nameless identity

pros: - beautiful environments - good cinematography / camera work - interesting worldbuilding and characters - solid mix of fantasy and horror - eerie sound design - linear, easy to progress, clear direction … at times difficult but never enough to get you stuck - some of the bosses (e.g. the musician and the rake guy) have really beautiful VFX. the rake guy in particular is kind of a masterpiece of surreal horror imo. cons: - the story is not entirely clear, why did they shrink for example? its sort of a smattering of mythology and folk tales and certainly has a clear storyline (saving the sister, cleansing the evil bramble, trolls and king Niel, etc) but the big picture is s bit nonsensical. - a few bugs throughout, and some mechanics arent super clean (e.g some of the climbing / jumps dont always trigger as you expect) - i would have preferred to stay more with the forest / dark fantasy vibe, going into the zombie stage was ok but not my fav. - its certainly indie. although there is a lof of content and its quite polished, theres some inconsistecy in quality. you can tell they invesred more time into certain scenes / characters than others, which is to be expected. - unreal has some issues with shadows and hair at times. takeaways: for those who like relatively linear games thst wont be an utter time suck, and are into dark fantasy, highly recommended.

Too hard even on casual mode. Spent 30 min dying over and over to the same guy in the first chapter. Not fun. I can't enjoy the horror when it gatekeeps me with these dumb stealth puzzles. I would love to actually be able to play the game but instead I'm stuck and even walkthroughs don't make it easy.