Very conflicted, as one of my more anticipated games for a long time now.
Mechanically as a game, i think it pretty much delivers what i wanted and feels great. For the most part everything progress logically and make sense when they do. There are definitely frustrating times when you know what to do but either missed a step or dont know the correct order, but even then when i eventually got them right they felt sound and reasonable in retrospect. For a game with not that many actual variables, i think theres a nice variety of possible interactions and ways to do things leading to different behaviour, dialogue, and developments. Some of these are unintentionally hilarious, especially if you aren't taking it as seriously as it wants which is probably the best way to enjoy this game.
As a story, its hard to understate what a complete and utterly disappointing trainwreck it is. The setup (and tease for years) is incredibly compelling, and I did really enjoy the suspense playing through the first time before learning everything. Every twist and new story development gets progressively worse, leading to maybe the worst conclusion and final synopsis anyone could've imagined going into this game.

Reviewed on Aug 21, 2021


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