A good few hours too long with two enemy types that don't land at all really set this up for abject failure on the horror front. But I can't say it was all disappointing because of the third omnipresent "enemy" which anchors this game in both nostalgia and quality to Amnesia The Dark Descent. Everything good about what's here is in part due to the groundwork done in that first Amnesia game - with some obvious assets from Soma and lessons learned in the writing it comes across as a more personal story which tries to attach you to events through your Amnesia to, at times, greater success than any other Amnesia (particularly A Machine for Pigs.) Too much emphasis on your passenger gives the game away on what's going on with the protagonist Tasi. Other aspects like her experience with loss and recalling what happened to her and her companions is very strong and I felt for her along the way in those moments. While at times the more personal story is told in awkward dream sequences, for the most part it did well enough to keep me going - some loading screens are better than hours of onscreen story. So while I wasn't as concerned as Tasi in the present the source of her Amnesia kept me somewhat intrigued till the end about her past.

Reviewed on Jul 30, 2023


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