"What they could not unlearn was hidden away in darkness - obfuscated, then lost. They did not want to see their story end." -The prisoner

After beating the game I was really excited to experience more of the game with the DLC however the more I delved into the DLC the more I realized it strays somewhat from what made the original game special while excelling at using its own format to tell its story.

I do very much want to start with the positives as I genuinely find this to be a fantastic DLC. the setup towards it and getting there is so well done and when you finally get to the main area of the DLC they made it in such a way that you become so excited to see all the areas you could potentially explore.

The brand new gimmicks in this DLC while very different from what is expected and controversial I think are all so excellent and make for some of the best puzzles in the game. They go a long way to make the atmosphere feel so unnerving and unwelcoming which I believe goes really well with the message that the DLC wants to send.

And just like the base game this DLC has things that genuinely boggle me how they programmed these things in. They integrate the music with some thing so well it really does an incredible job of immersing you into its story telling.

Now unfortunately we reach to the bad and most of it come from while it branched out to do its own brand new ideas it neglects what made the original game so special and I believe that attributes to 3 major pillars: wonder, freedom, and drive to learn.

Reviewed on Mar 30, 2024


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