I really enjoyed this game overall, even though I think it started stronger than it finished. It does both surreal themes and more grounded point and click puzzle gameplay really well. Ch 6 is a big highlight, as exploring the whole apt building with this mystery as the motive was very fun and interesting. Early chapters like 1/2/3 feel a lot different, less grounded and more avant-garde. You don't really know what's going on, you're trying to understand who you are and what is actually real. I think both of these styles of storytelling work well, and mesh well for the most part too. Some parts of the dialogue do tend to drag, and the ending felt a bit... disappointing? Not for the reasons why the game tells you it should be, but just that overall it feels a bit rushed and contrived. There is a lot of build up and then the ending happens, and then there's a time skip and some exposition that feels necessary... but it also leaves you with the feeling that you missed out on something more emotionally impactful.

I will also say this game would have definitely appealed to me more as a teen, just bc the themes are a bit early-2010s edgy lmao. It gets mildly cringe at moments because of this, its... just a bit too earnestly emo lmaoooo. But so am I, so 🤪 it was giving "fuck the world" teen vibes for sureeee

Also I have to note that there was a long, drawn out moment of ableism, which was very uncomfortable but also tracks with the release year and also the edgy teen humor vibes. Very unexpected and icky, although I understand the context of when this game was made. Mayyybe doesn't track with modern sentiments tho

Overall this is a fantastic game that I enjoyed playing, even with all the jank. I will say though it feels very of its time (or even earlier than its time) and was hard for my modern computer to run. The biggest issue was that alt-tabbing caused crashes. But that was my only annoyance.