This scratched an itch I didn't even know I had. And even after unlocking what turned out to be the Hidden Ending (through sheer bloodymindedness), I now realize there is SO MUCH MORE to discover!
In theory, this is a short-but-sweet vintage-style computer game. The aesthetics (visuals, interface, sounds, etc.) are perfect. It has a neat take on the Motheman urban (well, rural) legend, but it also feels like you're watching a class '60s-era horror film -- complete with the token minority character & token nerdy character who spouts lectures about things the viewer/player couldn't possibly know. The problem really comes from how *modern* the characters inner monologues are. They feel like a 2020s urbanite's imagination of what these character should think & feel -- the hunky jock is traumatized by his drunk abusive father & is prone to outbursts of violence, the attractive blonde prefers her "liberated" female "friend" to her boyfriends and is contemplating an abortion (which, speaking of urban legends, would be carried out in an alley with a coat-hanger) and wishes she could just have a job... *yawn* It'd be laughably anachronistic if it weren't so tiresomely predictable. Really, the other protagonist (Holt) is the only one who's well-written and feels authentic.
