Recent reviews by Kiriel

This game is difficult to review. I couldn't say I had a good time playing it because the theme was so dark and depressing. I did play the game all the way through but if I can't load individual chapters, which I have not checked, I do not have a desire to jump back in to try to get the rest of the accomplishments. I don't really want to enter that world again.

The story takes place through the mind of a woman, a former patient of the mental hospital in this game. She comes back to the hospital to help regain some of her lost memories. It is a real location and the circumstances in the game are real if not the actual people in the game. The game did not fall into the usual trope of making the doctors, nurses and orderlies evil and uncaring. It was more that this was the best people could figure out to do with people who could not function in society. It did make me glad to be born in this time and place. Even 80 years ago medicine could be barbaric compared to what we have today.

I definitely would recommend it but with some warnings.
1) It is more of a visual novel than an adventure game. Even if it was an adventure game the words "adventure" don't seem to apply. Edna and Harvey Breakout and Alice the Madness Returns take place in the same location but with much more interaction and "fun."
2) The theme is really depressing and is more likely you make you sad than take you anywhere else.
3) The graphics were very well done with my only complaint being that I couldn't always find the cursor because it was a small white circle that sometimes got drown out by the scene.
4) Like many games out there now this one doesn't bring a concrete conclusion and I am sure people are debating what really happened. I don't know if the different ending showed actual different stories or just more about the same story.

Loved this game. The visuals were simple but compelling. Each new area I couldn't wait to explore and puzzle out. A blend of cutsey yet creeping. Things just aren't what you think. A few of the puzzles stumped me for a bit but I think the level of difficulty was just right. I would definitely play this again.