TL;DR : Basically the best depiction of a transhumanist dystopia I've seen. Great story, great themes. Still looks good but the updated version "System Redux" looks incredible.

A strongly established class system, a tyrannical omnipresent all-powerful corporation, unregulated human technological augmentations, a world where even your memories aren't within your privacy. Basically a very hard to beat dystopia. Strong, obvious Blade Runner vibes and references as well (on top of the obvious presence of the actor), really a great sci-fi world altogether.

It's quite easy to follow along, but some "dream" or "memory" sequences can have their share of more complicated moments where you need some time to understand what to do. They really went hard with these sequences and had the liberty of creating very oppressive moments, mixes of both emotional memories and digital hell. Basically a glitching nightmare simulator. If that isn't psychological horror I don't know what is. The story itself is a good investigation based in a small area you quickly get familiar with.

Nothing incredible about the game mechanics but then again its really about the world and atmosphere. I read it classified as a "walking simulator", so I guess if you can't connect enough brain cells to follow along a dialogue or read a short email on an in-game computer screen it's not for you.

The game had a few stuttering problems here and there but it was manageable, and it still holds up graphically to this day.

Truly one of my favorite single player games.

TL;DR : Basically the best depiction of a transhumanist dystopia I've seen. Great story, great themes. Still looks good but the updated version "System Redux" looks incredible. A strongly established class system, a tyrannical omnipresent all-powerful corporation, unregulated human technological augmentations, a world where even your memories aren't within your privacy. Basically a very hard to beat dystopia. Strong, obvious Blade Runner vibes and references as well (on top of the obvious presence of the actor), really a great sci-fi world altogether. It's quite easy to follow along, but some "dream" or "memory" sequences can have their share of more complicated moments where you need some time to understand what to do. They really went hard with these sequences and had the liberty of creating very oppressive moments, mixes of both emotional memories and digital hell. Basically a glitching nightmare simulator. If that isn't psychological horror I don't know what is. The story itself is a good investigation based in a small area you quickly get familiar with. Nothing incredible about the game mechanics but then again its really about the world and atmosphere. I read it classified as a "walking simulator", so I guess if you can't connect enough brain cells to follow along a dialogue or read a short email on an in-game computer screen it's not for you. The game had a few stuttering problems here and there but it was manageable, and it still holds up graphically to this day. Truly one of my favorite single player games.