The game as a whole is pretty great. The story and characters are especially good. It shares the same universe with Control, where you also have a bunch of references to Alan Wake as well. If you enjoyed this story, I highly recommend trying Control too, and also vice-versa.
Most mechanics are alright, shooting is a bit weird until you get used to it, there's no usual crosshair, but your flashlight acts as a crosshair. The slow-motion sometimes hits even when it shouldn't, and is quite exaggerated, but it's no big deal.
What I disliked the most was the very off-centered camera which is atrocious, and, to my understanding, was a deliberate choice. I can't understand why, but it's awful. Walking or running straight will never be straight but slightly to the left or right. You get used to it eventually, and it helps once you understand how it works and that the character always walks toward the flashlight, but even so, it is unusual and just a bad game design decision in my opinion.

The game as a whole is pretty great. The story and characters are especially good. It shares the same universe with Control, where you also have a bunch of references to Alan Wake as well. If you enjoyed this story, I highly recommend trying Control too, and also vice-versa. Most mechanics are alright, shooting is a bit weird until you get used to it, there's no usual crosshair, but your flashlight acts as a crosshair. The slow-motion sometimes hits even when it shouldn't, and is quite exaggerated, but it's no big deal. What I disliked the most was the very off-centered camera which is atrocious, and, to my understanding, was a deliberate choice. I can't understand why, but it's awful. Walking or running straight will never be straight but slightly to the left or right. You get used to it eventually, and it helps once you understand how it works and that the character always walks toward the flashlight, but even so, it is unusual and just a bad game design decision in my opinion.