Every spell has a 'color' alignment that is specific for hurting creatures of an opposite alignment color in a sort of 'rock, paper, scissors' system

The Sanity Meter in the game lowers every time you encounter one of the games gruesome creatures,

This means that every time you witness a strange creature in any levels, your character's sanity depletes

The creatures are intimidating.

What happens is, at the beginning of the game there are three different branches you can take in the story, and these dictate the difficulty of your quest as well as the creatures you encounter, including a completely different mid-game boss creature in each branch

most of the puzzles r easy

There are only three different types of enemies (which come in 3 variations each) that you'll see across the entire 10 hour playtime, and killing them off doesn't take any great strategy - R+up, A. Repeat.

Early on in the game, Alex finds the Book of Tomb and from that point on, not only can Alex perform spells, she also begins to find chapter pieces that tell stories of different characters whose lives somehow intertwined with the lives of other characters in different chapters as well as with Alex's murdered grandfather, Edward Roivas

If your a new gamer this is one to have in your library because it is one of those Resident Evil type of games that will make you think and frighten you as you play

what a great game.if u don't buy this game you are missing out on the best game of all time.

most of the puzzles r easy

There are only three different types of enemies (which come in 3 variations each) that you'll see across the entire 10 hour playtime, and killing them off doesn't take any great strategy - R+up, A. Repeat.