A strange surreal Walking Sim-type thing mainly focused on dental horror and time management. The whole mess started when your dentist looked at the disgusting pile of rot and decay that you call a mouth and promptly gave you five days to live. So now you bum around the house, doing chores, watering your plants or procrastinating in front of the PC, as the the clock ticks on mercilessly, the feeling of encroaching doom not at all alleviated by our protagonists insane flegmatism, taking two hours to water a singular plant and four hours to plug in a TV. But no amount of housework is going to stop the itching in your gums, so before long you'll have to face your bathroom mirror, lean in close, unhinge your jaw and step inside, to see if you can't tackle the problem at its root as it were.
A weird and varied experience, its many unexpected twists and turns buoyed by the always stellar atmosphere, courtesy of the strong sound design and PS1-styled visuals, always popular in this genre, their jagged edges and distance-obscuring fog breathing some staid air into these desolate non-places. The progression leans towards the side of cryptic dream logic, which means that seeing all the endings, let alone genuine 100% completion will almost certainly involve either a good deal of trial and error, or a trip to the steam forums. Still, it grants the game a real sense of mystery and the large amount of strange, hidden secrets means that even aimlessly flailing around in the metaphorical dark doesn't get too frustrating. An easy recommendation.
Final rating: 8.4/10
originally written on 27/08/2024
