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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 5.2 hrs on record
Posted: 2 Nov, 2016 @ 10:31pm

WARNING! MAJOR SPOILERS! DO NOT READ IF YOU WANT TO PLAY THE GAME YOURSELF!

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This game was a total mindf*ck. Throughout the story, you get these flashes of a mental hospital, and you're one of the patients. All of the other characters in the game are either doctors or other patients in this hospital. They tell you that the "Darkness" is just a dillusion, and they're trying to help you get better. On the other side, in the gameplay you're told that this hospital is just a facade put up by the Darkness while it rebuilds your body after taking heavy damage. The problem is, both sides of this can be equally correct, so you go through the whole game wondering which one is real. At the climax, the game straight up asks you to choose a side. And here we are, left with a great big Schrodinger's Cat situation. You can play through both endings, and they both make sense in their context, but you're left wondering. Did I defy the Darkness, chase it to hell, defeat it, and save my girl, or did I jump off a roof and kill myself, having one last delusion before hitting the ground? Did I give up on my delusions and let the doctors help me live a normal life, or did I give in to the Darkness and let it keep me in a neverending dream? Of course, the little post-credits bits left me with even more questions. In the end, there is no absolute conclusion, and the player is left to sit there and debate over what they think is true. This is one of the things that makes this game so amazing, and why I absolutely reccomend it to anyone.
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MasterOfBacon 3 Nov, 2016 @ 12:34pm 
:( thats sad to hear
Sanctum 3 Nov, 2016 @ 11:23am 
@MasterOfBacon yeah, I got it during the Halloween sale. As for 3, we may get it eventually, but 2 apparently did really bad on the sales, which led to the DLC being cancelled.
MasterOfBacon 3 Nov, 2016 @ 7:05am 
omg I just beat it yesterday too i felt the same way its SUCH a mindfuck hope you got the sale price :) apparently no Darkness 3 from what people say ? :(