History YMMV / Simulacra2

* AcceptableTargets: The game paints a bad picture of 'influencer' culture, as the main three suspects, Arya, Rex, and Mina, are revealed to be liars, scammers, and {{Attention Whore}}s. An InUniverse reaction, since most of the comments on their posts are fans calling them out for their inauthenticity.

** Arya throws people under the bus often on her way to the top, and [[spoiler: also lied about her being sponsored by a big name brand for more attention]].

** Mina exaggerates her sadness and uses it to get attention from her fans. [[spoiler: She also pretends to be a dead person's best friend, too]].

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: It can be pretty difficult to root for the three influencers that you have to talk to, considering they easily turn on one another and all have done fairly terrible things on their way to the top:

* ScrappyMechanic: The timed responses that you can give are very demanding and don't just start when you select to send a message. A lot of the time, if you want to respond to things, you won't have time to read the barrage of prior messages from the people you're speaking with.

** There's also not the help that we don't know ''what'' ending from [[VideoGame/{{Simulacra}} the first game]] is considered canon in this one.

* CompleteMonster: [[AIIsACrapshoot The Simulacrum]], or "[[BigBad The Ripple Man]]", is an entity that haunts the cyber world and seeks to spread its power and influence, [[YourSoulIsMine absorbing the souls of its victims]] into its consciousness. The Ripple Man would [[DealWithTheDevil make a deal with someone]] to protect them from critics and boost their popularity, before he rips their faces apart and takes their souls, [[AndIMustScream leaving them tormented]] in its consciousness and dimension. The Ripple Man seeks influencers on Kimera to draw more people in, and kills one such influencer Maya [[spoiler:after she took its deal]] and tormented her for some time before claiming her. Haunting Maya's friends, the Ripple Man tries to drive them against each other so that another will take its deal after being blamed for Maya's death, at which point it will claim them. It will try to make a deal with the PlayerCharacter that can end with Detective Murilo's department being shut down, leaving it unopposed. If the player gets Maya's friend to work together against it, and successfully banish it, the Ripple Man states it can continue hunting people elsewhere; if unsuccessful, the Ripple Man will claim all of Maya's friends at once.

* AcceptableTargets: The game paints a bad picture of 'Influencer' culture, as the main three suspects, Arya, Rex, and Mina are revealed to be liars, scammers, and [[AttentionWhore attention whores]]. An InUniverse reaction, since most of the comments on their posts are fans calling them out for their inauthenticity. See the next trope entry for more specific examples.

** Arya throws people under the bus often on her way to the top, and [[spoiler:also lied about her being sponsored by a big name brand for more attention]].