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Simple easy gameplay and puzzles, but utterly fantastic visual and sound tell a compelling mysterious story. I can’t overstate how good those three elements are. I didn’t think much of Limbo, but this is an order of magnitude better an experience. As long as you won’t be put off by the simple gameplay, this is highly recommended.
I can’t believe it took me thirty years to get to this. It’s look, feel, sound visuals and gameplay design were clearly among the very best of its generation. After all these years, it’s still a worthwhile sci-fi action adventure with horror vibes. When you consider it in the context of 1994, it’s a game that was way ahead of its time. Sure, there is some old school tedium, and sometimes it can be very unclear how to progress things. Some great ROM hacks can reduce those aspects, but the game is still playable in its original form. Highly recommended.
I wasn’t expecting much, just a short, free to play Silent Hill inspired horror game, but the writing, and vocal delver of said writing was just unbearably bad. The game has the gall to keep reminding the player as to where to get help in the USA if one is experiencing suicidal ideation, while having some of the most egregiously bad writing tackling topics of abuse and self-harm. I admittedly played very little of the game, perhaps it gets much better, but what I experienced was unbearable. A tone-deaf blend of self-important, heavy handed, yet embarrassing got amateurish (if not outright ignorant) in its handling of heavy topics. Or as the protagonist might summarize in a single word: “cringe.”