Once more I wish a "mixed" option existed for reviews, oh well.

The ambience of the game grabbed me immediately, good graphics, good performances, immersive audio.
The world building, the creatures, everything was gripping and tense, the combat was sluggish and death came quickly, reinforcing the oppressive environment and the dire situation our character found himself in.

It took me 2 sittings and about 8 hours total to get through it,

That being said...

I will not complain about the ending and keep this review spoiler free.
After completing the game, I briefly started a new game to collect the hidden achievement, pondered for a moment: "Is that all?" and uninstalled the game.

In the game industry, if you do not release a game, you have nothing. There is no consolation prize for never-released games, I know this reality on a personal level.

It is pretty clear at this point that the game had to be aggressively cut down for release as evidenced by the lack of tier 6 locks (despite the visuals indicating there are 6 security levels) and the myriad of evidence from the art book, teasers, and mentions (on the steam store as of today) about non-linear, open world adventure, that the game was supposed to be "so much more" than what it is.

There is no real way of knowing how much was axed in the end, or even why.

As a result, I cannot recommend that you get this game, it might be worth playing if Giger & body horror is your jam, but otherwise? Wait for a sale.

Once more I wish a "mixed" option existed for reviews, oh well. The ambience of the game grabbed me immediately, good graphics, good performances, immersive audio. The world building, the creatures, everything was gripping and tense, the combat was sluggish and death came quickly, reinforcing the oppressive environment and the dire situation our character found himself in. It took me 2 sittings and about 8 hours total to get through it, That being said... I will not complain about the ending and keep this review spoiler free. After completing the game, I briefly started a new game to collect the hidden achievement, pondered for a moment: "Is that all?" and uninstalled the game. In the game industry, if you do not release a game, you have nothing. There is no consolation prize for never-released games, I know this reality on a personal level. It is pretty clear at this point that the game had to be aggressively cut down for release as evidenced by the lack of tier 6 locks (despite the visuals indicating there are 6 security levels) and the myriad of evidence from the art book, teasers, and mentions (on the steam store as of today) about non-linear, open world adventure, that the game was supposed to be "so much more" than what it is. There is no real way of knowing how much was axed in the end, or even why. As a result, I cannot recommend that you get this game, it might be worth playing if Giger & body horror is your jam, but otherwise? Wait for a sale.