it's alright.

I don't know what to write. What a great experience and a truly wild ride.
Maybe i'll start with the "cons":
-text heavy / visual novel style
-game is mostly easy and hasn't that great puzzles/riddles
^- so in this regard it's different to other adventures/point n' click adventures.

But i didn't mind, i like visual novels and also this game will twist your head with the plot / atmosphere / surrealism and weirdness :-), so there is enough to take in and i think this combination was just fine.

Like others said in their reviews: go in blind. It's a dystopian piece of art. Really surreal and not easy to grasp at times. But really worth it!

As far as i know this just started as some student / documentary multimedia project but was expanded and published as a full game. It came out fantastic in my opinion. Doesn't have to hide beneath full time paid video game projects..

If you fear about some totally cryptic visual novel or walking simulator project too far away as some art project: that is not the case.

I just finished it and i'm wanting more, there are also some resources you can check up afterwards:

https://norcogame.com/resources.html

Mild spoilers:

It is based on real locations, movies, enviromental events, books, research papers and all this stuff.

(but no need for any prior knowledge)

and they created also this interactive game for post-lore from a steam discussion/private exchange:

https://geographyofrobots.itch.io/ditch-whit-1

@Devs / creators: If you read here: Kudos to you! I rarely write real reviews, but i had too.

I think i just read, that you won't produce another game in this sense, that makes me a bit sad. Really hope some of head-writers / people responsible have a great career ahead. I didn't play Disco Elysium yet (but friend hold this in high regards) and i also think that it means a lot that your game is compared to Disco Elysium! :-)