So, I love stealth games and I found this game's mix of stealth and horror elements to be a fantastic experience. You move from location to location with a set goal in mind, though there are some collectibles to find along the way. The narrative is tight, and I don't think there's any wasted time or fat to trim. All that said, some of the stealth might be kind of finicky or unforgiving, depending on your take. I found it to be kind of finicky - there are fewer opportunities to escape guards once you've been spotted and, once they catch you, they kill you instantly. Some of their alert ranges seemed kind of wide, but this got less noticeable the further I progressed. Once I did adjust, I noticed that the AI wasn't especially bright. Still alert enough to be challenging or cultivate tension, and definitely not the same level of dense as Bethesda NPCs. The puzzles revolve around shooing rats away with light, or using rats (such as dousing a distant light to make rats swarm the nearby guards). Puzzles aren't complex, but they're also not tedious. They land pretty firmly in the 'enjoyable, not frustrating' territory for me. I played it with French voice over, but the English voices seemed fine. 4/5 rats
