You can see after beating this why Synergy Interactive had so much cred in the western film scene. Definitely a capital A "Art game," forgoing most gameplay mechanics in favor of surreal atmosphere and storytelling around two decades before it was cool to do so.

The game was never quite as engaging as I wanted it to be story wise and a lot of its threads never quite came together in a way I found satisfying, but I think this game's true strength is faring surprisingly well in the moment to moment. Being in these locations just soaking up the eerie, ambient noise mixed in with brutal industrial music and architecture. Beautiful use of the limitations of computer graphics at the time as well, every human character is just about as uncanny as can be and they knew just how to lean into it.

At only around 2 hours, this is definitely something I'd recommend to anyone willing to give it a try! While I don't think the story ultimately will stick with me much, the tone it sets definitely will.

Reviewed on Sep 16, 2021


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