If 2

About

If 2 is a text-driven narrative game split into three standalone stories. Each scenario lets you make choices that shape outcomes through dialogue and branching paths. The stories focus on character interactions and personal dilemmas rather than action or puzzles. Players navigate written scenes with limited visual elements, typical of early visual novel design. The game’s episodic structure and dated presentation stand out. Released in 1993, it predates many modern visual novel conventions yet retains a cult following among fans of the genre’s roots. Its disconnected scenarios offer varied themes without expecting prior knowledge of the series. The DOS and PC-9800 versions remain playable for retro enthusiasts seeking minimalist interactive fiction.

Storyline

"If 2" contains three separate scenarios (as opposed to four of the previous game); they are numbered 5, 6, and 7 (continuing the count from the first IF), but have no relation story-wise either to the preceding scenarios or each other.