4.9 hours played
Written 4 months ago
This game was a fun experience overall. I will list the cons first because I would prefer to end on a positive note.
CONS:
* Some lines of dialogue contain grammatical errors. I see from your website that you are based in Ukraine. I understand if these problems are due to the lines being translated from another language, but I wish the lines had been edited and scrutinized more by a native English speaker. I would like to help with that if I had the chance, although I don't speak Ukrainian, so I wouldn't be able to translate the lines on my own.
* The plot twist with Prof. Sanders was a little too predictable, in my opinion. However, I liked what you did with him in the Special Episode. (See the last entry under PROS below.)
* I have one little nitpick about the story. So, the Sandman's goal is to [spoiler]steal Laura's body so he can walk around in the real world. But he can already do that because he stole Prof. Sanders's body. Does he want Laura's body because of her special power? Or maybe because of her youth?[/spoiler] I feel like that could have been explained a little better.
PROS:
* The artwork in this game is incredibly beautiful. I loved seeing your concept art in the Extras section. There's such a wide variety of areas in the game, from a garden, to a desert, to an amusement park, and more. Each one is so beautifully detailed. Your artists did an amazing job. My favorite area is the clock room in the Special Episode.
* The puzzles are fun. I got stuck on some of them, but I love the variety and creativity of the puzzles.
* The story is nice. You did a great job building up Laura's backstory through the journal pages.
* The Beholders provide a cool sidequest. It's fun searching for their eyes wherever they appear.
* I like how Prof. Sanders is written in the Special Episode. In the main game, I assumed he was just [spoiler]a fake identity that the Sandman was using as a disguise. But in the Special Episode, the professor turns out to be a real human being who the Sandman has taken prisoner, and I love how we get a glimpse into the Professor's own mind and backstory[/spoiler]. You did a great job fleshing out a character who I wasn't expecting to be fleshed out.
