Overall, great concept. I love ARGs, and this is no exception. I was especially charmed by some of the way Subtext used well-known media sources to fuel the realness of the game.
Overall, there was a lot of intrigue, and at the end I found myself saying, "oh...is it over?" because there were so many different pieces of story and lore that were put down but as the game is relatively short it didn't have time to dive into them fully.
Some of the puzzles were a bit obtuse, (the four-digit code one being the most difficult and one of the first puzzles) however—we finished the game in two days, so they weren't so obtuse that we couldn't solve them. Huge thank you to William O'Connell for making this game! It was my partner and my Valentine's Day date, and you made our day!
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