God… where to start with this game… Just be warned that this is a Thriller-esque type of narrative, where you’re going to have zero idea about what is going on at the beginning. Even at the end nothing will be completely written in stone and high levels of interpretation will shape your view of characters, the world and events. It is done well though and keeps enough information flowing as you progress to keep you interested in what’s happening.

The main content of gameplay is mostly within the fight mechanics. It starts off slow as one would expect but takes a while to really ramp up. Once you get most of your abilities though things are fluid within the game. Balance within the move sets I found slightly lacking. There is a move or two you’ll never touch after trialing them out. Then there’s one you’ll be guaranteed to use, Breach() being the obvious example.

This game also uses a fluid difficulty structure that adds layers of depth to the game. There is no set difficulty marker, and you’ll receive Limiters that, imagine this, limit your abilities in fights. This is where the difficulty slider comes in and it works fairly well for this game. Anytime I felt like the game was getting too easy, I simply slapped on a new limiter and usually I was met with resistance once again. Without this the game, would have been far too easy. I rather enjoyed this variable difficulty and found it to be fair.

The total story/world package is the strong point of this game. As you play a sort of revenge laden detective. This requires you to read the info that gets from using certain functions in specific terms. Every little detail matters in the story as it provides clues as to how the world worked before this adventure began.

The music and artwork really add to the final world product. Giving a deeper immersion into the experience and on some level allowing an emotional connection to be established between you and a character that is unable to speak. It adds to the world a unique feeling that allows the world to breathe in and out as its body is revealed.

There are a few negatives to this game though. The menu to check what function does what when coupled with another. Sometimes the ability won’t seem to match the original function of when used by itself, though this is rare. Going through each individual function and then what each corresponding function that amplifies it can get monotonous. I said screw the reading and basically threw stuff together and tried it out in practice mode. The beginning is so confusing that it almost immediately throws you off balance in a bad way, such is the nature of a thriller though.

In the end, everything turned out to be fun, interesting and slightly emotional. You’ll need to keep a relatively open mind as you go into this one as the opening is rather jarring.