Heileen 2: The Hands Of Fate

• Steam user Steam user …3390Steam reviews · Feb 12, 2016 · 5 h played

  This second part of the Heileen series feature a female protagonist Heileen who is shipwrecked on an island with two of her ship's passengers Ebele and Robert which her uncle and aunt brought along on the trip to the New World. While on the island, Heileen will interact with Ebele and Robert, a mysterious set of cards that feature seven different virtues and sins and reveal more on Heileen's past as well as with the characters featured in the first part of the series and possibly with Morgan…

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• Steam user Steam user …1576Steam reviews · Jun 11, 2014 · 2 h played

  First off my time is short becasue I played the game a couple years ago and just reninstalled it to unlock the steam achievements. When I played it the game was not voiced, and I have not played Heileen 1 or Heileen 3. I have both, but I was waiting for them to get on Steam. Honestly this is not the best game out by WinterWolves (see Loren Amazon Princess or Planet Stronghold), but I like o support English Visual Novels. I didn't play Heileen 1 so I do not know how the two games connect. Just…

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• Steam user Steam user …6179Steam reviews · Nov 10, 2015 · 10 h played

  Come on Heileen...2 Electric Boogaloo Ok, I won't reference that song. What I will say is that this is a bad game. That make you question why I recommended this game and I did for the simple fact that it was fun. The storyline is poop, the game play is dull and there is no romance endings at all save for one. It's a completely different game from the first installment in the series. However, I had fun and took quite a bit of screen shots because some of the dialogue was just so out there. It…

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• Steam user Steam user …8444Steam reviews · Aug 22, 2014 · 3 h played

  This game is rather full of contradictions. I get the feeling that whom'ever wrote the story didnt proof read it at all, and there are many obvious good anwsers that get turned on their head and become bad ones in this game. The english is also rather scurvy side, one exaple of this is one of locations descriptions, they wrote: "in an Island" not "on an Island", "on the red mark" (in the middle of the water) not "Near the red mark" Also i question the morals of whom'ever wrote this: I just…

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• Steam user Steam user …9410Steam reviews · Oct 14, 2016 · 6 h played

  Let me start this review by stating, that Heileen 2 is definitely better game than Haileen 1, which is a good (yet no hard to achieve) thing. Sadly, pretty much every aspect of this game has a downside. I really enjoyed graphic, both in first game and here, but lack of character expressions, body poses and CGs give this game very stagnant, non-dynamic feeling. Although I can imagine this being suitable for some games, here we have adventure, characters are constantly moving and art should…

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• Steam user Steam user …6618Steam reviews · Aug 16, 2014 · 3 h played

  first of all this game has no idea what tarrot cards acctualy are. secound the main charater is a dunce. third all the "choises" don't seem to lead to anything other then a "good/bad" ending they seem supurfluous not anything like the game's description said. there are times when being sinful would help others and other times where it would hurt them but it's not like infamous where you are good karma bad karma it's just you were bad have a slap on the wrist or you were good here is a woman sad…

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• Steam user Steam user …5782Steam reviews · Jun 12, 2014 · 6 h played

  Really enjoy my time with this game have unlock all the endings but 5. In my opinion is a lot better story then Heileen 1 and really don't have to play 1 unless you want more background on some of the characters. My favorite character has to be Black. He's a cat that accompanies Heileen in most of the journey. The endings are mostly good some are extremely close to another but all of them by right feels different. Going to try get the rest of the endings still enjoying the story it's a nice…

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• Steam user Steam user …6877Steam reviews · Oct 6, 2014 · 2 h played

  I really did enjoy the game. I know this isn't a game for everyone, but if you like a story driven game. It is for the most part a dating sim. I find it a well put together dating sim. However, this doesn't have the typical henti scenes from a dating sim.

