MOLE

I've somehow missed this one till it landed in the bundle. I would just assume there was not enough publicity. It's very well put together and has a very strong start. The whole signal, digging etc. is very compelling. It lost me a bit towards the end. The cassete system is also good - it would be fine if it was simplified so that there are fewer cassete types. Shuffling between them did not do much for me. Something that doesn't sit well with me is that the gameplay is very handholdy (too much explanation, you are never lost or not know what to do) - fine, it helps the flow. However I wish it would be a bit more explicit about some of the story parts. Without spoilers, the Petro part is straightforward, if a bit off motivation - but the whole signal topic, which is a major worldbuilding piece, is not really addressed. I don't know if I missed some details about the crystals, how did [spoiler] people manage to bury the entity [/spoiler] deep underground. Also, in any game of this kind, I hated the 'run from the scary monster' bits. Also the manual navigation of what I imagine is a building sized drill in the manual driving mode is a bit wacky... But it is of course a detail. Hats off for the whole post-ending part, including the clever way of doing credits.