New iterations of existing games, especially when they come out with shorter proximity to one another, can be weird sometimes. I swear when I started playing Reed 2 I had to literally go back and check out Reed Remastered once more just to be positive I wasn’t playing an encore release of the same game or something. No, this is definitely its own version of the budget platforming action game, just this time I think they moved the “picky” slider all the way to 11. I don’t mind games that are challenging, but there can be a point where either because of level design, some weakness in the control execution, or some combination of both it feels excessive. While perhaps I was somehow more easily frustrated with this title than others may be, some of the sequences of jumps and moves you’re trying to make seem designed to be aggravating in their ability to get you killed by minutia and being just a hair off. I have no doubt the game will have its fans but this is one of those games where there’s just something about it where the degree of challenge feels a bit unearned because of a cheap factor to the overall design.