House of 1000 Doors: Evil Inside

Despite my immense love for the first three games, this one is beyond disappointing. It it EXTREMELY buggy and laggy, you cannot see the instructions because the screen kind of pixelates more than half the time, you cannot properly access game mechanics for the same reason, and you keep having to shift from full screen to small screen in hopes to fix the bugs. Tech issues aside, it feels lazy. The game design is less complex, the puzzles are way too easy, and the mechanism themselves feel like they are catering to very small children. You cannot really explore the landscape of the game as you once could with Jane. If you click on random spots, you no longer get her musings over the purpose of different items or simple observations that could clue you into the next step. When you click a hint during the puzzle, it doesn't show you how the puzzle is solved anymore. It just skips to it being solved already. The game doesn't make you think for yourself, as they once used to. Honestly, it felt extremely unplayable. I don't enjoy the new protagonist, either, because she doesn't go through the process of learning about the House or her newfound powers. She's basically OP and you get a big info dump at the beginning, but it doesn't explain how she is tied to the House and how she is a descendant of the family. With how buggy it is, I really don't feel like this has replayability value. I cannot even get through the bonus chapter because it bugged not even a minute into it. P.S. I miss a proper Collector's Edition with Beyond Objects. Looking for "evil faces" was extremely puerile.