Sinisistar2 has been a highly anticipated sequel to the original Sinisistar—a game I only half-finished, as I wasn't particularly fond of what it had to offer. I've now 100%'d the sequel, and while I think it improves greatly over what I remember from the first, there are still shortcomings that keep it from truly standing out to me.
Firstly, to praise the game, the art is amazing. I'm not really a fan of the 50 shades of brown Dark Souls inspired boring landscapes, but the character design and enemy design are incredibly hot, and there are some locations that are genuinely a treat to look at. The musical score too is fantastic, boss music feels bossy, and all of it has that "enter the fog wall" style feel to it. I'll do my best to limit the DS comparisons from here on out lol.
My main gripe with the game is the gameplay. It's boring most of the time. It's only really at the end boss where I felt tested, and most enemies only really get you with cheap mechanics that aren't so much "Git gud" as it is you don't see it coming once or twice, then you can easily defeat it after that. There are technically four attacks, but they really boil down to two: pew-pew with the bow or stab-stab with the sword.
I cannot praise this game enough however, for its fantastic H scenes. These are why you download these games and they are incredible. I'm a real sucker for defeat sequences that allow you to fully submit and obey as FMCS and this game has some really hot ones that allow for multiple progressing scenes.
That said, the gallery unlocking system can get tedious, especially with the need to re-kill bosses after pregnancy or grind repeated losses. The inclusion of status effects is great in concept, but underutilized in execution. Arousal, lactation, womb tattoos, and more show up, but rarely impact the H-scenes or FMC behavior, which feels like a missed opportunity.
The game also suffers from the same ludonarrative dissonance issue that I've complained about in so many H games, and that is your character can spend days getting raped over and over until she's pregnant, but there's rarely an effect to that. Some NPC's might have a passing line about pregnancy, but there is no change in the FMC, or real noticeable effect to being raped a thousand times. I get it, time or budget constraints, but there is a status effect system, why not use it? Give me dialogue where my nun MC voices her fear of her growing enjoyment of sex.
Bringing it back around, the game does its H-scenes well, as I mentioned. Kink-wise, it offers a lot. Non-con, Dub-con, Guro, Zoophilia, Breast enlargement, tentacles, brainwashing, and oh man if you're a breeding/pregnancy/child birth fan like me, you're eating good with this title.
Despite its flaws, Sinisistar 2 is a strong H-title with a passionate dev behind it, amazing art, and a broad range of kinks. I don’t regret playing it, but after hitting 100% completion, I don’t feel much reason to return. A solid 7/10—or a soft 8, if you’re deep into the kinks it caters to. With more refinement, it could’ve been a favorite. I can feel the passion and artistic ability of this dev through their work, and I hope with updates or DLC, we get to see even more from them!