As a mystery noir game, the atmosphere is very dark and suspenseful. By the end of this game, I was on the edge of my seat at all the surprises and twists and turns this game had. It kept me guessing until the revelations. I was like wow, this is a really unique and interesting story, this whole thing about erasing people's memories and giving them new lives and personalities was fantastic.
What I found interesting was that the developer put Cowboy Bebop easter eggs into this game and it's fun to see how Azriel interacts with them while they're just being them. Even though they unfortunately couldn't get the original actors to voice them, their voice actors sounded similar to their original voice actors.
The gameplay is unique as well, it's challenging and requires a lot of thinking and attention to detail to find things. It puts you into the mind of a detective and there's also a unique gimmick where you have to search things up using a google-like terminal.
However, there are several things (most of them minor) wrong with this game: There is a bit too much dialogue in the story like there's a bit of background provided for the more minor characters that weren't really needed in those moments. The controls were a little wonky, and the fight scenes were cumbersome, particularly when you're trying to get a headshot, which isn't worthwhile to do because it's too slow and hard. When you play around with different items and touch everything that the character doesn't want to do, they pretty much say the same dialogue no matter what character you use. The voice acting, while decent and fitting for the characters, didn't put much emotion into their performances. And while I like the art style and it's 90s feel, the character designs are pixelated, you can't see their faces and you can barely even see their eyes in their pictures. About the gameplay, there's one part that I found tedious, it is where you have to find the right weight to put onto the pedestal and it took me a long time going back and forth trying to find the correct weight because I don't remember any clues to that part.
This game is underrated, it's a shame it gets slept on. It has a unique story and nostalgic graphics. It's probably the best game story-wise I played and I don't usually like story games.