A wonderful little game that plays to my tastes in lots of ways, from the German setting to the central plot device to its measure of cruelty and grotesque. It's executed really well, with a few lush and intriguing pixel art cutscenes that do a lot to elevate the rest of the game.
I was impressed enough with my first playthrough that I was motivated to do two more to figure out what was really going on, and while the game aggressively invites the player to do that, I'm not sure it really merits it. Its puzzles, exploration, and evasion mechanics don't have a ton of replayability and the story doesn't deliver much more than was implicit the first time. Still, I don't begrudge it even playing it through 3 times in a row so that's not a huge mark against it for me.
I was impressed enough with my first playthrough that I was motivated to do two more to figure out what was really going on, and while the game aggressively invites the player to do that, I'm not sure it really merits it. Its puzzles, exploration, and evasion mechanics don't have a ton of replayability and the story doesn't deliver much more than was implicit the first time. Still, I don't begrudge it even playing it through 3 times in a row so that's not a huge mark against it for me.