Littered with imaginative visual direction, a hazy fractured memory of a bygone era thru thee lens of remembering a nightmare of a theme park. One that feeds into its narrative at that. Wholly accepts its setting as one that existed for escapism-joy before its ghoulish downfall, allowing thee player to indulge in thematically appropriate rides & games across its structure. History of train designs, a chiller-thriller haunted house, a gallery shooter in a phony submarine; gags with puzzles that do not always have to make sense immediately or even ask thee player to put pieces together in that moment of discovery. Let it all stew while you get yr steps in. Peak of accumulating influences while developing its own identity: one that's relatively linear in its goal but rewards branching paths, dismantling every aspect of what is behind that curtain. Breaks it all down, but doesn't forget to let you walk away with a prize, no rigged ring-throw required.

(Marking this as 1 of my 3 major flagship titles of thee survival horror revivalism.)