I took a chance on this as it was promoted as being similar to Myst and inspired by Philip K. Dick. In no way was it similar to Myst. Dick, were he still alive, should be suing whoever wrote that ad copy. This is a silly game in which you basically play hide and seek with symbols that you have to find and click. In some cases, the symbol disappears after you spot it and it's basically a race to see whether you can focus the centre of your field of view such that you can actually click on the symbol before it vanishes. There is NO puzzle-solving whatsoever. The storyline and "dialogue" (not that your character says a single word) is not compelling. In spite of being your character being able to see in three dimensions, the game is very one dimensional. In essence, it is a very inferior version of The Witness.
Yes, I'm dating myself as a late 40's adventure gamer, but so what? Like Zork (and maybe the Ultima series) before it, Myst was a seminal game to me and set the bar for others that followed. What an amazing experience to be able to play it again on this platform some 25 years later!
I was really drawn in initially by the graphics and storyline. The first few puzzles weren't particularly difficult and were fairly logical. As the game went on, however, the plot became quite unsettling. As other have commented, if you've had an unpleasant birth experience, you might want to steer clear of this game. Some of the later puzzle solutions were a bit out there and I felt the plot struggled to resolve itself and come to a satisfactory conclusion. It was like the writers started something they really didn't know how to wrap up. It defiitely dragged toward the end, with the final chapter being linear and requiring no puzzle-solving whatsoever. The amount of dialogue with other characters is quite extensive, although not always essential to problem-solving. Also, I discovered certain items that I never figured out a purpose for and certain puzzles did not seem to require solving in order to finish the game, which left me a bit unsatisfied. Although I definitely enjoyed the first few chapters, I found myself just wanting it to end toward the finish.
