Yeah
that sort of "cutesy thing... is actually CREEPY" really falls flat. Its been done to death and they dont do anything interesting in the like 6 minutes it takes to finish this.
Im sure they weren't really trying to pass it off as a twist or anything, but also I just don't see the point.

I think they nailed the aesthetic, game looks and sounds great.
and I do like the corpse in just floating in the water the whole time.