There is a manor where a strange murder occurred, the owner of the place an artist was found dead, dozens of notes full of the ramblings of a madman litter the place, you along with another coworker are tasked with making sure the manor is undisturbed, but maybe it's you who are disturbing the place,
The game starts compelling enough, with the protagonist and his friend boasting a surprisingly great voice acting, both banter with a lot of charisma and it immediately makes you care for them, they aren't complex characters but they do have that nice and friendly personality you seldom see in these games; you begin your round by checking the windows and exploring the placebut soon enough everything goes to hell... and so does the quality of the game.
I think there are two main problem with the game, first, there isn't a lot of gameplay and what is there, isn't interesting enough to justify a second playthrough, despite it's multiple endings. You walk around, interact with the environment, find items to use in specific places, that is fine and it's expected from this kind of game, but, other than a very good puzzle right at the beginning, there isn't a lot of challenge. There are some, moments where you have to avoid the main enemy, but, the terribly slow movement makes it a chore, the place is so dark you can barely even see anything and the flashlight have a pitifully short range; also the ghost that chases you moves with a stilted animation. Thankfully, enemy encounters are very brief as if the devs knew it wasn't good enough, but added those elements because it's expected from this kind of game, which I disagree, they could have focused more on the exploration part of the game,
I think if they focused more on the story telling side, which was by far the strongest element of the game and scattered some more puzzles it could have been a winner. Honestly, despite the flaws, I still recommend it, I really want to see this dev try new projects, maybe even a longer game with a weirder setting and more lore and puzzles for us to sink our teeth into. They clearly have talent, I just think they misplaced their efforts.
