This review contains spoilers
I'm not sure what it was about this game in particular that managed to grab me and pull me in so hard that I actually felt the urge to 100% it instead of just watching the rest of the endings on YouTube like I usually do. I almost NEVER 100% games, I'm just not that kind of person. Yet, something about this game captivated me enough that I wanted to here. Maybe it was just how easy it was to get all the achievements.
I'm very fickle about things being boring, too-- I have a horrible attention span and if something doesn't keep me completely entertained I will give up the second it gets too challenging. Yet, although I agree with the other reviewers here that this game did have a problem with repetitiveness, it wasn't so bad that I ever felt the urge to quit. I definitely understand the desire to be able to save whenever you want, as that would have made the game so much better in terms of repetitiveness. Yet, I also completely understand how something like savescumming (which I have 0 qualms with, I do it myself all the time) would disrupt the flow of the game. The whole point is that each time you respawn in your bedroom, it's... different. You are literally playing as a new physical character, a new puppet. And so it makes sense that before you wake back up in your room, the person who puts you there also makes sure that everything is back in place. Another reviewer here mentioned having to place the rocks in the river every time, I'm not sure if that was just changed before I played it, but I never had to do that more than once, nor did I have to get the shed key every time. The only thing I had to do on repeat was collect the ropes and items like the shears.
I will also say, I did beat this game with a walkthrough. I feel like having a guide pulled up made the game a bit more tolerable, especially for the secret endings, which may be influencing my rating a bit. And speaking of secrets and secret endings, this game makes use of forced out-of-game error messages. Something I encountered, which I feel like shouldn't have been able to happened, was the secret pantry event roll. I encountered it completely randomly before I had any idea it was even a thing. It scared me pretty bad so I just exited and re-entered, but then ended up having to respawn it because the walkthrough mentioned it was for a secret achievement.
Ultimately, I wholeheartedly recommend this game. I think it's rare for a game to captivate me like this, and if you're the kind of person who isn't ashamed to play a game with a walkthrough, then I'd definitely do so here, if only after you feel like you're stuck.
I'm very fickle about things being boring, too-- I have a horrible attention span and if something doesn't keep me completely entertained I will give up the second it gets too challenging. Yet, although I agree with the other reviewers here that this game did have a problem with repetitiveness, it wasn't so bad that I ever felt the urge to quit. I definitely understand the desire to be able to save whenever you want, as that would have made the game so much better in terms of repetitiveness. Yet, I also completely understand how something like savescumming (which I have 0 qualms with, I do it myself all the time) would disrupt the flow of the game. The whole point is that each time you respawn in your bedroom, it's... different. You are literally playing as a new physical character, a new puppet. And so it makes sense that before you wake back up in your room, the person who puts you there also makes sure that everything is back in place. Another reviewer here mentioned having to place the rocks in the river every time, I'm not sure if that was just changed before I played it, but I never had to do that more than once, nor did I have to get the shed key every time. The only thing I had to do on repeat was collect the ropes and items like the shears.
I will also say, I did beat this game with a walkthrough. I feel like having a guide pulled up made the game a bit more tolerable, especially for the secret endings, which may be influencing my rating a bit. And speaking of secrets and secret endings, this game makes use of forced out-of-game error messages. Something I encountered, which I feel like shouldn't have been able to happened, was the secret pantry event roll. I encountered it completely randomly before I had any idea it was even a thing. It scared me pretty bad so I just exited and re-entered, but then ended up having to respawn it because the walkthrough mentioned it was for a secret achievement.
Ultimately, I wholeheartedly recommend this game. I think it's rare for a game to captivate me like this, and if you're the kind of person who isn't ashamed to play a game with a walkthrough, then I'd definitely do so here, if only after you feel like you're stuck.