The good the bad and the ugly.

So I just want to start by saying I'm so glad this game exists. It is truly a wonderful game for any fan of horror games or for any gamer who is invested in the story and narrative of games. I remembered seeing it YEARS ago and wondering about getting it, but at the time I didn't have anything to play it on, and then it went on sale for 2 dollars (though I would happily pay probably up to 30 for this game--40 if I was a bigger fan of the Alien franchise).

The good:
The art and the style of this game are superb. You are in the classic retro futurism scene where you're aboard an amazing and futuristic spaceship--but there are old-fashioned computers (pre-Windows-OS) and tape recorders/answering machines (the ones you used to buy separately from a phone?) everywhere. The atmosphere of this game is truly wonderful. You might not be in any "true" danger at times, but you can't help but feel that any moment is going to be your last. There are wonderful backstory snippets for you to piece together throughout the game with clues and hints of what is to come in the game as well.

The bad:
I want to stress that this isn't necessarily "terrible" but it's worth mentioning that the controls can feel a bit awkward at times. I'm pretty sure they just wanted a lot of simple tasks to feel like mini quick time events in order for you to fear for the time it might take you to do something and to make you feel the same "oh no oh no oh no" that the character is feeling as she struggles to open the door. There is a bit of fighting in this game, but again, this is a horror game first and foremost, so the fighting is not meant to make this game into a shooter or a brawler by any means--so if that's what you're looking for, this is not that game.

The good the bad and the ugly. So I just want to start by saying I'm so glad this game exists. It is truly a wonderful game for any fan of horror games or for any gamer who is invested in the story and narrative of games. I remembered seeing it YEARS ago and wondering about getting it, but at the time I didn't have anything to play it on, and then it went on sale for 2 dollars (though I would happily pay probably up to 30 for this game--40 if I was a bigger fan of the Alien franchise). The good: The art and the style of this game are superb. You are in the classic retro futurism scene where you're aboard an amazing and futuristic spaceship--but there are old-fashioned computers (pre-Windows-OS) and tape recorders/answering machines (the ones you used to buy separately from a phone?) everywhere. The atmosphere of this game is truly wonderful. You might not be in any "true" danger at times, but you can't help but feel that any moment is going to be your last. There are wonderful backstory snippets for you to piece together throughout the game with clues and hints of what is to come in the game as well. The bad: I want to stress that this isn't necessarily "terrible" but it's worth mentioning that the controls can feel a bit awkward at times. I'm pretty sure they just wanted a lot of simple tasks to feel like mini quick time events in order for you to fear for the time it might take you to do something and to make you feel the same "oh no oh no oh no" that the character is feeling as she struggles to open the door. There is a bit of fighting in this game, but again, this is a horror game first and foremost, so the fighting is not meant to make this game into a shooter or a brawler by any means--so if that's what you're looking for, this is not that game.