Completed with 100% of collectibles. My first experience with a Swery game, puzzle-platformer The Missing is certainly a memorable game, if not necessarily for altogether positive reasons. The LGBT themes at the core of its story are very well realised and I’m sure will resonate with many within that demographic. However, while I get that it’s likely intended to have a metaphorical meaning, the darkness underlying the core puzzle-solving mechanic really doesn’t appeal to me - this sees the player-character severely injuring herself to progress and solve puzzles (the most basic example being dismemberment allowing access to smaller spaces). The core gameplay is decent if unexceptional, with some interesting puzzles but frequently feeling quite clunky in practice – but at roughly 4-5 hours for a complete playthrough, it fortunately doesn’t have time to become too frustrating.