Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery vs The Room 2
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is a story-driven, “choose your own adventure”-like, adventure-RPG where you get to attend the renowned School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Featuring a whole new storyline but with many familiar characters, you'll get to learn how to cast spells and brew potions, make new friends (and rivals) along the way, and get drawn to the many mysteries that the ancient school hides within its depths. The game even backs up your own adventures with an intriguing story about your missing brother who apparently was expelled as he had broken school rules when he was searching for the fabled Cursed Vaults.The gameplay is pretty casual and straightforward for the most part - as long as you have enough energy points, you can complete actions, tasks, and subsequently quests. However, it's unfortunate that the game doesn't use a more reflex-based gameplay during intense scenes that obviously call for more rapid actions. This is the only thing that truly breaks the immersion of the game.
Nevertheless, Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is still a very well-made game and it is worth playing for the visuals, the experience of being an "actual" Hogwarts student, and the mystery-infused storyline. The game is free to play and is available on both Android and iOS.
The Room 2
The Room 2 is the highly anticipated sequel to the original first game in 2014. The storyline in this game continues from The Room where you've uncovered a single major breakthrough - an enigmatic scientist known only by his/her initials "AS". The game also expands on its puzzle gameplay, providing players with a whole new set of devices for them to tinker and toy with. The graphics in the game has seen a huge upgrade as well, further deepening the immersion of the bizarre world this game is set in.If you love The Room, you'll definitely like The Room 2. If you haven't played The Room, you might want to get that to-do checked before moving on to this game just so the storyline won't feel odd to you.