Well, I just finished the game, and even though I’ll probably need to play it again to fully understand the story, I wanted to share my first impressions. As a game, it felt a bit shallow, but not in a bad way,because as an experience, it was amazing. It really pulled me in, and I think I’m going to bed pretty late today.
I haven’t played many PS1 style games, but this one nailed the vibe perfectly: the 4:3 screen, the jagged edges, textures, animations, models, and even the menus felt really well made. Another thing I loved was how the gameplay keeps adding new mechanics until it basically turns into a first-person game. That was genius.
The concept itself felt genuinely fresh. I was expecting just another generic PS1-style horror game like the ones you usually see on YouTube, but nope. I really liked that this is basically an analog horror ironically similar to YouTube analog horror channels but actually playable. I got really hyped while playing as I started to realize what it was going for.
So yeah, that’s it. A great game jam game and a really cool experience for me, even though it’s a horror game.
P.S.: The game even ran on Windows 7 on my old backup PC, that deserves some applause.