
Using their footsteps isn’t always reliable, and other sounds can throw you off. The headphones aren’t a perfect option either. The game recommends wearing headphones, and I agree that it’s hard to hear where they are in a 3D space. If you listen carefully, you’ll have some idea how far away or close they might be. Whenever the enemy/creepy person/monster moves around, you can hear them in the background. Clea 2 is very much a survival horror, where stealth is key and sound plays a huge part in that. But don’t think about any of it too hard.Īs with the first game, you will be spending your time sneaking around corridors, peeking through doors and hiding in alcoves. Florine aims to bring someone of great importance to her, the Chesters happen to have a soul chalice, and wherever you go someone wants you dead. There isn’t much of a story, and often it’s so matter of fact while being quite strange that I don’t think it really makes a difference. If like myself you didn’t play the original, you can still get by. They want you to open up the gates to the 4th dimension, with hopes to resurrect a being called the War Maiden. Years after the events of Clea, Florine begins the game working for the Chester family. Instead, you play as Florine, a maid from Whitlock Mansion, the setting for the first game.

You do not play as the titular Clea for the sequel. I had to experience how this gripping survival horror will keep me on the edge of my seat. I missed out on it at the time, but now the sequel is here.


The first Clea was released on the Switch in 2020. The enemy moves around the world in real-time, patrolling the corridors as you do your best to sneak around. I first saw Clea at a PAX Aus, watching this side-scrolling survival game where the characters moved like paper puppets/dolls.
