Frog Fractions 2 Spoiler Thoughts
FF2 is probably weirder than it is good. But that's okay because weird games are in shorter supply. I think the tissue connecting the mini-games together is stronger than any of them individually. There's some neat environmental puzzles that riff on ZZT and DROD conventions and the final puzzle is :chef_h1: :ok_hand_hmn_h1:
Frog Fractions 2 Spoiler Thoughts
Like it's actually great that you're getting a bunch of meaningless symbols and then figure out they're a language. It leaves you feeling aimless, sure, but the aimless absurdity experience is kinda what they were going for, I think!
Some (maybe most) of the mini-games missed the mark for me. The microphone race, the biker chicks, and SPAXRIS were all pretty bleh. I don't get why there are multiplayer-focused games in here.
Frog Fractions 2 Spoiler Thoughts
I think the Carmen Sandiego parody was the highlight for me. Re-contextualises two familiar works, killer mood music, asks *absurd* things of you as a player (the "help file" is the full text of Dante's Inferno), and ties into narrative beats going between games (fake "Korn" trivia).
Frog Fractions 2 Spoiler Thoughts
also shout out to the shaving game which is dumb and incredibly fast and made me laugh out loud.
Frog Fractions 2 Spoiler Thoughts
the weird thing is that the Glittermitten Grove shell game is actually pretty good. It has to be, for the joke to work (e.g. if you somehow convince somebody to play this who has no idea frog fractions 2 exists.) but it's also, like, pretty chill and innovative? It's a nice hour of play.