I wanted to like this a lot more than I did. I had seen recommendations from a lot of great curators, and it started out very strong with an enticing premise and gorgeous pencilled visuals dripping with atmosphere.
The thing that killed it for me was those hay enemies. They can shoot from miles away, their needles slow you down, it's easy to miss your attacks, and if two of them see you at the same time it's basically game over. The first encounter was manageable, but I just couldn't get past the group near the start of the second area. All the carefully crafted tension dissipated, leaving in its wake only pure frustration.
I can totally appreciate the use of clunky combat and threatening enemies in a horror game, but after 5 or 6 tries I gave up. Maybe I'll revisit it one day.
The thing that killed it for me was those hay enemies. They can shoot from miles away, their needles slow you down, it's easy to miss your attacks, and if two of them see you at the same time it's basically game over. The first encounter was manageable, but I just couldn't get past the group near the start of the second area. All the carefully crafted tension dissipated, leaving in its wake only pure frustration.
I can totally appreciate the use of clunky combat and threatening enemies in a horror game, but after 5 or 6 tries I gave up. Maybe I'll revisit it one day.