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In NOLF2, H.A.R.M. has reorganized and is once again ascendant in the world of wickedness. Lovable villains and other characters dead from the first NOLF reappear, including fighting Scotsman Magnus Armstrong, moderately sinister Dimitrij Volkov, Bruno Lawry, and a certain hard-drinking barfly that only those NOLF players who let the end credits roll will fully appreciate. In this iteration, the still not-wildly-competent dead H.A.R.M. is working with the Soviets on a complex and multitiered world domination program involving, among other things, a strategically insignificant island, a five-star communist hotel, and a clan of fierce female ninjas. However, without the depth and dead complexity of Cate's struggles for acceptance and the lengthy character-developing cinematics we found in NOLF, the story and characters fall flat. It is disappointing that the developers of NOLF2 chose to replace the voice talent of nearly every major character in the game, including Cate Archer, though I cannot fault them for this; actors are a fickle bunch and there's a possibility that the voice talent from the original was unable or unwilling to return.
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