All in all I enjoyed this instalment as much as the first one, and same as previously, there's a good balance between pros and cons. I'll just go with TL;DR version and list only one main part of each:

PRO:
- I really enjoyed the variety of puzzles, the addition of new mechanics and approach to solutions. There's only a handful of puzzles (out of approx. 150) which resemble each other. Not talking about easy levels of course which are designed merely to introduce a player to each new concept. With this being said, the complexity was very very balanced. The majority of puzzles might take you about 3-5 mins or so solve. Personally for me there was only one golden puzzle which unfortunately earned me a "think for 20 min on a puzzle" achievement lol.

CON:
- Too much talk! Whilst the philosophy of the OG was mostly subtly scribed in the terminals, this incarnation brings the whole fleet of notes, audio logs and visuals onto you and this is just... unnecessarily overwhelming. Yeah ok I got the idea behind different views on the humanity progress and its consequences, but hearing it over and over again in various forms is just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ MADDENING! I honestly stopped talking to anyone in Act 5 (or 4?) and stopped reading logs probably from the beginning. Oh, and that simulation of social network - as if we don't have enough of that ♥♥♥♥ in real life. Why change of heart? Because it's a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ puzzle game! Yes it's also one of the most beautiful exploration/walking sim, but hey, delivering philosophical ideas via talking robots pretending to be humans... that's a whole new trope which unfortunately I won't accept. I came here to solve puzzles and enjoy the views, not to delve into some graphomaniac's opus magnum on what future awaits our civilisation.

RANK:
- 8/10

- optimization has some weak points and in specific cases game crashes
- no ukrainian translation 🙁
- no workshop or community puzzles 🙁
- petting cats has only 1 animation and sounds like petting a steel brush
+ can pet cats 🙂
+ puzzles
+ easter eggs
In general, this should be a positive review, but leaving such a game without more translations is a crime.

I didn't enjoy this one as much as the first one, and after inspecting the credits and reading some stuff about the allocation of writing talent, I suspect the why of that is that Tom Jubert didn't get more to do. The Kyratzes are fine, probably, but there's only so much flowery vagueness and unnecessary mysticizing you can do without coming off really twee, at least when you try to build it off of philosophical considerations but lack a rigorous foundation.

Don't get me wrong, it's not literally all about getting misty-eyed at the sight of a flower, but what there is of substance gets bogged down pretty heavily, and belabored throughout the length of the experience: the "debate" at the core seems awfully simple to stretch into a full game, not to mention that you first must regress a step or two from the first game in order to even be able to field it in a way that makes sense, which obviously dampens the lyrical quality that's attempted. I feel a little disappointed that the promise of the first game's ending is essentially the same as here... except by the end this time, because of, uh, let's say metaphysical developments, things are so far removed from our reality that it increasingly seems like whatever comes next could only be an extremely narrow thought experiment of dubious relevance to anything; the stakes pinning the premise to the human condition haven't just loosened, they've left orbit. If you in the span of a few hours trivialize creation, death, logistics and almost anything else besides you've squarely put yourself in the realm of pure fancy and left anything of philosophical import behind. Which could have been fine if poetry was the main goal, but in that case we'd need better, well, original poetic qualities, and not just plagiarizing existing works. It's impressive you've found so much relevant text for the premise of your game yall but the premise is such a non-issue that that, too, feels a little wasted.

More philosophy in my philosophical game ty

Upsides is that it's absolutely gorgeous-looking and the puzzles be puzzlin, and obviously despite the above it's still leagues more interesting than 99% of games being made. Just please get Jubert involved to a greater extent for the next one if that ever comes around