If the hand-drawn pencil aesthetics haven't sparked your interest, please consider that there is a very well written story to be found here that all the weird foreign art house films are jealous of. The unfamiliar setting is a perfect backdrop to the dream logic progression. Disorienting but compelling.

The voice acting (and audio mixing in particular) is honestly stellar - the devs have totally captured this campfire, folk scary-story vibe. The monsters (for lack of a better word) and character design are believable and cool, and the environments are a joy to navigate through

Its also a refreshing mix of many genres - completely it's own thing which is hard to come by these days. At it's heart though, its an exploration game and slowly figuring out all the beats of the story is riveting.

It has only been 4 years but Mundaun has proved itself to be a one of a kind labour of love. It knew what it wanted to do right from the get, and it does it.

It just never doesn't feel like piloting a camera around an artificial environment. I think if it was linear and didn't have the terrible AI enemy encounters I could vibe with the narrative more strongly.

It takes some effort to get on its wavelength and persist through some clunky moments, but there is an interesting story with a mistery worth uncovering.