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1.1 hrs last two weeks / 1.1 hrs on record
Posted: 8 Feb @ 9:06am

Although admittedly there are aspects of the game that are amateurish and the game is more like an extended demo than a full retail release, I can tell there's passion and creativity that went into this project. I am a native English speaker and a lot of people complained about the translation errors, I can't be super hard on the dev because it's a small project and maybe they weren't be able to do the best converting the script into English. I didn't feel that a ton was lost in translation and the script was adequate to figure out what was going on. I also wasn't really a fan of the strange/archaic ui interface but it never interfered with me progressing through the game.

This is an interesting hourish long game (probably longer if you don't look at a guide) that has some elements of horror and mystery. It's a surreal point and click where you're trying to figure out the mystery of your nightmare/dream and the connection between your sister and your own illness. I'm really not typically a point and click player which is why I started with a guide, which led to virtually no frustration in the gameplay and allowed me to enjoy the experience. There is a nice ambiance in the atmosphere of the game, I thought the music was pretty nice, and although not very "scary" there's definitely some cool and unsettling moments interspersed thru investigating the clues and combining items.

I found the relationship between the brother and sister to be pretty touching even though it wasn't extensively developed, some parts moved me and were beautiful. Some of the horror elements were creepy and genuinely unnerving. The story is rather bittersweet and although the conclusion is in my opinion not necessarily happy it served as a dramatic climax to the narrative, leaves certain things up to interpretation and leaves one to ponder a bit. I also appreciated that there were voice acted parts, even though they were in Mandarin which I do not understand, it genuinely added to the atmosphere and the art and cutscenes were pretty beautiful for a small game like this.

I wasn't even really in the target audience for this game and I ended up enjoying my time with it, even if it was relatively short, for a free game it definitely exceeded my expectations, go into it expecting a slightly unnerving mystery and be pleasantly surprised.
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