Was interested in this game since early demo, was excited, but never had time to play it. Now, I've finally finished the game and quite dissapointed. From technical point of view the game is good - good surroundings, well done sound design that builds atmosphere. Gameplay mechanics are clunky, but not the worst part of the game. Monsters are standard and forgettable. The biggest problem of the game is the plot. Having 2 story lines - one taking place in 1860's and one in 1970's and talking about the connection between the main protagonist and his great-great granddad sounded like a great find at first. But the realization proved very poor. 1970's story is a paranoia/detective story that haas only a bad walking simulator (bad because of the poor mechanics and many segments introduced in the game that had no purpose, just to extend the length) and no horror elements at all. 1860's is a classic gothic-horror style story that is actually somewhat interesting to follow and play. And every chapter (there are 14 total) we suddenly jump from horror to detective and back, which completely breaks the narrative. What's even wors, both stories are incredibly predictable and incredibly loosely connected. Starting chapter 3 or 4 most players can guess how the stories will end. I still hoped that maybe there will be some intersting plot twist, that finally will connect well both stories together and make it worth the time spent. But in the finale nothing really happens, stories end as expeced and there is still no real connection revealed between two story lines, apart from ancestral bond. Not to mention that multiple plot holes, in particularly in detective story, are just ignored. There are also over issues that were noted before: plain and useless dialog lines, lack of logic in characters behaviour, pletora of cheap jumpscares. But for me the main dissapointment was failure to deliver the stories connection - authors had a good idea, but never figured out how to develop it
