When I first saw this on the steam homepage, I immediately knew I needed to get it as soon as possible. The style and concept piqued my interest instantaneously, as pixel art/horror is just the coolest thing in the world to me. And I must say, this game was very, very cool. Picture the atmosphere from something like silent hill paired with Lynchian practices in surrealism and interpretation, and you've got this game. The Lynchian inspiration is quite apparent, but honestly didn't bother me at all considering I'm a massive fan of his work and methodology when it comes to curating a surrealistic atmosphere. Thankfully this game did that style justice, with a story so mind-bending and multilayered that it had my head spinning throughout my entire playthrough. The elements of horror are legitimately scary and unnerving, while also being wholly unique for the genre. I swear, the visuals here are so insane and well done that it makes me wanna play through it again already. There's too many good things to mention here, so ill just end by saying that I appreciate that games like these are being made. I think as a medium it's super important to tell interesting stories like this, which is something this game does perfectly. The only other thing ill mention is the central game mechanic of making facial expressions with your character to advance dialogue, its simply brilliant. Oh and the DLC addon "DAEMON" is also such a unique and interesting design mechanic, I only wish it was implemented a bit more. Okay now I'm done I promise lol.

Reviewed on Feb 23, 2023


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