Damn, that was an incredible start!
I like it so far. I kind of feel really attached to the events as I'm going through something very similar right now irl. About leaving the loved ones in order to accelerate things pursuing a future I want, or staying with them so I don't feel lonely and scared. Perhaps it's destiny what made me play this game at the moment? Who knows...
I have to admit that for most of the run I felt that if the playtime reached the three hours before you get to the train you were actually screwed even if the comments of the characters suggested otherwise! In fact, I reached the last save box at 2:49 minutes. I was nervous, not gonna lie lol
I like the different mini games mechanics so far, except sometimes I have to die once in order to understand how things that are not under my control operate. To be honest, I think the hints are not clear enough sometimes... (SPOILERS>) I died to the red X because I didn't know you could interact with it not necessarily standing on it (I only saw that happen on walls/things that get on the way); same with "Neil will indicate where the skulls come from" or something, I thought he would do something else rather than just look to a direction... (<SPOILERS)
The ambiance/setting is very immersive and I love the progress of the story~ I'm already imagining how certain missed(?) clues might apply in the next chapters and everything lol