(mini-review).

Good atmosphere. Nice engine-based lighting effects sullied by 2008-ish character models/textures. Solid score & soundtrack tarnished by mediocre writing. Piss-poor shopping-cart style Resident Evil 2 controls. Horrid and pervasive QTE events for door-closing, hiding events and more. The QTE events are so frustratingly, badly executed that they sour the entire game. I found myself angrily storming about between the occasional jump scares looking for the solution to one badly contrived puzzle after another. Permadeath and the frequent cheap demises combine to make add the icing on the proverbial cake.

I was looking for a cool horror game that I could play over Halloween. This seemed like a Layers of Fear imitation I could enjoy. The controls, amateurish QTEs and weak writing had other plans. Pick this up only if you're hard up for a horror game and only if you can pick it up for $10 or less.

Not worth the time. You'll find better games elsewhere.

6/10.

(mini-review). Good atmosphere. Nice engine-based lighting effects sullied by 2008-ish character models/textures. Solid score & soundtrack tarnished by mediocre writing. Piss-poor shopping-cart style Resident Evil 2 controls. Horrid and pervasive QTE events for door-closing, hiding events and more. The QTE events are so frustratingly, badly executed that they sour the entire game. I found myself angrily storming about between the occasional jump scares looking for the solution to one badly contrived puzzle after another. Permadeath and the frequent cheap demises combine to make add the icing on the proverbial cake. I was looking for a cool horror game that I could play over Halloween. This seemed like a Layers of Fear imitation I could enjoy. The controls, amateurish QTEs and weak writing had other plans. Pick this up only if you're hard up for a horror game and only if you can pick it up for $10 or less. Not worth the time. You'll find better games elsewhere. 6/10.