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• Steam user Steam user …8674Steam reviews · Dec 23, 2017 · 6 h played

  I really tried to play this after completing the first one... I didn't like the first game in the series at all. I gave up because I couldn't put myself through the boring torture any longer. This one is more boring than the first game in the series. This one is basically the same as the first. Make choices and end up with X person. Rewind make different choices to end up with different person. Rince and repeat for achievements. It's really not worth it... seriously. There are better visual…

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• Steam user Steam user …8301Steam reviews · May 4, 2016 · 9 h played

  This game is definitely better than the first one, which I found atrocious. However, the whole “magical tarot cards” makes no sense, and it can be really annoying to get all the endings (it was a frustrating experience to me, not fun at all after 3 playthroughs). Heileen is one hell of an annoying Mary Sue, and I still want to beat her head with Marco’s pan until she stops making dumb expressions for no reason. She is probably the most annoying MC I’ve ever seen on a VN. Except on the Wrath…

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• Steam user Steam user …3403Steam reviews · Jul 8, 2015 · 3 h played

  All I say on this review can be applied as much to Heileen 2 as to 3, so I'm reviewing them together. Once more a visual novel that disappoints. I was really excited about playing Heileen 3 (I got Heileen 2 afterwards from... somewhere, I forget, but it was free so I was like, whatever, cards!, and tried it for a while anyway in case it was good), even though I knew little about it. And then I played it and cried. :'( No, I kid. XD I played it and rolled my eyes a lot, though. It's a…

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• Steam user Steam user …0595Steam reviews · Feb 24, 2015 · 2 h played

  I enjoyed this more than the first Heileen installment, but I still cannot recommend it. The Tarot cards brought some more choices into the mix, but personally I would not want to replay to get all the endings. The voice acting is pretty bad, after two lines of it I switched the voice over audio off.

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• Steam user Steam user …9801Steam reviews · Mar 16, 2015 · 15 h played

  Compared to the first game, this one was a decent improvement. The branching paths were attributed to either sins or virtues. The choices the player makes have more impact on what happens in the story (compared to the first game). There's quite a few ways to end the story. Each ending is based on a sin or virtue; for example, one of the endings is being stuck on a deserted island and missing the opportunity to be saved by a passing ship. This ending is associated with patience (a virtue),…

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• Steam user Steam user …9152Steam reviews · Apr 30, 2017 · 2 h played

  This is an interesting visual novel. The midpoint in the Heileen story, this one adds a new mechanic, a bit of an experiment at least to my eyes. The tarot card mechanic influences the ending you might receive (though one ending happens before the cards even come into play). As for what ending of the prior one this feeds off of... well, none of them. You are stranded on this desert island with the two would-be slaves. Lora, Marie, and John only appear in the wierd dreams that are related to the…

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• Steam user Steam user …8384Steam reviews · Jun 20, 2015 · 11 h played

  A considerable improvement over the first entry in the series, with some interesting enhancements to gameplay, Heileen 2 is still...not that great. Oh, it's not unbearable by any means, but it's got some definite weak points, even though it shows promise. I wish I could give it points for effort but I'm afraid the rating system here on Steam, where one is limited to recommend/don't recommend, isn't the best place for that sort of thing. Like the first game in the series, Heileen 2 mostly…

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• Steam user Steam user …0861Steam reviews · Jan 24, 2015 · 9 h played

  So many contradictions, they gave me ebola.

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• Steam user Steam user …1569Steam reviews · Feb 18, 2018

  this genre is the worst, why are they making crap like this.

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• Steam user Steam user …4763Steam reviews · Jun 7, 2015 · 1 h played

  i won this on steamgifts, i would never buy such an autrocity. i am only playing it for the card drop so that i can mage a badge out of it or trade the cards for something else. 10$? have people actually paid for this?

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• Steam user Steam user …1885Steam reviews · Apr 25, 2015 · 3 h played

  Well let's see here Heileen 2. It’s uh much longer than the first one. There are way more endings and many more things that affect the outcome of your story. The game starts the same no matter what ending you got in the first game so that was a bit disheartening. Any way I felt this one did fill in some gaps about the character’s past like Otto and Lora what happened with Heileen’s parents. I would say its okay although I still hate Heileen as a character. Also this one seemed to drag on for…

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• Steam user Steam user …5731Steam reviews · May 19, 2022 · 1 h played

  If this novella isn't going to be free, then it should at least cost a couple of cents, no more, but certainly not $5.

