I originally started this game for a website called "BountyMode" where you'll get a bundle if you get certain achievements before a certain time. Turns out I couldn't get the achievements in time. :P But I still ended up finishing the game anyways. Tried to go for 100% but gave up to prevent myself from getting angry.

This is a platformer game. I don't usually do well with platformer games, however this one is alright. Control wise it feels ok. I didn't feel like I'm not in control but it didn't seem as fluid as say Ori's control. One thing that's annoying right off the bat is that when you enter "fever" mode for the first time in a run, the game will do a dramatic slowmo. If I'm just running and there's no obstacles then it's all fine and dandy, but if I'm jumping in the air the sudden slowmo actually makes it really hard to navigate my character, plus it gets old real quick so it's just annoyance. I like most of the gameplay aspect except the very last level. I have no idea why they did it, but you have to run away from enemies in slowmo. Why? Just why would you make it like that? It not only adds unnecessary difficulty cuz there's no space for mistakes since enemies are right behind, it also makes it very frustrating when I die, and it doesn't have any checkpoint. It was really is infuriating. As for the story, it's laughable and silly. If they kept it light-tone all the way then sure, it's just a side thing but they had to make it this dramatic thing in the final level(yes, I have a lot of complaints about the final level), and then give you a half-ass happy ending. Like, it didn't solve anything? Why are all those people there?

When I finished playing through the story, it didn't leave me with good impression. Surprisingly tho, for this game achievement hunting actually helped it at making me like the game more. Each level there's credits and QR codes to collect that can be used to unlock items, and one of the achievements is to collect all of them. It was a pleasure going through each level and finding all of the hidden collectibles since it requires you to explore every possible path which is quite fun. There's two other achievement for delivering 100 pizzas and getting highest score on all levels. I was close to 100 pizzas and didn't want to farm so I decided to start trying to get the highest score in all levels. I had a blast! I kinda understand why speedrunning is enjoyable now. It's the accomplishment after getting it that's so great. Though I still gave up on the latter achievement since I got stumped in a level and I think it'll be really hard for me to get high score, it still made me like the game a bit more. So overall, it was quite a nice game.

Dang, I did not expect this. I played this game for last month's monthly theme + it got picked for challenged me. My first impression of the game is not that good. I played the demo version way back when it first came out on PS3. I got to the spider part and didn't notice those are legs, so I got brutally murdered. Needless to say little young me was super scared, so my impression was that this game looks interesting and has jumpscares. Oh how wrong am I.

This game is the perfect kind of(imo) horror game where it builds up tension using atmospheres and surroundings and scare you instead of using cheap jumpscares. I'm not saying jumpscares are bad since I enjoyed Puzzle Agent quite a bit and it has those old style jumpscares, just that when a game overuse it or use it incorrectly, after getting scared(it's human nature) I'll just feel cheated. However I've always viewed those that rely more of "creepieness" better such as Little Nightmare or this game. You feel like you're thrown into a unknown environment where everything's hostile and wants to kill you, so the tension builds up as you move forward, thinking about what's the next lethal thing that the game's gonna throw at you. And both of those games did well on warning you of what's coming most of the times. I also absolutely adore the art style in this game. It looks amazing because of the simplicity of using black and white(feels a bit like Chinese ink painting), and it's made even more wonderful when you got to the secret path and everything goes dark. Speaking of secret path, that I think is my favorite of this game. When it's getting darker and darker the tension builds up and I was half expecting there to be a jumpscare(I'm paranoid ok? xP) but then I was surprised by something that's as stressful and as lethal as jumpscare monsters: platforming with only your ears. The art style here totally makes the whole thing so much better since you'll only see your glowing eyes and hear those danger coming with your ear, it was very exciting and a smart way of utilizing it. The game is also very fair in giving you time to learn and keeping sounds in their seperate sections. Though the ending of that path is quite anti-climatic. I was expecting some secret but nope. :<

If I have so much praise for this game then why is it not a perfect score? Well, it is infinitely close to perfect score, but somehow I just can't give it that. It didn't have the "Oh dang this game is a masterpiece" feeling like after I finished Ori and Transistor, but thinking back I really can't find any major flaws. I think some nitpick problems that might be preventing me from feeling like this game is perfect are one, I don't really get the story. Story for me is really important as it allows me to get invested in the character and really immerse myself in the game. I am the kind of person that gets into good stories real easy(and also cries real easily) and good story is what keeps me interested in a game after finishing it, thus I feel like there's something lacking(although I also know that it's really fine as it is. This is more of a personal preference). The other problem is that it has a bit of trail and error. This is a really small nitpicky problem but take an early puzzle of the game for example: when you're chasing those little kids and coming across two piston-like things with sensor buttons at the bottom, the first one you have to jump on the button, the second you have to avoid the button. It's simply silly when you put two different mechanisms so close to each other. The player is bound to die one time whether they choose to step on it or not. I feel tricked when doing this part and it's not a good feeling. Plus, when the kids start chasing you, there's no way they don't know how to avoid the piston since they must've gone over there to get to the other side, yet they all died to it. The last problem is that the play time is too short. However I do understand why it's made that way and it's really an ok length, especially since it's a horror game. But idk, I just can't give it a perfect score, even though there's really no big complaints and I feel like it's worthy of all the praise it can get.

Overall, I highly recommend this game and I urge anyone that hasn't played it to go play it.