A gorgeous, extremely atmospheric adventure, with light survival-horror elements. The story is a decent take on supernatural mystery (think Tunguska meets Chernobyl) and leaves enough open to interpretation without being obtuse, with narration by brilliant voice actors (including Sean Bean, but the others are equally powerful).

Favourite aspect: the entirely diegetic navigation system (physical map and compass, no HUD elements) which (in my opinion) has only been bettered by Miasmata.

Least favourite aspect: while at times quite natural, the 'threat' (no spoilers here) did verge on feeling a bit out-of-place and 'gamey'; not necessarily that bad, but in comparison to the rest of the game, was the only immersion-breaking aspect.

A [i]gorgeous[/i], extremely atmospheric adventure, with light survival-horror elements. The story is a decent take on supernatural mystery (think Tunguska meets Chernobyl) and leaves enough open to interpretation without being obtuse, with narration by brilliant voice actors (including Sean Bean, but the others are equally powerful). [b]Favourite aspect:[/b] the entirely diegetic navigation system (physical map and compass, no HUD elements) which (in my opinion) has only been bettered by Miasmata. [b]Least favourite aspect:[/b] while at times quite natural, the 'threat' (no spoilers here) did verge on feeling a bit out-of-place and 'gamey'; not necessarily that bad, but in comparison to the rest of the game, was the only immersion-breaking aspect.