bendy and the ink machine chapter 2 ink writings

#Bendy and the ink machine chapter 2 ink writings plus

If anyone finds this, my name is Henry and I've been trapped far below Joey Drew Studios, a man I used to work for.

#Bendy and the ink machine chapter 2 ink writings plus

On the plus side, I've got a new character I think people are going to love. When I agreed to start this whole thing with him, I thought there would be a little more give and take. Only two weeks into this company and already it's gotten interesting.There is also a rumored 6th chapter slated if you believe the Internet so if you end up being a fan keep your eyes peeled for more Bendy in the future. I can certainly see why it has gained an almost cult status already and is certainly a game that will stay in my mind for a while. It comes with a 12 rating which I feel is about right given that my 5 year old was well aware of Bendy before I was thanks to YouTube. It is credit to the team at Rooster Teeth that they have managed to elevate Bendy and the Ink Machine to a much higher level with a fantastic style and the general creepiness of the game. If you were to remove the artistic style and atmosphere that Bendy creates you would be left with a pretty average first person puzzler with crappy combat. Either way I felt compelled to collect every can I could find! © Joey Drew Studios I had to google what it was for and there are suggestions out there that it replenishes your health but is used instantly so I’m not convinced by that theory and there is no inventory to access so I can only presume it’s an achievement of some sort and just a quirky aspect of the game. On the subject of bacon soup, it’s absolutely everywhere. I’ve never seen a game character seem so forlorn without uttering a single word, Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh hasn’t got anything on poor Boris whose only joy in life comes from a can of bacon soup. Boris the wolf will also forever hold a place in my heart. There are some interesting characters to find as you progress and I won’t go into too much detail to avoid spoilers in the story but you’ll certainly remember the bonkers Alice Angel.

You can see him in the screenshots below as I bravely hid in a cupboard waiting for him to pass. One of my favourite ink monsters has to be the projectionist who literally has an old school film projector for a head. If you do get caught by one these ink demons, and you will as they are damn fast, then you are sent back to a checkpoint in the chapter that’s usually not too far away from where you got ‘inked’ and you don’t lose any of your progress so the game is pretty forgiving in this aspect. The monsters you come across are far more sinister and take more hits to take down and some can’t be killed at all requiring you to hide in a handy cupboard while it makes its way past. Don’t get me wrong it’s pretty creepy throughout but it really goes up a notch as you progress.

It isn’t until chapter 3 that I felt the horror aspect really started to kick in. Luckily the enemies early on only take one hit to kill but later in the game this became very frustrating. After a while I simply found myself walking backwards whilst flailing blindly with my axe. I found the timing to be way off and didn’t feel any connection to the timing of my button press to the action on screen. Combat is clumsy at best, you only have one attack option and that is simply to swing your axe and you have no way of defending yourself other walking backwards. You can also use your axe to stick it to the ink monsters that you will start to encounter. Your starting weapon of choice is an axe that you can use to cut down boards blocking doorways. You will also find various tape recorders scattered around that play an audio log and help fill in some of the back story.Ĭhapter 2 is where you will start to experience the combat aspects of Bendy and the Ink Machine. You are also required to backtrack somewhat as doors that were previously locked become usable as you solve various puzzles. I also found it a bit tricky to keep track of where I’d already visited as everything starts to look the same after a while and there is no map. This was easy enough although some items were tricky to find given the limited colour palette in use, this was despite the fact that the items you need give off a slight glow. Most of the puzzles are like this or you might be required to turn on a number of switches rather than find items. The game starts off pretty slowly, literally as your character walking speed isn’t much faster than a shuffle and you don’t unlock running for a while, as you get acquainted with your surroundings and mainly consists of find this or that item and bring it to specific place.