This game has some of the best cuts I’ve ever seen. Cutting is a difficult thing to pull off in games, it’s inherently disorienting in a medium that is all about immersion and agency, but for horror those feelings are a boon. I’ve seen the phrase “Lynchian” thrown out for a lot of horror games, but this game comes the closest in my opinion because it best matches his film form. The slow burn of the elevator, the disjointed but well written dialogue, the absurd not-a-metaphor videotapes, all the hallmarks of a well done Lynchian story are there. I’m by no means an expert, but one of the lead writers on Twin Peaks was a mentor of mine and he always said “throw it in there, it doesn’t matter where. They’ll find the meaning”.

Reviewed on Nov 22, 2022


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