Finally checked out the DLC for this after 13 months since I finished the base game on PC, but didn't want to have to log the time spent replaying the base game and the DLCs separately. Uh... wow. Really disappointed with the added content considering the base game had left a positive impression on me.

None of the characters in any of the new scenarios are making interesting decisions anymore, it's just all Brotherhood conspiracy. The first DLC ending on a cliffhanger is just a really bad look imo, and the case itself is just really weak (interpret a cartoon rather than actually seeing anything happen). Don't think there's anything interesting to justify the colonialist gaze throughout the five DLC cases I finished too.

Getting stuck just feels like shit, same as with in Return to Obra Dinn; idk if there's ever gonna be a game like this that does something entertaining with that emotion. I wish the dream of scouring through levels to really learn about these people and the setting was successful, and I know it must be difficult to accomplish both making these stories interesting and challenging to learn, but I'm just really bitter how detached I felt from this. I was enjoying myself replaying the base game up until I got stuck in Chapter 3 somewhere. I hope one day these types of games can somehow make confirming information a little more than just putting names into slots in a journal, though I don't really know how. There's almost always a point when you're stuck where it just becomes guessing, and I hope sometime soon one of these games can encourage more meaningful interactions as part of the investigation process.