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Come see how it fared in our official The Sinking City 2 PS5 Review!","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.psu.com\u002Freviews\u002Fthe-sinking-city-2-ps5-review\u002F","8.5\u002F10",85,{"id":194,"author":195,"outlet":198,"summary":203,"review_url":204,"review_date":87,"original_score":191,"normalized_score":192},3944325,{"id":196,"name":197},6588,"Chris Wray",{"id":199,"logo":200,"name":201,"website_url":202,"score_format":41},75,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fwccftech-logo.jpg","WCCFtech","https:\u002F\u002Fwccftech.com\u002F","The Sinking City 2 brings us back into a Lovecraftian world, with a Survival Horror edge. Let's see how it holds up and compares to the first","https:\u002F\u002Fwccftech.com\u002Freview\u002Fthe-sinking-city-2-eldritch-survival-horror-done-right\u002F",{"id":206,"author":207,"outlet":208,"summary":213,"review_url":214,"review_date":87,"original_score":215,"normalized_score":216},3944413,{"id":120,"name":45},{"id":209,"logo":210,"name":211,"website_url":212,"score_format":41},41,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FXbox%20Era%20Logo.jpg","XboxEra","https:\u002F\u002Fxboxera.com\u002F","A troubled development may have one expecting the scars to be on show, but The Sinking City 2 might just be a new survival horror masterpiece. 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I just wish it were longer and a bit more replayable.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.consolecreatures.com\u002Fthe-sinking-city-2-review\u002F",{"id":242,"author":243,"outlet":246,"summary":251,"review_url":252,"review_date":44,"original_score":253,"normalized_score":81},3944726,{"id":244,"name":245},3292,"Jody Macgregor",{"id":247,"logo":248,"name":249,"website_url":250,"score_format":126},35,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FPCGamer-Logo.jpg","PC Gamer","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pcgamer.com\u002F","An improved sequel that doubles down on the basics.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pcgamer.com\u002Fgames\u002Fhorror\u002Fthe-sinking-city-2-review\u002F","70\u002F100",{"id":255,"author":256,"outlet":259,"summary":264,"review_url":265,"review_date":44,"original_score":215,"normalized_score":216},3945687,{"id":257,"name":258},3920,"Richard Seagrave",{"id":260,"logo":261,"name":262,"website_url":263,"score_format":41},27,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGameSpew-Logo.jpg","GameSpew","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamespew.com","Review: Toning down its investigation elements to focus on pure survival horror, The Sinking City 2 might be Frogwares' best game yet.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamespew.com\u002F2026\u002F08\u002Fthe-sinking-city-2-review\u002F",18,[21],[21],[],false]