Hallo! For anyone interested, I did a live-dubbed and commentated playthrough of this game, which I'll link below. I do encourage you to play it yourself!
As a surface review, I would say that this was an unnerving experience from start to finish. I'd attribute that to the protagonists' negative chemistry lol. They always seem to be more talking at each other, than with each other, and it creates an uncomfortable atmosphere throughout. With each passing day, it only worsens as the stakes grow and major events starts to happen. While the story does lead down where you expect it to (not a bad thing), the desire to keep the protagonist alive makes each decision you come across into a moment where you really have to think carefully about the short-term and long-term consequences. That said, the pacing does hasten quickly, but it's befitting a shorter story like this - no less a fever-dream journey. It adds a franticness that captures the fear of how everything starts to blur in a survival setting. Had it been longer, it would've greatly benefitted from a change in setting and structure, but it works for what it is.
As for a deeper, spoiler-filled review (begone if you haven't played it), I think the biggest question this game asks is how much faith are you willing to place in a stranger who's got you in a precarious position. How do you navigate someone who is effectively in control of you? What do you say? How do you say it? How do you piece together the truth of their actions without giving it away that you're onto them? How do you deal with the consequences of that? Especially when they seem plenty experienced with what's going on. Though as my chat pointed out, maybe the lesson is, don't talk to women when they make it clear they don't want to talk to you! LOL
Y'never know when you'll end up prey to someone's sick fetish(?) or become a stand-in for their traumatic guilt. Props to Gavriil for always keeping it real. Even though he starts as a friendly, trustworthy guy, he's also portrayed realistically with his darker thoughts regarding Yeva's mysterious nature, and his circumstances. It's sad to say that ending 2 unfortunately feels like what would actually happen, even though ending 3 grants him a better one. Stockholm syndrome is a hell of a drug, and Yeva knows exactly how to trauma-bond with him. I'm left curious as to what becomes of them thereafter, and how exactly Yeva's past brought her to this point - and his, too. Great potential to explore all that if you want to expand on this story!
Either way, the writing has caught my attention as much as the writing initially did. It overall feels like I stumbled onto a back-link forbidden flash game, which is a uniquely cool and nostalgic sensation to be induced. The CGs and animations were greatly chilling, especially when combined with the detailed writing of them. The poor rescuer... and my senses reading that... Best of luck with what comes next for this project's success and future endeavors!