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Though features a lot more traditional puzzle elements, vibes-wise, this game reminds me a lot of Gone Home. That's high praise given that Gone Home was a transformative experience that fundamentally changed how I looked at video games for me. The one word of caution I would give is that you're going to want to take extensive notes while playing, especially if you play it over te course of multiple days. Some of the puzzles towards the end rely on you remembering how you solved puzzles near the beginning. This wasn't a negative for me personally, because I'm an avid note-taker, but it might be frustrating for some people, so I figured I'd mention it.

What a great game! I really enjoyed this, and recommend to anyone who likes a little bit of spooky in their puzzles. The ambiance is great, the visuals are immersive, and the whole thing feels very cohesive despite each section featuring a new profile and their favored computer softwares. For those wondering if it's too scary, it's not -- [spoiler] you're going to get the occasional jumpscare or creepy image, but everything is still cartoon or drawn. [/spoiler] TIME: Steam says it took me 13 hours to finish initially, then 2 hours to speedrun and complete achievements. If you don't forget you're playing a game for an hour while you go buy cookies at the store, you'll probably finish it a bit faster than me ;) PUZZLE DIFFICULTY: There were definitely a few things I would have totally missed if I hadn't been referencing a guide on my second play-through, and there were maybe 3-5 puzzles I had to look up on the initial play-through to get a hint, but otherwise I felt that all the puzzles were the perfect level of difficulty, ranging from simple [but NOT boring] to challenging [but NOT impossible]). SPECS: I played this perfectly fine on a Mac. Shocking, I know.

This is primarily a puzzle game and features almost no investigation elements. Given that this is bundled with the Incident at Galley House and has the "investigation" tag, you might think this was about exploration and investigation. It is not. I personally found the puzzles tedious and unending. There was no moment where I felt a flow of problem solving. It just jolted to the next task without satisfaction. The story intrigued me but was not worth grinding through unsatisfying puzzles that exist for their own sake and are barely connected to any storyline. I have some theories about how this all ends, but I don't see myself getting through the slog of the NextRooms section to find out.

i went into this game thinking it was gonna be your typical fake os demon in the pc game, which i was excited for regardless. in the end i find a game that's so beautifully about grief, so absolutely stunning in its writing and its visuals that by the end i was crying my eyes out. it scratched an itch nothing else has in ages. 10/10 i wanna hit pizarro with a shovel

pépite Un excellent jeu d'énigmes qui suit une trame narrative assez émouvante qui nous pousse à comprendre ce qu'il se trame derrière tous les puzzles auxquels on est confrontés je recommande

The atmosphere is brilliant, but the puzzles are extremely difficult and not enjoyable. Unless you find IQ tests fun, which I don't.

good game, dying of dementia is scary, W female protag