This one has a pretty good story and some interesting, believable characters, occasionally cringe but fun. At its heights it reminded me of some fun teen horror films like The Faculty.

Like Until Dawn the game is let down by some really annoying walking sections. Even with the slightest ‘quick’ walk you move so slowly, in areas that feel too big and empty. The areas are occasionally littered with clues about the story and its history, but these are also easily missable.

The game is designed as a choose your own adventure and it is impressive that you can take different paths and get to a variety of end results. In that way it’s encouraging you to replay to see the other paths, but the developer insists on making that as arduous as possible. There’s no fast forward for parts you’ve already seen, and the autosave means if you make another mistake or miss something, you’re stuck and could be starting over again. Or just watch it on YouTube.

Take out the walking sections or make them much shorter, give the player a bit of respect for their time allowing them to move around the story a bit more, and this could be great. Take the writing a little further too and it could be really special!

Reviewed on Apr 29, 2023


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