Purely based on watching other people play, the game got repetitive and boring with constant searching through hallways, slowly walking across narrow walkways, and solving rather mundane puzzles. The jumpscares are kinda meh, but the suspense is pretty good.
The best part as i mentioned is how artfully they create fear and tension in the player/audience. I will give them that.
The sad part is we got to the point in the playthrough where we were skipping forward to avoid the unnecessarily long and repetitive parts. Half of the game feels like filler content.
(Spoiler-ish alert in my next comment)
Also. CANDLES ARE FIRE. It is infuriating that the last 15ish minutes of playtime is so drawn out for something that should take the character 15 seconds.
5 hours of gameplay for maybe 2 hours of good content.