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But while traversing the multi-floor scope of the environments can be curious and rewarding for a time, the drastic alteration to how mission structure and overall progression is handled in Aragami 2 feels like a grave error of judgment. No doubt a consequence of Lince Works' desire to incorporate co-op\u002Fonline-centric outings for players to engage with, while the intention may be innocent in principle, the needless series of figurative hoops to jump through as well as a disjointed, shallow approach to mission structure, undermines what appeal the 2016 original generally had. Aided in no way by a woefully-inadequate integration of combat as well as a generally unpolished look to its characters and aesthetic alike. While there's intrigue to discover amongst the structure and layout of locales in Aragami 2, the sequel's turn away from the distilled charm of its one-man stealth prior leaves more perplexed questions than convincing answers.","2025-01-15T06:28:36.098471-05:00",{"id":315,"logo":327,"name":328,"slug":329,"tags":100,"bluesky":26,"twitter":330,"youtube":331,"facebook":332,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":333,"website_url":334,"score_format":154,"average_score":77,"default_timezone":49,"last_review_date":335,"stats_updated_at":336,"headquarters_city":26,"news_editor_email":26,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":337,"headquarters_country":26,"reviews_editor_email":26,"editor_in_chief_email":26,"published_authors_count":82,"published_reviews_count":338},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FHardcore-Gamer-Logo.jpg","Hardcore Gamer ","hardcore-gamer","HardcoreGamer","HardcoreGamerVideo","Hardcore-Gamer","Follow us for the latest and greatest in video game news, previews, reviews and more. No nonsense, just games.","https:\u002F\u002Fhardcoregamer.com\u002F","2025-07-31","2025-08-25T15:23:50.92109",3,521,{"id":340,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":341,"author":342,"original_score":311,"normalized_score":26,"review_url":347,"review_date":323,"summary":348,"created_at":349,"updated_at":349,"author_id":343,"last_edited_at":349,"outlet":350},48811,64,{"id":343,"bio":26,"name":344,"avg_score":91,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":345,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":346,"claim_token":26,"article_count":127,"claimed_by_user_id":26},4145,"Nic Reuben","2025-01-21T06:26:44.007779-05:00","2025-10-09T07:37:01.427126-04:00","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.rockpapershotgun.com\u002Faragami-2-review","Aragami 2’s ninja garb is frayed around the edges, but it’s still an easy, breezy fit. Perfect for a quick-fix of stealth, and joyfully light on its feet.","2025-01-21T07:02:02.926375-05:00",{"id":341,"logo":351,"name":352,"slug":353,"tags":100,"bluesky":354,"twitter":355,"youtube":356,"facebook":355,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":357,"website_url":358,"score_format":311,"average_score":26,"default_timezone":49,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":50,"headquarters_city":359,"news_editor_email":360,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":207,"reviews_editor_email":361,"editor_in_chief_email":362,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FRock-Paper-Shotgun-Logo.jpg","Rock Paper Shotgun","rock-paper-shotgun","rockpapershotgun.bsky.social","rockpapershot","@rockpapershot","We write about PC games, and things to do with PC games.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.rockpapershotgun.com\u002F","London","edwin.evansthirlwell@rockpapershotgun.com","ed.thorn@rockpapershotgun.com","graham@rockpapershotgun.com",{"id":364,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":365,"author":366,"original_score":373,"normalized_score":374,"review_url":375,"review_date":323,"summary":376,"created_at":377,"updated_at":377,"author_id":367,"last_edited_at":378,"outlet":379},97542,136,{"id":367,"bio":26,"name":368,"avg_score":369,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":370,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":371,"claim_token":26,"article_count":372,"claimed_by_user_id":26},223,"Andrew Farrell",73.16151202749141,"2024-10-09T13:52:41.398211-04:00","2025-03-25T07:48:03.298013-04:00",291,"5.5",55,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pcinvasion.com\u002Faragami-2-review\u002F","Padded, mediocre, and tripped up by horribly dated AI and unreliable game mechanics, Aragami 