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me when funny smiling man keeps injecting me with unholy substances 10/10

Overall a great experience. Despite being frustratingly difficult at times, it managed to hit somewhat of a balance between deep web horror and survival, although I have to admit that the focus of this game favored the latter. The sheer amount of planning and preparation required for each run is immense, which is an aspect I personally liked. The Websites are beautifully crafted and allow you to immerse yourself into the creepy environment this game provides. The buildup towards finding the last key got me glued to my seat. This Game involves ALOT of notetaking and research. Many complain about the absurd difficulty, which I partially agree with, yet I do think that the seemingly INSANE difficulty of this game is rightfully justified as it contributes to building up tension. However, there is a difference between a difficult experience and tedium. One of the main problems I had with this game is the comical amount of things thrown at you, which makes the RNG aspect of this game even worse. Power outage? Better head to the electrical room. What's that? This one box isn't enough? Better travel around the world to look at the other boxes. Power finally fixed? Well no, now you got a network outage. Better fix it. Getting Hacked in the late game? Have fun beating hacks requiring almost superhuman ability. Finally beat the hack? Have fun hiding from one of the threats while getting hacked AGAIN which saps some additional time away from actually progressing. This, combined with sometimes unbelievably bad RNG can give you a very huge headache. I totally understand the horror aspect of it, but it does seem a little too much at times. It just becomes funny how you cannot get anything done for a good amount of time just by how much is going on at once. Makes me thankful that checkpoints for normal mode exist. Another thing that seemed lackluster are some of the enemies. At the moment, at least 2 threats are easily avoidable. They were scary at first, yet it didn't take long until dealing with them became very simple. Perhaps some variety in how and where some enemies could spawn/enter the motel may shake up the meta aspect at the cost of adding additional RNG elements and difficulty to the game. This area of the game still needs balancing/reworks. Since the latest patch I haven't encountered any bugs as of yet. It took me around 26 Hours to finally complete the game. It definitely isn't for everyone, however if you like playing difficult horror survival games coupled with complex mechanics, then this is absoloutely an engaging experience. The satisfaction gained from progressing evens things out nicely. I am looking forward to where this game goes from there. Hope this helps.