⭐️ 8.75/10 ⭐️

This may have been the hardest puzzle game I've played to date. That's not because the puzzles were poorly written or unfair, quite the opposite actually. There's a clear intense love for games by the developers and they've made sure that the player has everything they need to do *something* without feeling like hand holding.

My biggest tip is to have a notepad and do some puzzles by hand!

Pros
✧ The different styles of game that are built throughout this really were *so* fun to uncover. I love playing a game that shares the excitement of the people who built it.
✧ I never felt stuck, all of the times where I was lost on what to do next I knew that I had something in my possession or in my memories that would lead me somewhere else. I just had to find it.
✧ So many red herrings which made this *difficult,* there were things that are introduced to you almost immediately that were not touched until the very end. You really are your worst enemy here, if a puzzle is making you insane it almost always was that you didn't have the tools you needed to solve it.
✧ The random generation! On the rare chance where I just wanted a small nudge; I found that everyone had different text, symbols, and orders of puzzles which made it pretty useless to look for solutions. One of those touches that really shows the developers wanted everyone to enjoy the game without it being super easy.

Cons
✧ A reconfiguration of the "A" / select button, every button being a "select" button was a little strange. I had to get used to "B" not being a back button. I'm actually realizing I never considered remapping the buttons, aw well.
✧ A search functionality for memories would've made looking for resources way easier; even just finding what documents reference certain names
✧ The turning/movement was a little clunky, took a bit to get used to but it was an interesting yet retro way to turn/move
✧ This is specific to touch screen devices but an area for scratch notes would've been amazing; not a super big deal I just had a notepad handy on my phone.