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More of an emotional review

It's amazing how this game went from a tropey dating sim to meta horror to a surprisingly heartwarming ending, especially with the golden ending. I went in expecting to get spooked. What I didn't expect was to actually feel for these characters, who only ever scared you because of the machinations of a sympathetic villain.

More than anything, this game made me sad. I think that's what the creator intended. We're presented with this cliche dating sim harem scenario, a perfect example of male wish fulfilment. However, despite some pretty generic character archetypes, I still found them more and more compelling as I spent time with them and discovered the drama they were concealing.

Then just as you're getting comfortable, the twist in tone you always expected finally arrives, and yes, it's unsettling and creepy and may even make you jump, but it doesn't stop giving you something to engage with beyond the sheer shock value of those scares. And when we learn the truth behind the horror, we realize it was never really a horror game, but a dating sim turned on its head by an AI painfully aware of the outside world.

It's hard to pin down exactly how it's made me feel. I was left with this unfilled yearning for the sort of interpersonal drama and growth the game teased in its first two acts. I guess what resonated most with me is that this sort of synthetic, yet beautiful interpersonal scenario can only exist in a simulated environment. It's meant to be tantalizing, it's meant to play on your desires, but if the characters were to ever become aware of the reality of their existence, they'd be shaken to their cores.

But this is less about the experience of those characters, considering the actual AI in this game is nowhere near complex enough to produce self-awareness. It's what those characters show us about the boundaries between us and our beloved simulations that really matters. It shows us not only yearning for something more than we can experience in our day-to-day lives, but being discontent with the very fabric of our reality.

And maybe that really is still a kind of horror.

2015 now, still a great & unique game to pick up. With the sequel coming out (Mirror's edge Catalyst) we will hopefully see the story progress in a more swift manner

TL;DR - Great game, picked it up for $2 on ♥♥♥. Definetely reccomend

+ Positive
+ High skill cap
+ Great for speedrunning
+ Great graphics
+ Unique
+ Immersive

- Negative
- Rushed story
- Possible bugs (As with every game)