Never Forgotten

This was an interesting late night play, although I will say that the tags are a little misleading, at least for me. If's more psychological horror than anything else using survival horror elements to better convey its message and atmosphere. The game started a little slow, was at its best in the middle and dragged a lot at the end. First, I would like to put here something that helped me a lot, written in another review, so that it stays "on top" : Long story short: final boss fight HOLD ON only (don't take dmg) UNTIL u are max health and def (it will say you can't get any stronger), then PERSIST only. It's not the most obvious thing to do especially if u take dmg/ alternate the two or simply played this in one sitting and are tired by the end. This will make the finale so much better for you. Now, the pros and cons (in my opinion): Pros: - The story is built up very well up until the end, it's vague enough that it's not obvious from the get go, yet with enough specifics that u can ...

Loved this game, the soundtrack is fantastic and the writing is just as good. Gameplay is fun and engaging with some genuinely great puzzles. The art style feels really unique and adds to the sometimes uncomfortable themes that the protagonist wrestles with. Full playthrough took me about 4 hours.

The game is reasonably short, the puzzles such as they are, bar one notable exception, are pretty simple; and the combat while interesting, especially in the latter half of the game, is not especially challenging. But goodness me, the narrative themes, visuals, and atmosphere are deeply interesting, dark, and challenging. To be perfectly honest this game feels far too personal and too real (especially given the dedication at the end) to critique in the usual manner. I feel like I have just rifled through someones journal during a particularly difficult period of their life and have been left in a very contemplative mood. I hope the dev got the catharsis it seems they were looking for out of this project.