Stories to Tell [Alpha 1] - Run Away

Well, it's free, and that's a big plus here, but perhaps the only plus. The world-building is quite lackluster. The layout of the house is as bare-bones as could be - only the essentials that compose a house (e.g. walls, doors, and a basic room layout) are present. Even then, there is little-to-no furniture in the house, and very few details to make the house seem lived in, save for a bed, some, some boxes, extremely basic levels of furniture, and some paintings. Therefore, the experience of the house is not very immersive. The pacing of the "story" is also quite stilted, as if you're only moving from one set piece to the next - more like checkers than chess - C'est bete comme chou. It's all so contrived though: "I'm sleepy now," "I'm hungry now," "the lights are out now," "I'm hallucinating now." That's pretty much how it goes, with nothing in between, nothing to explore, and no story components to carry any of it from one piece to the next. Oh putain! The jump scares are just waaaayyy too loud, perhaps in only the most classic style of jump scare. It gets your heart racing, but for all the wrong reasons. There really isn't any story around the bad guy, nor the hallucinations of him. He's just there and terrorizing you, and the main character has nearly no concerns for what might actually be happening. All of this further breaks the immersion. Overall, definitely not worth the time, and that's with it being a free game.