I found doors, places I wanted to explore more, where I wanted to find more. Some of the levels you can tell really suffered from rushed work, like some desert parts and some of the underground parts feel empty.The first half of the game up to the tank puzzle is very slow.Some monster interactions were really well grounded with the story, much better than the random monsters of SOMA.(but then it quickly becomes repetitive). The story is interesting, once you figure out what is going on.The quality overall, feels higher budget than the other games (with a few exceptions).This is definitely the most complete story and most well told story they've made so far.I've played everything from Frictional Games.Ī few things I thought about the game on my first playthrough For future games, they should have a look again at Resident Evil (1 or 7). They shouldn't be afraid to have a bit more back-tracking or time spent within the same area. Maybe something non-humanoid, more alien (like those statues with the curled heads).

The watcher-like enemies are good from a gameplay point of view, and they fit with the simple horror gameplay, but their design was a bit dull, maybe? Would've appreciated some more interesting monsters rather than those floating spirits. The little sandstorm chase at the very end, when the doc runs off with Amira, was neat and I would've liked an actual zone like that. I'm surprised there was no actual desert chase sequence or something where there are enemies out in the open. I would've appreciated more above-ground/desert areas in general. I wasn't super enthused by the very last areas of the game.

The Fort area, the Hunting Grounds and following underground ruins were excellent. Some really good set-pieces and scary zones. I still think they should build on this even more, perhaps with some light inventory management, rather than strip it out further (which is the direction they seemed to be taking with SOMA). Actual puzzles (even if simple), items, gameplay mechanics. Maybe in itself not quite as interesting as SOMA's, but good nonetheless and I liked the more personal, emotional nature of it.

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