This is one of those games where when it's good, it's excellent enough that I would give it a higher rating. It's atmospheric, quite spooky at points, and left me with enough things to think about that I immediately replayed it to try to pick up on new nuance. Unfortunately...the overall quality is very uneven. Some aspects of the story don't live up to their full potential, either in terms of atmosphere or story. The ending tied up the immediate plotline, but without answering questions that had been brewing for the full story.

In terms of gameplay, dialogue options are limited. While I grasp that adding more recorded lines probably called for budget they didn't have, the reliance on recycling them can make dialogues seem particularly stilted or ridiculous. The game is largely in monochrome with pops of color. It's lovely visually, but can make progression frustrating when most of a scene is rendered in black and white and the cursor doesn't change when you're over an area you can interact with. As a result, some puzzles really overstay their welcome.

If the description interests you, it's worth playing--parts of it are pretty chilling, and I did genuinely enjoy watching some of the subplots unfold. Just go into it with the understanding that parts of this are too ambitious for their own good. Three stars out of my customary four.