Let me say this out of the gate: i was not aware this game was made by an ARG enthusiast. I bought this game expecting what was shown in the screenshots. I was very pleased with what i got. Until act 2.

I loved everything about act 1. The mystic atmosphere, the graphics, the gameplay, the room escape puzzles. I also presumed it was a roguelike; it was not. Act 1 ends about 5 hours into the game and the quality nosedives.

You are thrown into act 2 very suddenly, with no regards to entroducing new mechanics. Battles had a big infuriating spike in difficulty due to me not knowing what is going on. I just skimmed through act 2 as fast as i could and thankfully its shorter than act 1.

Act 3 is where the game, more or less, comes back to the style of the game that was act 1. It's not as good but its still fun. Which is not something i could say about act 2. Thus a BIG downgrade in the rating. I really wish act 1 was just a PROPER full game twice the length of the original.