Recent reviews by ratatoing

this game is everything i didn't know i wanted, and the music is amazing

999999999999999999999/10 and worth the money

It was visually stunning, but to me it felt like this game didn't know what it wanted to be. Even when the mystery started unraveling and I thought it could have an interesting plot, or that I was about to do something fun and interesting, the game took it away from me and gave an unsurprising, boring, safe ending. A lot of work for not a lot of payoff.

Gameplay wise, the puzzles are far too simple, but if you miss one part you'll spend ages trying to figure out what went wrong. Skipped or didn't notice a puzzle? You find out at the end you'll need to walk all the way back and solve it. I had no idea there was going to be a horror maze in the middle that was required to see a cutscene that was irrelevant to the end of the game.

I liked Dear Esther and Gone Home (similar in that they're creepy, long, lonely walks through a pretty environment), but wasn't a big fan of this. In theory, it's really cool. But in practice... maybe watch someone play it online?