I've played this one just after finishing other dev's game, "whispers of a machine". The latter is obviously more polished and has better interface and graphics, but honestly I like this one's story better. It all spins around some weird events happening in a small town where you will be investigating your family secrets. The main complaint is that the puzzles are sometimes too hard to figure out without a guide, but overall it's beatable. If you are into adventures I would recommend to beat "whispers of a machine" first, and if you like it you should definitely check this one out.
In short: if you liked Wadjet games (like Gemini Rue) storytelling but was frustrated by the look or the exhausting interface, this could be for you. The story is on a high level, the game is polished and all dialogues and hero remarks are voiced. The interface is good, almost as good as it possibly could be in a point-and-click. And there are no good old "find a pixel" or "combine everything in your inventory" tricks. Also you can "fast-transfer" between locations by double clicking. Finally, an adventure which respects your time! The game also gave me some Syberia vibes, small provincial town in a middle of nowhere, old rusty tech everywhere, going back and forth talking to strange but charismatic habitants... I think still there are several things which could be improved: custom augmentations are rarely used and these uses are unobvious. I had to look for a guide to find out that I need to use my new aug twice. And the final decisions are too "binary" i.e. I could thing of a few options to resolve the situation little better (like do one thing and don't do another) but the game didn't give me a choice. Still it's 5/5. Nicely drawn and voiced adventure.
It's a great quest previously unknown to me. Considering the fact that most of the old quest puzzles are crap I was surprised that it's mostly logical and most of the information (including notes, diaries and logs) is actually critical to the solving and helps you a lot if you read it carefully. The interface is also good enough and you can save-load any time in the game and there is a nice map in the corner which tracks your location. The music is depressing enough (I sense some weird Yamaha DX vibes) and the overall darker and solid atmosphere is different from common at that time cartoonish comedy attitude. The sci-fi background to the game is pretty solid, I think that oldschool sci-fi fans might be interested in this game. So overall it's 5/5, I can recommend.
