Bottle - Steam Game

I have recently played "Dear Esther" and really enjoyed it so I though I'd give other more 'artsy' games (those that are not really games but more experiences) a try. The world is designed somewhat beautifully but honestly excruciating to look at. I constantly felt like my guy had THE WORST eyesight and ended up with a headache after playing for 30 minutes because the game is so daring on the eyes. It could have looked soo good if you were able to clearly see more than 5 meters around you. The Noire mode is even worse with the black and white filter and flickering. Apart from that the world also feels empty. I would have loved to explore more but there are only 2 monuments and a few graves to find, all within close distance to the path so straying from it does not really make sense. There are these weird glowing things you can find that make you faster, which is a great idea because you are able to skip long and slow parts of the game, but they somewhat circle around you and regularly blind you in the process. The voice over is jsu plain bad, there are only like 2 lines over both game modes but they were SO bad that I remembered mentioning them here. The poem the whole game resolved around was okay-ish but each one had a weird part at the end meant to hint at something, ruining the immersion. The story is only kinda there, I personally liked the alternative ending of Noire better, but only slightly. It only takes you about 20-30 minutes to do one run and I personally think that the full price of the game is not worth it. There is no replayability after Noire. If you like the look of the game, better get "Dear Esther", it was better in every aspect.