SOMA

Excellent game. Worth every minute.

And I regret not buying it.

You've heard plenty about its story- how it's "existential" (cringe)- and while it is one of the few examples of "existential" (cringe 2: the recringening) horror done well, it's also buried under layers of tonal whiplash. You can literally go from reading someone's dying memories to having your support character get snarky at you within the same ten minutes. The game has monster encounters basically just because Amnesia had them, but they don't work here because the monsters are nonsense puzzles. There's one monster in particular who's basically a game of "red light, green light," and the game completely fails to convey you're supposed to do this. Not to mention they stick out so hard against the "existential" (cringe 3: return of the cringe) storyline that the whole monster subplot (yes, the main threat during gameplay is an element from a subplot) is resolved in what the game even admits was a detour. There's good to be had here, but it's buried under layers of mediocrity. If you have to play this, don't buy it full price. For the love of Satan, don't buy it full price. Wait for a sale or something.

Amazing experience, story, gameplay, sound and graphics. It should been GOTY in 2015. Still thinking about the questions it gives you and implications after several days i finished it.

This is a truly superb game. It has been a long time since I was so enthousiastic about a game. It really scares me at times. I'm about half way I think. I started in normal mode, but not being to young I found it exhausting, particularly mister discohead. I have switched to safemode so I can enjoy the game as it is supposed to be played. The voice actors are excellent. The background music creates a spooky atmosphere. All in all a great game.