A sequel to The Subject that could also be argued as being a reimagining to try and refine what came before. However, for me the changes made here come out worse against the simplicity of The Subject.

The wandering one-hit kill creature is back. You're in a different testing facility, and are tasked with procuring blood samples while navigating the new maze. But this new maze is anything but. It's incredibly more clear and readable than the previous game's setting, and it is now very easy to hide from the monster. There are vents almost everywhere to dive into. This means that where the monster would displace you in the first game forcing long runs down winding halls away from your objective, this time you are maybe ten feet maximum from where you were, just crouched in a vent waiting for it to walk away. A mild inconvenience at best.

Puzzles are also just gone. The closest thing to be found here is a number sequence that you remember and enter somewhere else. The rest is just carrying objects between rooms to plug things in. At times it almost feels like the games were created the other way around, and that this was the first attempt.

And yet despite all this, I feel like I've become a wee bit of a DarkStone Digital fan. It's like I can see what he's going for and almost getting there, so can appreciate the potential as new games get made. I hope that the upcoming The Mortuary Assistant can be another step up.