Although I am deathly afraid of horror games and swore to myself that I will never play a horror game blindly and alone - this game caught my eye. Seeing all the praise it got and starting to watch a video about it, I couldn't help myself; paused the video, snatched the game on a sale, and started playing. Never in my life have I been more terrified yet excited to play a game.

The story is absolutely fantastic and terrifying. I am a huge fan of sci-fi, especially when it comes to something quite probable, like in this case. I do believe that we will at some point learn of a way to store human consciousness on an electronic storage. If we could go from dreaming of flying in the air to having people pretty much live in space in the span of 70 years, we can achieve this, too. Of course, the whole dilemma of "flipping a coin" on whether you end up on the other side or stay in your body is absolutely terrifying to me.

The visuals are one of the more unique ones I've seen in my life playing games. It's dark and gritty, likes most horror games, yes. But maybe the fact that it's all underwater is what's making it so good for me. As a proud haver of thalassophobia, I'm horrified of the idea of being in deep water. Yet it's incredibly fascinating and beautiful to me. So having the chance to be out there and see what I like, all while being driven by fear, just knocked me out. The one thing that could've been done better is the animation, of course. Specifically of human characters.

The sound design is a cherry on top. The sheer terror that fills me when the screen starts glitching out and the sound gets distorted, with Simon's breathing filling in the silence between the monster's footsteps, is what makes it so great. I don't think I've ever played - or will play - a game with sound design that has immersed me this much. They absolutely killed it.

One thing I have to add is that, being the coward I am, I looked up a few monsters when I met them. I was too scared to find out what they did and how to avoid them by myself. The exception being Yoshida, I saw that one coming lol.

If you haven't played this game, what the hell are you doing? Get it now. Especially if you are terrified of horror. And remember: