downloaded the link and in getting a error trying to open the game saying "couldnt load project data at path -,-, is the ,pck file missing?". i have no idea how to fix this
It seems as though you haven't extracted everything that is in the zip file.
Just to be sure, download the file again, unzip the contents to some folder and make sure you see all the files that should be there, here's a reference:
Once everything is unzipped, launch REC.exe file to start the game
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