CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!
First, I did not expect the twist. Playing this game made me feel scared, happy (only towards Zakhari), intense, sad, and empty. Zakhari’s death was so unexpected that I was in denial about it. I had to step away from the game for 1 hour. The sound effects were very eerie that I had to take off my earphones throughout the game. Some of the quests were quite unclear so I had to watch the gameplay to know what I was supposed to do (check out “Gaming with Faelel” video). Either way, it didn’t spoil the game for me. I thought that this game would have a battle or something since it has HP, Level, and Mana. But to my surprise, it only had a chase sequel. I also didn’t know what to do with “Note #3”, I thought it was for the dark room. But as I recall, I think I never actually used the information in it. I guess that was for some side quest. If not, I guess I didn’t realize that I was actually using the info. As for the characters, I think they’re great—Especially Zakhari (I am biased toward him since he’s funny and charming). Gareth is also cool, I did not expect that it was his doing. If you were to ask me, I thought that the plot would go to something like the one that burned the house was one of the people that died building it since they have a strong hatred for the Leighs sort of thing. And I strongly believed that it would go that way, so when I was nearing the end. It completely surprised me. Either way, there may have been some confusion while I was playing this, but it didn’t destroy my experience. Totally a recommended game.
Hello! Thank you for your kind words, I'm so happy to hear that you enjoyed the game >\\\<
Having the player suspicious about an extra arsonist was what I was trying to lead them to think, so it worked! But the game has definetly flaws, as you pointed out, and I should retouch the Note 3 in particular. On the other hand I'm both honored and surprised to hear that you liked the characters and that the game made you feel intense emotions throughout the gameplay >\\\< it's a badge of honor as a dev!
Thank you so much for playing Deep Inside, Pho!
(I follow Faelel's channel regularly, Sparrow makes really good content!)