GULLET

An entrancing, atmospheric experience where your only companions are a set of climbing tools. You'll have to master them if you want to see what lies below... I found this game very tense and mysterious. I felt compelled to go forward. A shorter game and one that doesn't overstay its welcome. It has a unique control scheme and it keeps finding ways to have you use it in new ways.

After the most recent update, and the dev's discussion, I have flipped the review to positive! My biggest gripes were with how unfair and un-fun the previous climax/final section of the game felt. BUT that has been smoothed out. I still don't think that area is 100%, but its way better and less frustrating. Also this game f*cking RIPS!! one of the best horror experiences in a while. Once you get used to the controls it clicks. managing your resources, trying not to snap the rope, while dangling about the mouth of a cosmic horror, absolutely RAD. My clear video corrupted :((( its just a slide show, but i got the achievement for the speedrun, ill record another later today Deeper Thoughts on final/climax section: [spoiler] As the big send off to the entire game, it still feels weak. And I am talking about where the relapse ending leads you to, I have no clue about the second ending, I don't know if that's a different section. I feel like with the invisible walls, you can fully play with the maze aspect more, and put more branching paths, but adding more of a puzzle element into it. Mouthwashing had that psuedo-maze with invisible walls, but the code scanner revealed the path you were supposed to follow, maybe your left most tool can show you the correct way to navigate or the flare could ignite a bad pathway. Also it just does not feel quite right as the final send off to the end of the game. I kind of wanted a big test of the climbing/repelling ability you had been building throughout the game at the end, but I get what the narrative is doing there. [/spoiler]

The game is surprisingly, purposefully, unnerving. The platforming mechanics, the limited resources, and obviously the hell world you're in all add to that sensation. It is hard to see (by design, I know, I know), but that doesn't make it less frustrating if you get stuck or turned around. It's rough, and maybe I'm recommending this game more as a concept, but I am recommending it.

I feel so small. Scary and difficult stuff! Excellent experience.

As much as I enjoyed the bits that I played, I just cannot finish this. Up until a certain point, the ICBH, the game has really fun gameplay and puzzles, [spoiler]especially the parts where you need to swing and catch another tether[/spoiler], but there are too many frustrating issues that just ripped me out of it. The main one that made me quit was the section after [spoiler]the ICBH gets swallowed.[/spoiler] That mixed with the broken, stuttering movement walking on the ICBH, invisible walls blocking progression, and random times the game would suddenly forget I'm holding the handbrake, I just got too frustrated to bother continuing. Even though it frustrated me to the point I won't continue playing, I do really love the concept and gameplay, and I look forward to seeing what else the developer cooks up.

A fairly short horror game with multiple endings. The atmosphere is great and the Gullet itself is a fairly unique location, though there are a few issues with sign-posting here and there where I got stuck on what to do next. Thankfully the developer is constantly updating their game and has already made changes to several segments. Now to hunt down the second ending!

This game sucks