RebreatheR

This game was so bad I couldn't bring myself to finish it. The feelings I felt most were frustration, bewilderment, and boredom. The game does have some creepy SOMA-like environments and atomospheric music from time-to-time. However, I spent most of the time wandering around and retracing my steps asking myself what the game wanted me to do or where I was meant to go. There is an objectives radar thing, but most of the time you need to go a completely different direction than what the thing says. This all destroyed any built up sense of tension and created a poorly paced experience. The monsters may be the worst part of the game. The Steam page promises a "Subtle horror approach — no jumpscares at every corner, with a focus on atmosphere, unease, and slowly building dread." That is a lie. Monsters-- the sharks, deadheads, and ghosts-- all sneak up on you without sound or any indication and you just die and that is the primary threat and source of any horror. I spent so much time just trying to figure out WHY I got a death screen. The ghost section as the worst... infinite spawning clones of the same asset make it impassible. They are supposed to be "scared of the light" but I even had them spawn IN MY LIGHT and kill me. This become so bad I just stopped playing. Also, your character apparently ate 15 hamburgers before playing, because he dies from a heart attack if you sprint for more than 3 seconds. Not worth $8.

If you want to see what all this looked like from my experience: https://youtu.be/Gm7Ls1XlC2U