Gameplay is fun, I enjoy deducting who and who aren't Doppelgangers, and the funny moments that randomly happen are also enjoyable. I think the atmosphere and tension are also decent.
However, if you like being challenged, this game isn't for you, and certain parts are the game are just flawed.
1. Why do the forest sections of the games' story mode have no threats? All there is is ambience and you might THINK that there's an entity out to kill you because of it and the manager tells you they saw something out there, but once you realise you're completely safe in the forest, what's making me scared after that?
2. The game is simply way too easy, even if you let all the Doppelgangers through. I can deal with Demented easy by just putting traps at every entrance, the Dolls are a joke since they do very little damage and die with one swing from a Sledgehammer. The Entity itself does far too little damage for being the "Main Threat", and can quickly be dispatched with a Sledgehammer that I can get rid of it in less than 30 seconds, which also makes the Marionette harmless since I can make The Entity leave and wind the music box before it can even attack you (it's also far too slow).
3. The endings are very anti-climactic. They're just a few lines of text and images on-screen that are very short lived. The true ending barely differs that much from the other endings and isn't satisfying enough for what's meant to be the good ending and leaves too many questions unanswered. Why do we not talk about what we saw on the final night to the Sherriff? Where did we get transported to? Did the Dentist actually die? Who were the others watching us from the forest?
4. Because the game is too easy, me and my partner just decided to go ♥♥♥♥ it on the last few nights and just let everyone through, regardless of if they were a Doppelganger or not, just so we would earn enough money to get the true ending. It doesn't feel like the attacks get harder (or hard enough) to be dissuaded from not interacting with the deduction mechanics. Why are we rewarded instead of being punished for letting Doppelgangers through?
I'd love to leave a positive review for the game as I generally had a good time but the negatives outweigh the positives for me unfortunately.
