Mouthwashing

Pros

• it is a very good game. That said, it's not the fun kind of horror - it's the kind which starts out mildly goofy before you learn that even the goofiness is a metaphor for some dark shit.
• I'm a sucker for non-linear storytelling and I adore games that pull off an experience that could only be experienced in this medium. Mouthwashing is a prime example of both.
• Mouthwashing is a fantastic experience as a first person horror game without jump scares. The story was told in non-chronological order but yet still captured a sense of mystery and order.
• It is a short but highly memorable narrative "walking sim" style horror game about a group of individuals trapped and lost on a freighter in space. I won't say anymore as I think this game benefits massively from going in blind; suffice...
• I loved this game so much, the main theme hit so different when I was kicked back to the start screen after the credits rolled…. I just sat there and soaked it all in for a while.

Cons

• Walking simulator for the most part. It has a few puzzles, but only one of them is good. It has one sneaking section, which I didn't like, but which is certainly gameplay.
• Rating: 7/10 (Good) A terrifyingly trippy horror experience with some gruesome moments and intriguing characters that’s only held back by some clunky game sections.
• Mouthwashing (2024, PC) Pretty interesting, artistically noteworthy, but with a couple of the worst sections of gaming I've played in years. Just watch a Lets play.
• The thing is that I don't really find that compelling. It's not a tragedy if everything was always shit to begin with. It's hard to connect with characters who are all kicked dogs... I dunno, I guess at the end of the day the game just w...
• I think Swansea is an excellently written character—his monologue is one of the best segments of the game—and his boss fight is also a really well executed set piece. But most of the rest of the game doesn’t really hit for me.