Yomawari: Midnight Shadows

I faced the horror and drama reminiscent of a midsummer night's dream. Believing in the promise of eternity, I crawled out of the abyss in the darkness before dawn. And finally, I bid farewell to the invisible and unbreakable knot of fate.
あなたをさらいに夜がくる。

Midnight Shadows has a very strong story, the addition of being able to play multiple characters with their perspective makes it very engaging and emotional. The ambience and aesthetics of this game are top notch (HEADPHONES ARE RECOMMENDED). The game now has more items that will help you progressing through the story, the addition of charms might be useful to some but personally I only use them when I really need a specific buff (like Chaco).
Again, this game is for people who are keen on exploring every nook and cranny of the map while also experiment with items, but the game has clearer with instructions of where to go and what to do this time. While there are more jumpscares than before, I might still recommend this to people who are trying to get into the horror game genre without too much spooks.
A lot of improvements compared to Night Alone:
1. Saving at checkpoints now still retain your progress compared to Night Alone where you can only exit the game safely after saving at your house, but in exchange you are now unable to fast travel to home.
2. Some collectibles are now more rewarding as it lets you unlock new encounters and sub-events
3. In terms of lore, dialogues, environment and some item descriptions makes it easier for people to guess what happened in the game.
4. You aren't really required to play Yomawari: Night Alone to be able to enjoy Midnight Shadows, but a certain cameo in post-game might give you mild spoilers of Night Alone if you managed to encounter it.
Flaws:
1. As the map is already big in Night Alone, Exploration on the town in Midnight Shadows gets more tedious if you don't have the patience for it. Especially if you're trying to complete all items.
2. I still figured out what items to use on a spirit quite late, and ended up having to skip some places from getting collectibles until post-game
3. It feels that there's lesser Japanese urban legend references compared to Night Alone (specifically in the collectibles), this is not exactly a minus for those who aren't really into it like I do. But some items felt like it existed just because it can.
4. I DON'T LIKE THE EMPTY HOUSE AT ALL FOR OBVIOUS REASONS LOL

The devs really took the worst/bad part of the first game and change them in better.
The story was nice and the gameplay way better than the prequel, the spirits were more easy to understand and to avoid, way less random deaths and I liked the addition of the previous map as a little extra.
The only thing that i didnt really like was that some collectibles were kinda hard to find, the clues that you find around town (scribbles and notes) werent enough; I also would prefer a map for indoors building too, navigating the sewers was a nightmare.
Overall a very good game.

I like this game because the little dog and the little girls
Also this is the best one of the series

Great sequel which improves on the original in a lot of ways. I really enjoyed the story in this one particularly. The Yomawari games are definitely not worth buying at full price given their length and how janky they are
but if you can get them cheap on a sale I wholeheartedly recommend them. I really want to get to the 3rd game sometime whenever there is a good sale.

Imaginative ghost designs, good scares, a fun take on boss fights, and a cool setting are hampered by some frustrating sequences and fairly frequent crashes I experienced. It is still a worthwhile experience if you are willing to put up with some road bumps.

If you want a fun yet slightly depressing story full of spooky ghosts n that, Yomowari: Midnight shadows is such a good option!