Wonderfully immersive and suspenseful PnC adventure game! The art, music, and writing all set a uniquely dark and twisted tone.
The pixel art hits that sweet spot between pretty detail and eerie low-res suggestion. Music nimbly walks a line between manic, brooding, tense, and sacred. The dialogue and descriptions are rich but not superfluous, and read with a natural ease.
Puzzles are well designed, if not a little too straightforward at times, but never frustrating or perplexing. Only one puzzle had me doing a bit of pixel-hunting and wondering if I had missed a clue or overlooked a hotspot (though I was playing without the optional hotspot highlighter).
Great story and characters will pull you into the plot and have you personally invested in your quest.
Relatively short length makes The Corruption Within feel more like a short play than a feature film, which I found quite refreshing.
Highly recommend! *****