Narcosis

Hear me out! I did enjoy playing this game BUT I wouldn't tell anyone to play it. I think it can be a real pain in the ass. It tried many things and took many risks be it in the gameplay choices or sound ambiance. The story is lacking, I couldn't get into it, and I hate to say it but the plot twist fell flat. The game is VERY slow paced. If you don't like slow paced game run away, because I've never played anything so slow. It is based on ambiance. It's sold as a survival game but the things that are supposed to make it a survival don't add up. 1: the only monsters that kill in a single strike are blind and deaf, and slow (but that's mandatory since we can't run and can't move fast at all), the others are either killable or just distractible. They do not pose any issues cause they just make you loose oxygen, which you can find EVERYWHERE. That's the 2nd point. You're supposed to be stressed by the lack of O2. But there is O2 everywhere, sometimes several tanks of O2 per room. So there's absolutely nothing to stress about. Also, there are some jumpscares. But without any valuable build up, they all fall flat. Some are laughable, others are forgivable, most you can predict. There was some attemps at a chase sequence, which is a bit ridiculous (said with love) since you move so slowly, and everything does anyway. I still have a soft spot for the game. I did enjoy some parts of it, I wasn't so mad at most of those things since I get what was done and why. It just doesn't work. Even the claustrophobic part (you can't see stuff, you're stuck underwater, you're alone in structures that are falling appart) didn't work. If I had closed the game to take a break, I wouldn't have opened it again. That's why I can't recommend it even though I'm quite fine with the game, considering everything I've said.