Tape 2 for Lost Records: Bloom and Rage continues the story of Swann Holloway and her three friends who have a memorable summer in the year 1995, but then something mysterious happens that causes them to grow apart and not speak to each other for decades. Part of the mystery was revealed at the end of part one, when we find out that one of those friends, Kat, is suffering from cancer, and that chapter ended on a cliffhanger.
Before going into the full review, here’s a quick summary. If you thought Tape 1 was slow, you may not be happy to know that Tape 2 is also quite slow. On top of that, it is also quite short, at least compared to Tape 1. The good news however, is that the story does wrap up quite well, although to no one’s surprise, there are multiple endings based on your own choices. This does give some replayability, to see if you can get a better ending after your first playthrough.
The rest of the game is pretty similar to Tape 1, so I will keep this review short by skipping two sections – Visuals & Performance, Sound & Music – these are the same as Tape 1, although I will highlight that there are a few bugs in the launch window, one of which caused me to restart a scene and lose some progress. The texture pop-in issue also continues here, similar to the first part. Hopefully these will be patched soon, but these issues are quite minor.
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