It works, and works well, but the success of Citizen Sleeper also set the bar impossibly high.

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector is, in some ways, just Citizen Sleeper But More.

More to do, more people to meet, and more existential questions to contemplate.

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector screenshot showcasing the rig and gameplay with narrative text

Wake up, Sleeper; there’s no time to waste.

The dice rolls you’re saddled with may have you weighing up these decisions for a while.

With traditional tabletop role-playing games, this is where improv and quick thinking might come into play.

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector screenshot showcasing Juni and Yu-Jin crew members attempting an important task

Increasingly throughout my 13-hour playthrough, I wondered if that is the point.

The only one where Ididn’tcompletely succeed in the end had a positive outcome regardless.

But perhaps I really am some kind of godly strategizer instead.

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector screenshot showing crew member selection

You either do, or you don’t and very occasionally somewhere in between.

Who are you to decide?

A Sleeper, whose entire existence and personhood remains in question throughout.

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector screenshot of Juni on a contract at a bunker of sorts

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector was reviewed on PC, with a code provided by the publisher.

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