THIS GAME IS SO SO SO GOOD!! i'm genuinely surprised by how good it is
literally solid one million/10 the puzzles were challenging, the graphics the plot everything i enjoyed it all its was such an experience ♡!!!

very excited for TS2!

i highly recommend this game if you love ps2/3 games vibes ><.

Pros:
- Fantastic camera angles
- Great atmosphere, decent scares
- Good Map design
- Most of the puzzles were unique

In the middle:
- Combat was good, but became way too predictable
- The physical map has green and red rooms but that doesn't actually signify anything
- The "darkness" mechanic is super cool, but is completely undercut when you get a permanent flashlight..

Cons:
- Character models (in cutscenes) and all dialogue
- A few puzzles are very unintuitive, almost requiring cheating at some point
- Enemy variety, lack of bosses
- The stalker enemy sucked
- The story was not only predictable, but quite dull after the initial mystery is over

If old school Resident Evil had a kid with old school Silent Hill, you'd get Tormented Souls. It should have been great, but it is "only" good.
It is a good game. It has the puzzles, a little bit of the weird alt-reality, and a little bit of localized time-travel. But it lacks something important: authenticity. It has taken good aspects from RE & SH, but it failed to turn it into something of its own, and ended up feeling like a lesser copy. The puzzles aren't as good as RE, and on top of that, one of them requires you to be religious, and know stuff about angels, or something. I got stuck thinking I had missed something, only to google it and learn that the game thinks you already know the bible.
The alt-reality stuff happens when you walk through a mirror. Sadly, there isn't any lore to actually explain, or even hint at, why there are mirrors you can walk through, or what kind of place you end up in when you do.
The same with the time-traveling, there isn't any lore or world-building that suggests why this is even possible.

So, it is a good game. Slighty above average, 6/10. A good fun 9h gameplay, but nothing more. It lacks depth, lore, worldbuilding, and the story isn't anything special. Solid gameplay, nice vibe, looks good.