This game! Was! Incredible! The storyline is extremely compelling, the level of choice you have over the story is INSANE. (My friend and I restarted the game at one point in order to have a character do a different thing than what happened, and we had only been playing for ten minutes, but SO MUCH changed from the smallest interactions). The characters are very fleshed out and have a genuine feeling of having history between them. They're also all very lovable and fun to play, which is something Until Dawn struggled with at times.
On top of that, it's definitely a horror game but there's not horror for the *sake* of horror, all of the horror furthers the storyline and is very well done. It's really fun to play with other people, and by yourself. The little documentaries included in some of the special features are very well done and interesting as well!
As someone who is extremely picky with her games, I love it! I can't wait for the rest of the Dark Pictures Anthology games to come out. I definitely would recommend this game to anyone who likes nonlinear story and character based games, and to those who like horror!