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Visuals are stale but the gameplay is awesome

I really wanted to like this game. I am starved for original fresh indie games that do not cater to the pixel art asthethic. But after 2 hours of play I regretfully un-installed the game. It was not fun to play. The arty style of the games logo fooled me. Its style isn't modern, it's retro, 60s sci fi ugly. And if you dig it, it's fine. But for me there was something repelling about the art style, the dizzying gameplay of constantly shifting perspectives, the obnoxious british nareator. I just did not want to be in this world. Not because it was scary are intimidating. Because it was ugly and boring.

I grabbed Shift as my first power instead of the recommended Shotgun or Jetpack. I soon learned that I could telekinetically hurl a broken vending machine into those who opposed me. So yeah, I think I made a pretty good choice.

I would consider this a 'games as art' game due to how it expresses the feeling of being a disembodied conciousness via gameplay. I have nothing negative to say, not that the game is flawless, but rather than the flaws pale to irrelevance in the face of how good the game is. I would say the sales pitch is still a pitch, no the game will not "mess with your mind", you just move around by controlling things is all. But that's fine. I've never been able to find a definitive definition of what an immersive sim actually is, it's always been a bit vague, but I think this game is the definition.

They call it an "immersive sim", I call it a survival puzzle game. You have to manage carefully resources to go through the ship and progress. Anything goes, so yoiu are free to mess up, there is always a solution, but often messy, but hey, that's progress, You better not have motion sickness though.