed with the original.
Gameplay & Controls:
The controls remain the same as with the first one, left mouse button to progress the story, right mouse button acting as the menu button, with the middle button being used to hide the UI. The same settings and functions that we had in the original are present here, no notable upgrades. We can still auto play the scenes, and skip the ones we have already read.
The speed can be altered for the displaying of texts and the changing over to the new scenes as well. The gameplay in visual novels is never really present since all you really do is sit back and enjoy a nice story.
Graphics:
Sakura Beach 2 shares the same beautiful scenery that the original used: which is kind of good and bad. It feels pretty much copied from the original and pasted here, it would have been nicer and more pleasant if they added some new details to the game.
Several months have passed since the original so seeing these places gain slightly different or aged would have been such an improvement and enhancement to the story itself, but it feels pretty much the same which is kind of a downer. The art is still incredibly beautiful and nice to look at, I just think they should have added new details; it is a sequel after all. On the settings side of things, we have the same options as with the original, we can choose Fullscreen or Window mode.
Sounds:
We have the same soothing feel that we experienced with the original, beautiful music that really sets the tone for the story. In most cases it enhances the game, but with some of the scenes being used over and over some of the tones do get a bit repetitive which can be a downer.
However, all in all, we have beautiful music for a beautiful story. As with the original we can fully change the volume for the individual areas such as Music, Sound and Ambience volumes.
Replayability:
The game offers four different endings so it has replay value for sure, with these four endings comes different choices you can make which all tallies up to a unique ending.
So yeah, the replay value does exist here, but besides that this is a beautiful story that can always be re-experienced in the future.
MGR Gaming’s Conclusions:
Spoilers Ahead:
Sakura Beach 2 is the continuation of Sakura Beach. several months after the events of Sakura Beach the trio has decided that it is time for another holiday which led them back to where the magic all started.
The story continues based on the choices you made, you get to choose with what background you start the game, whether you chose Momoko, Ayumi or both of them at the end of Sakura Beach. Starting Sakura Beach gives you the option to choose how to start the story. Without saying much more I will say that Seiji is in for some new adventures as he meets a new girl this time around.
Additional Info:
Platforms: PC: Mac: Linux
Genre: Anime: Mature: Visual Novel
Censor Rating: NSFW
Age Rating: 18
Developer: Winged Cloud
Publisher: Winged Cloud
Release Date: 6 November 2015
MGR Gaming Steam Curator:
https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32364038/
