As an SCP fan, I had to get my hands on this game. Exploring a paranormal secret base run by shadowy government entities was a very exciting plot hook for me. However, I temporarily lost interest in the game when I felt locked in the difficulty and the rooms started to be a repeated, samey, minimalist design.

But then, while watching my boyfriend play, I realized I was playing the game all wrong. If you simply follow your main objectives, you don’t see the things hidden in the Oldest House and you don’t gain nearly as much experience. The whole game is a secret you have to uncover, and hardly even reveals what it is like in its own trailer.

Sadly, I can understand how it doesn’t get the recognition it deserves with so much hidden from the player, but I think that adds to its genius.

I adored playing a flying glass cannon, and Jesse is so wonderfully awkward to watch. My biggest disappointment is the odd lack of enthusiasm from the NPCs. They tend to get a little uncanny valley with their hyper-detailed faces, talking in dull tones and quickly resetting to a resting bitch face in-between sentences.

Also Dr. Darling is my crush now.