Dead Take

I’ve always loved FMV point-and-click adventure games ever since playing Gabriel Knight 2. Having star power of this caliber and well-known figures from the gaming industry instantly intrigued me. Unfortunately, the puzzle design feels oversight-heavy. In the sauna area, the puzzle solved itself before I even touched the three temperature vents. In another instance, I solved a painting puzzle without opening the adjacent locked book. When I later found the code and tried to open it, the book was permanently soft-locked. I wasted a lot of time assuming something crucial was inside. Once I accepted that the puzzles weren't challenging, I treated it as a relaxed, narrative-driven experience. But the story fell flat, too. It lacks real buildup and settles into a preachy commentary on Hollywood ambition. The horror elements feel forced, relying heavily on scripted jumpscares. Technical issues further drag it down: Performance & V-Sync: Without DLSS, the game is locked at 30 FPS. Enabling DLSS fixes the frame rate, but disables V-Sync, causing severe screen tearing. (Credit to the devs for posting a manual workaround, but this should have been patched). Audio Glitches: Hit…

short, tense, scary (for me, im bad at horrors), well voice acted, but the ending was a bit dissapointing; i had hoped for something more... spectacular; but i get that this is what the game wanted to say, hence the positive review

One of the worst games on steam. cant even call it a game. you watch ♥♥♥♥♥♥ auditions. then go usb hunting for other ♥♥♥♥♥♥ auditions. the story and writing was ass. im all for using ai in games but this has the lazy kind, the em dashes. the bad artworks. just no.

People are saying the game isnt scary, but for me it was so scary that I started doing asian squat in game and stared at the floor, waiting for my mom to pick me up. I even had to sing my heart out after playing it to relieve stress.

A mix between horror-puzzler and FMV game. The in-game/in-engine sections were pretty... dull, the environment felt very slapped together in unreal, which is a shame because I actually really really enjoyed the FMV sequences, the performances from Ben Starr, Neil Newbon, Jane Perry, and more were all phenomenal, Ben Starr in particular really showing off his range in this one in the shoes of actor Vinny Monroe. This is one of those rare occurrences in games where I feel like the interactive bits got in the way of a good story and performances because they offered no agency or immersion in the story, where often my favorite video game stories are elevated by being an interactive medium that does things other mediums cannot.

Overall a good game. great twist ending. I've played it a few times and love every minute of it