2 is the kind of stealth game that you may want to just sneak past.","2025-03-25T07:44:46.199928-04:00","2025-03-25T07:57:44.65579-04:00",{"id":365,"logo":380,"name":381,"slug":382,"tags":26,"bluesky":26,"twitter":382,"youtube":383,"facebook":384,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":385,"website_url":386,"score_format":47,"average_score":205,"default_timezone":49,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":50,"headquarters_city":387,"news_editor_email":388,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":79,"reviews_editor_email":388,"editor_in_chief_email":388,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FPCInvasion.jpg","PC Invasion","pcinvasion","@PCInvasion","PCInvasionCom","Review Archives for PCInvasion.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pcinvasion.com\u002F","Toronto","No Longer Active",{"id":390,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":205,"author":391,"original_score":398,"normalized_score":205,"review_url":399,"review_date":323,"summary":400,"created_at":401,"updated_at":401,"author_id":392,"last_edited_at":401,"outlet":402},87746,{"id":392,"bio":26,"name":393,"avg_score":394,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":395,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":396,"claim_token":26,"article_count":397,"claimed_by_user_id":26},7066,"Nathan Birch",75.65533980582525,"2025-03-04T06:33:53.575481-05:00","2026-07-21T09:22:44.996072-04:00",206,"7.5\u002F10","https:\u002F\u002Fwccftech.com\u002Freview\u002Faragami-2-tried-and-true-exterminator\u002F","It doesn’t matter how well you hide, there’s just no escaping the stealth genre these days. In addition to a steady deluge of dedicated stealth games, it seems like every other AAA adventure has the player creeping around at some point. Despite this stealth oversaturation, the indie ninja game Aragami managed to make a bit of a name for itself back in 2016 thanks to its old-school charms and a few clever twists on the standard sneak-and-stab formula.","2025-03-04T09:24:20.526493-05:00",{"id":205,"logo":403,"name":404,"slug":405,"tags":123,"bluesky":26,"twitter":405,"youtube":406,"facebook":405,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":407,"website_url":408,"score_format":47,"average_score":281,"default_timezone":49,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":50,"headquarters_city":409,"news_editor_email":410,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":79,"reviews_editor_email":411,"editor_in_chief_email":412,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fwccftech-logo.jpg","WCCFtech","wccftech","wccftechtv","We bring you the latest from hardware, mobile tech, gaming and internet industries","https:\u002F\u002Fwccftech.com\u002F","Vancouver","nate@wccftech.com","kai@wccftech.com","saad@wccftech.com",{"id":414,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":415,"author":416,"original_score":190,"normalized_score":33,"review_url":422,"review_date":423,"summary":424,"created_at":425,"updated_at":425,"author_id":417,"last_edited_at":426,"outlet":427},68765,26,{"id":417,"bio":26,"name":418,"avg_score":419,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":420,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":421,"claim_token":26,"article_count":158,"claimed_by_user_id":26},5575,"Jason Coles",72.912,"2025-02-05T21:49:09.693766-05:00","2026-07-28T12:33:21.71057-04:00","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gameskinny.com\u002Freviews\u002Faragami-2-review-not-quite-the-master-assassin\u002F","2021-09-14","Aragami 2 has lots of potential but falls into repetition, some odd story choices, and frustrating online play.","2025-01-29T12:40:48.329941-05:00","2025-07-08T15:29:32.397862-04:00",{"id":415,"logo":428,"name":429,"slug":430,"tags":431,"bluesky":26,"twitter":432,"youtube":433,"facebook":432,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":434,"website_url":435,"score_format":47,"average_score":205,"default_timezone":49,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":50,"headquarters_city":26,"news_editor_email":155,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":26,"reviews_editor_email":155,"editor_in_chief_email":155,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGameSkinny-logo.png","Game Skinny","game-skinny","[  \n  'independent',\n  'inactive',\n  'online_media'\n  ]","GameSkinny","@gameskinny4737","Video game guides, reviews, news, and culture.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gameskinny.com"]