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• Steam user Steam user …8991Steam reviews · Oct 3, 2017 · 9 h played

  I have enjoyed playing this visual novel. Events take place around late 15th or early 16th century on a Caribbean island. You take the role of the young Heileen who is cast away there with her african friends. The story is interesting, and hold many different endings depending on your choices. The game art is drawn very well, characters look attractive and the backgrounds are beautiful. Would play it again some time in the future to check out different ending. I recommend.

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• Steam user Steam user …3791Steam reviews · Sep 9, 2017 · 8 h played

  I think this is the best game in the Heileen Bundle, not too simple or not too unnecessary complicated. I loved how my choices shaped the story with tarot cards. These games are not completely a dating sim, they have a good story and they "can" be a dating sim if you want, that is the best part i guess.

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• Steam user Steam user …8090Steam reviews · Jan 21, 2017 · 7 h played

  Heileen 2 is a ham-fisted attempt at moralizing and romance, with little to recommend it. The main character is unbearable, and the other characters in the VN are unbelievable.

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• Steam user Steam user …5216Steam reviews · Apr 18, 2016 · 6 h played

  i found the voices of most of the toons irritating. the cards were also badly implemented in my opinion. i mean you do a card then you get the item after the dream. it just makes it just dumb. oh look a rope now i have one in real life. the voices of ebele and robert were fine. they were done just right. but the story is all over the place. i couldn't be bothered to get the rest of the endings. there is 13 total.

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• Steam user Steam user …3896Steam reviews · Nov 22, 2015 · 4 h played

  Heileen washed up on a desert island with Robert and Ebele. The game focuses on the relationship between the 3 and on the influence of cards. You’ll be able to either miss to signal to a ship or not and have a surprise of what kind of people they are. Heileen discovers a tarot of cards. Each time you choose a virtue or a sin attitude in a dream, it will have consequences in the real world (bring you something useful, feel uneasy…). You have an ending to each virtue and sin. You’ll find…

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• Steam user Steam user …8194Steam reviews · Dec 14, 2020 · 2 h played

  More "gamey bits" than the first one but the writing and characters are somehow worse.

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• Steam user Steam user …5828Steam reviews · Jan 5, 2015 · 4 h played

  The story continues. And grows even more crazy...

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• Steam user Steam user …2321Steam reviews · Jun 4, 2026

  More gay, can't wait for the sequel

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• Steam user Steam user …9359Steam reviews · Feb 2, 2024 · 2 h played

  Unbearable main character and unbelievable side characters. My rating 1/10, not recommended.

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• Steam user Steam user …9975Steam reviews · Jan 28, 2022 · 4 h played

  I liked the first Heileen, but in this one, the "story" is just about choosing wich dream you want to do and in which order. It's not very interesting...

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• Steam user Steam user …7313Steam reviews · Feb 23, 2019 · 2 h played

  Tags: Adventure - VN - Visual Novle Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library TLDR: Simple add-on of content with the heileen series. This time there is a little roster of new characters on a new island that you are stranded in. Same stiff scripting as original but with a survivor variant.

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• Steam user Steam user …5936Steam reviews · Oct 2, 2016 · 4 h played

  Cannot recommend this game.

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• Steam user Steam user …2661Steam reviews · Jan 6, 2016 · 7 h played

  A second game in the Heileen trilogy, which i have mixed feelings about. I mean, the game /is/ good, i like characters, art, and music, but at the same time im kinda ehh about the whole, hm, morality system? Some things that you got punished for seemed really unfair or silly. Sometimes it was also rather hard to maneuver around choices and stuff to get to certain end without closely following a walkthrough. I liked both (as i dont have third one yet) Heileen games, but i feel theyre not really…

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• Steam user Steam user …7669Steam reviews · Aug 10, 2015 · 4 h played

  It's very good. I wish it was a bit longer but really it was just a space-filler between one and three.

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• Steam user Steam user …7306Steam reviews · Jun 11, 2015 · 3 h played

  loved this game

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