Panik 2: A beginner’s guide

Modified Nov 12, 2024 12:05 GMT

Panik 2 is an asymmetrical survival experience where you attempt to escape a supermarket while being pursued by a murderous robot. The game can support up to 16 players at once, 15 of whom will play the roles of the hapless employees stuck in the mart. All employees must work together to unlock all three scanners to open the escape route, leaving the robot within the mart.

Here’s how to play Panik 2 and a general overview of the game’s systems.

Getting started with Panik 2

Overview

The premise of Panik 2 is simple: you and your fellow players are locked in a large facility that locks down at the beginning of the game. One of the Robloxians is randomly chosen to be the killer robot and must spend their time hunting down and killing everyone else. All other players must run around the mart in search of specific items that a scanner needs and use them to unlock the way out.

Unlocking each scanner requires players to bring three specific items and hold the interact button. The required props can be viewed by approaching the scanner, after which the employees must dash across the market to find the relevant aisle. With the product in their possession, they must return and perform the scan to complete one of the three required scanners.

At the same time, the killer robot, helmed by one of the players, roams the mart in an attempt to kill all players. The game ends if they succeed, if the employees manage to mount an escape, or if the timer runs out.

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Controls

Movement: W, S, A, D
Interact: E
Grab Item: E
Drop Item: Q
Shove: Left Shift

Gameplay mechanics

Asymmetrical Survival Experience: The game supports up to 16 players, but it always makes just one of them the killer. Despite being outnumbered, the killer robot’s abilities are more than enough to even the odds. The conundrum for the one playing as the murderer is to find a way to corner employees as they attempt to unlock the escape path.
Employees: The majority of the players play as an employee, where they must complete three scanners by bringing three specific products to each. Upon doing so, they can unlock the way out and make their escape. Employees have a lower movement speed than the Killer, but they can take up to three hits before death. Taking a hit gives them a temporary speed boost, which lets them dash away from the murderous automaton and disengage safely.
Killer Robot: The killer robot is the primary antagonistic force in the game, being the one hunting the employees down. This menacing mechanical contraption can perform a variety of moves based on the killer chosen by the player. Players can purchase new killers from the in-game Shop, each of which offers a new ability set that takes down employees in a different way.
In-game Shop: There are four different tabs in the Shop menu: killers, weapons, Passes, and Gems, the premium currency of the game. Killers and weapons are gacha-style menus that give you a random reward for performing a spin. Passes include the Elite, which serves as the game’s VIP membership, and a permanent 2x Killer Chance boost.