Aaron's father's illness leads to him having to make a big choice.

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TiManGames says

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Sorry, but this one wasn't your best mod. It did had some potential, however it was not achieved to due to lack of basic principles and somewhat poor execution.

The story:

The story was barely there. I got the idea of what you wanted to do, but it felt like the story had nothing to do with the places you visit. There was also big lack of narrative and it was told through a weird way without explaining too much.
The idea by itself was interesting though, you could take the story to lots of places, not necessarily horror. Why are there monsters in the game? What about the protagonist's sister? How the facility has came to be? I got more questions than answers.

Environment:

Some maps felt open but in reality they were very linear. For example, the second map (forest). There was no reason for not letting the player walking outside the gravel path, yet you block their way.
The lighting was inconsistent. Some maps looked decent while other looked less. Some of the maps were boring, like that big office map where you had to avoid proxies- it was very plain and boring.
Many of the rooms didn't have any real purpose too. I spent my time exploring every room with getting very little in return.
Another thing was the use of the soundspace areas. Some rooms used it in a weird way, others didn't have one at all. It felt kinda weird and made the environment feel artificial. Also you relied very heavily on jumpscares instead of atmosphere.

Gameplay:

The puzzles were very basic and some of them were bland. The main objective was okay - find the power room and shut it down. However, most of the puzzles revolved around finding levers/buttons and going from point A to point B. That made it kinda boring to play.
Also, avoiding looping, fast walking proxies in a maze is not scary - it's tedious.


TL:DR
linear maps with many rooms that serve no purpose.

Poor executed story that made it boring

Nice voice acting

Nice idea as a whole

Some atmospheric moments, however most feel artificial.

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KiraImmortal says

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God, the maze running simulator on this one. I don't think I was running through a mod this fast, with no regards to exploring/admiring the environment. The gameplay for the most part didn't break the monotony much, only with some decent monster encounters/event occasionally. Pretty sad considering the amount of work you put into the level design, the lack of atmosphere and enjoyability factor took away its shine.

There was some story in the beginning but it didn't really develop until the very end, and for multiple levels there was complete silence and lack of notes. Not bad eventually, just a bit late too keep you interested enough.

All in all, a decent effort but it falls short in gameplay and immersion. I liked some of the platforming puzzles and the VA on the other hand.

Some of the screens look awesome on the next chapters, so I'll press on, hoping for better resulsts.

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SwankestCZ says

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Not bad.

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gilas says

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leonidkirkovski says