This game is such an obscure piece of media there is almost no documentation of it online. I used to play it as a kid back in the early 2000's and it just stuck with me forever due to the extremely unsettling atmosphere. Only recently I looked it up and was surprised to see it published on steam, and on sale too!
I think it's a shame it went unnoticed all this time as it still holds up and the puzzles are actually really fun to figure out.
As of writing this review, I have absolutely no idea how many levels it has. I've just reached level 60 and I'm utterly surprised the game still pumps new mechanics and elements to it. The description vaguely mentions there being "about 100 levels" but I'll keep going and see where it stops.
Needless to say, it does come with plenty of playtime as I can see I've already poured in about 6 hours and I'm supposedly only slightly over half of it.
The game runs well on modern systems. My only complain is that there are occasional crashes, which is horrible as the game has no saving system, instead relying on an outdated password one. The game being obscure does not help this either as the passwords are not anywhere to be found online. Thankfully, I've photographed every single one of them as I played so I'll consider making a guide containing all of them when I'm done. YOU'RE WELCOME!!
As for complementary media types, the art direction is pretty good for it's age. You can actually see the effort as they even made death animations for all 4 directions for the main character. The soundtrack is also a banger and I think it's worth a listen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXBwgfGXALs
I personally think this game deserves more recognition. It oozes effort, competence and passion to a level that many games nowadays aspire to have. Pick it up and see for yourself!
