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(Written just after finishing my first run through)

Super interesting premise! I'm big on psych horror so wanted to give this a go as it stood out to me.

The good:

The atmosphere in this was outstanding, for the most part I felt cozy when I should've felt cozy and felt disconcerted and anxious when it was appropriate!.

The story was good. It had parts which I really didn't enjoy at all (Seriously Mita, yeah life looks monotonous if you exclusively show the parts where I'm in my room.) but the major story beats dont get spelled out to you in big bold letters, you get to piece together what happens and there's no real ending exposition dump which I was expecting.

The soundtrack was amazing! I loved it and had a great time listening to all the different vibes the OST had, super nice and my compliments to whomever cooked it up.


The Medium:

The minigames... Hit and miss. Some of them, showed up at the right time and were a nice and well needed break from whatever had me stressing out! Some of them dragged on wayyyyyyyyy too long (the guitar hero clone with Cool Mita (who is also my beloved wife btw)) and you couldn't back out of them once you started. Some were just not worth making the final cut of the game imo, namely shooting dragons on the ski lift tram. Just felt like I was being given stuff to click for the sake of it.

The Things That Didn't Work For Me But I'm Still Not Sure I'd Call Them Ugly:

Some of the puzzles were just... maybe I'm just stupid but I spent upwards of 10 minutes on some of these only to find out I should've been looking at a clock on a wall for 30 seconds? Some puzzles were cool and worked nicely but some maybe just felt silly. They aren't so hard you get stuck for an hour but when you're sat for 10 minutes looking for something it breaks up all the tension the previous 3 scenes worked to build up.



Overall a super enjoyable experience. I doubt this game will get much recognition, psych horror never really does well on a large scale but I expect this to get a cult following smaller than DDLC. I'd say it earns it.

A followup would be nice, maybe there's more endings for me to explore but for me a lot felt unresolved. Maybe I just wanted to kiss Mita, or all of the Mitas.

I'm feelin a strong 8 on this one out of all the Psych Horrors I've played. Exciting peaks but let down by some unfortunate mechanics and also some puzzles took me out of the vibe.

Hope to see more in the future!