Welcome to the Game II

A fantastic game undercut by the fact that the developer has the maturity of a 12-year old with ragehacks. The genuine palpable tension and horror presented by WTTG and its sequels/offshoots (Scrutinized, Dead Signal) are genuinely impressive from such a small indie developer. Unfortunately, Adam (the lead dev) doesn't take kindly to criticism or mods from a community that (used to, at least) respect him and wanted to create content for the game. His "anti-speedrunner" fixes often end up actually hurting random players by essentially ruining games if you accidentally clip into something (Incredibly easy to do btw). It's stuff like this that makes me wish there was a "Great game, but don't support this behavior" or even a "Mixed" option.
Adam, if you read this and only take away one thing from this, take away this; Don't bite the hand that feeds you. People were excited to see new developments of mods and people were making those mods because they loved what you made. What you've done is just spitting in the face of the community for DARING to want to add more on.

A good game that was sadly ruined by the dev. Like many people have already stated, Adam Flateau is not good when taking criticism. I also want to add he's not good at game design either. Comparing this game from Welcome To THE GAME 1, it's a lot more polished now with how it dealt with threats. Now when you get hacked, they will no longer get messed up and tag-team you like before. And this time it has free-roam! The only problem? This game is a lot of trial and error, combined with a lack of motivation and direction. Whenever you die, you won't feel like you made progress because the game doesn't tell you bit by bit or in experience specifically why. Instead, you will be forced to consult community tabs and guides in order to get the understanding of how this game works. (IF you can find one that's even up to date since most I've seen are outdated)
The only way I ever got GOOD at the game (I'm no speedrunner by any means) is by looking at guides and using outside tools to look at the game's code and search it's assets. Call me a non-real gamer or however you'd like, Markiplier didn't look in the game's code or anything because obviously that's boring and not fair. And you wanna know what happened at the end after using all the guide resources he had? He didn't give up because the game was throwing RNG or Adam was messing with him. He gave up because he kept dying to an unexplained/undocumented mechanic troll that the dev himself made before he started messing with streamers.
The best advice to anyone I can give so that no one goes through like he did is this. You can enjoy this game, but like it or not, you will NEED someone to help you through.
Best tips to start off:
1: Don't go to the elevator
2: Go into brace mode at the alleyway door by Right-Clicking instead of peaking with Q and E
3: Keep every light on to avoid the stupid mechanic Markiplier kept dying to
4: Use the discussions for help. Many others and I have commented with information relevant to the current patch
Do this and eventually, you can have a normal run where you should be able to beat the game in around under 2 hours like I did if you invest the effort and have the patience.

gotta say, this game is past the point of being hard. it is downright unfair sometimes. but then, that was what i wanted out of the game, so it succeeded at that brilliantly. in my mind these games are the soulsborne of hacker roguelikes, and as somebody who considers himself a casual gamer at best, i sought out wttg2 specifically because i knew i would have to get good or die. i went from panicking, my hands literally shaking over every little thing when i first started, to playing with at least some level of confidence and poise. i still jump at some of the jumpscares and my heart still pounds when i make mistakes but now i can at least react to them with solutions instead of just freaking out. thanks for this awesome game full of terrible things, adam. you glorious madman

NOT a game for a casual player. You will fail, cry and prob hate yourself for ever bying this game. But has it stopped me from playing it? NO!! this game is in my opinion THE BEST game for players that really want a challenge. You will have to create Stratagies and a lot of gamesense. Game overall is a 8.5/10

this game rocks so hard. its very difficult tho lol and the endings r p bad, but its defo worth getting bec its a monumental horror experience that is almost one of a kind in a way. mega cool, and balls scary.

Lets me indulge in my usual browsing habits from the comfort of a cosy open-plan apartment. Plus, the neighbours are always eager to drop by and check on how I’m settling in!

one of a kind, really spooky even after hours of gameplay and doesnt fail to keep up the tension