Three films never released, an actress who vanished, and hours spent rewinding footage to figure out what really happened.

When the community picks on gut feeling, Immortality lands right around the average, just past half the games. Nothing spectacular. But the detail tells another story, and a sharp tension with it. Connection puts it ahead of 87% of titles, rediscovery ahead of 82%, while the controller feel drops all the way down, ahead of just 8% of games. That is the split: a game people love deeply and dream of experiencing fresh again, yet one that gives almost no sensation of play in the classic sense. Worth hedging, those criteria rest on few votes and the early verdicts still need confirming. Art direction and soundtrack sit just above the middle.

Which makes sense. Sam Barlow, already behind Her Story, does not design with a gamepad in mind. He builds narrative puzzles where the only verb is search. Filmed investigation point-and-click has nothing to prove on reflexes, and criteria built around immediate thrill simply do not describe it.

So who is it for? For you if you like digging, cross-referencing, letting a story settle in your head for days. Much less so if you want a game that rewards your thumbs.