3D game with great visuals. Often simple but never boring. I love the differences throughout the game. Many reviews mention issue with second half, the second half left me in awe and surprise. I'd say even trippy in a sense. War of the worlds feel.

I want to recommend it, as I was really excited after the first teaser, but I can't. Your opinion may depend on whether you view Somerville as a puzzle game, or an interactive story.

The art style and atmosphere is brilliant, there is also some depth if you look for it, which is revealed at the end, but the gameplay is incredibly mediocre and I would struggle to call anything in the game a puzzle. The 'puzzles' that do exist are immediately obvious so don't require any thought, the other interactions exist solely to break up the tediously slow walking and could be described as pressing anything orange; a track lever, a lever on a gate, a wooden plank to rip from the wall, a car door.

It's also fairly buggy. Numerous times while dragging the boat it glitched and sent the character flying from safety into a big purple ray of death causing me to replay that section over and over again.

I was hoping this would hit the same as Inside. Stylistically there are definite similarities, but...

Although it started out kinda strong, I just didn't feel that emotionally invested in the protagonist and the story was random in a way that doesn't feel cohesive, or if it is cohesive, it's surprisingly uninteresting. There's just not much to it.

Would never recommend buying it at full price.

If you love atmospheric games and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, maybe pick it up on sale.