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| 55 | 232430 | 83601930 | TL;DR: It's not a bad game, but not a particularly good one either. It's OK, in the "get it if it is on sale" category. This game is about exploring a house, putting together the story from breadcrumbs. There are no puzzles or anything like that. At certain points, you listen to your sister's journal, which gives the majority of the story. The rest can be deduced from notes and letters, and observing the environment in general. The main story is generally well executed, but other than being about a lesbian couple, is nothing out of ordinary. The voice acting is also really good. The handwritten letters are pretty nice too. Some reviewers like the game because of the LGBT themes in it, and eagerly accuse those who don't like it of homophobia. They say that there is more to this game than the LGBT story. The thing is, yes, there is more to it, but not by much. If you rush through it, then all you'll find is the main story, and little else. If you look more thoroughly, then there are more details about your parents and even your great-uncle, but that's not that out of ordinary either, and they get lost easily behind the main story. If you are a horror fan, you probably won't like this game. It start out building suspense with some typical horror elements: an allegedly haunted house, a dead psycho uncle, ominous rain and thunder, foreboding music, your sister into occult things. But at the end it's all just forgotten, and all that remains is a romance plot sprinkled with some family troubles. As for the exploration part, I love the genre, but I've played such games that are better than this one. The house is big but mostly bland. There are important details here and there, mostly notes and letters, but mostly there are large and uninteresting spaces and mundane items. | 2021-03-14T05:52:03.363703 | 1 | 1 |