To be honest, I had pretty big expectations from seeing the (at the time) 96% review score on Steam and briefly glancing over a review video on YT that seemed to praise it a lot. Ultimately, the game falls short on many aspects.

More than half the game is running around unnecessarily large maps of empty streets - littered with enemies that you'd simply run around (only ever inclined to kill them in the few narrow indoor areas of the game) - and the very rare ammo or health pickup on the ground. The game at a later point also required the player to backtrack a loooong way to collect an extra item they'd otherwise miss, which by that point of the game you're likely to never use it.

Story wise, little is ever thoroughly explained and there isn't any conclusive answer to the how-and-why as I usually see in other horror titles. Environment storytelling is also lacking. Unless I'm just dense and not observant to the telltale exposition.

Game itself is also rather short and would have been 1-2 hours shorter still if the levels weren't so huge to jog around in and without the backtracking.

I've also run into a couple of rather annoying bugs; one I could simply re-load the game and avoid the problem action, while the other had to reset my key bindings to default so the in-game hint would actually properly prompt me as to what I should be pressing to perform an action.

Overall, I suppose it's "OK" for what seems to mostly be a 1-man project (judging from the credits), and it's probably a reasonable purchase at its generous price point. I'm just feeling wanting for and somewhat disappointed.

To be honest, I had pretty big expectations from seeing the (at the time) 96% review score on Steam and briefly glancing over a review video on YT that seemed to praise it a lot. Ultimately, the game falls short on many aspects. More than half the game is running around unnecessarily large maps of empty streets - littered with enemies that you'd simply run around (only ever inclined to kill them in the few narrow indoor areas of the game) - and the very rare ammo or health pickup on the ground. The game at a later point also required the player to backtrack a loooong way to collect an extra item they'd otherwise miss, which by that point of the game you're likely to never use it. Story wise, little is ever thoroughly explained and there isn't any conclusive answer to the how-and-why as I usually see in other horror titles. Environment storytelling is also lacking. Unless I'm just dense and not observant to the telltale exposition. Game itself is also rather short and would have been 1-2 hours shorter still if the levels weren't so huge to jog around in and without the backtracking. I've also run into a couple of rather annoying bugs; one I could simply re-load the game and avoid the problem action, while the other had to reset my key bindings to default so the in-game hint would actually properly prompt me as to what I should be pressing to perform an action. Overall, I suppose it's "OK" for what seems to mostly be a 1-man project (judging from the credits), and it's probably a reasonable purchase at its generous price point. I'm just feeling wanting for and somewhat disappointed.