Tormentum: Dark Sorrow

I would recommend the game solely for the atmosphere. The visuals, setting, and general story work amazingly together to provide a stimulating experience. And the gameplay is also great. It's simple in a way that makes progress intuitive - you almost never have to try combining random inventory items, for example. There was only one point when I had to look at a guide, and (hint) it involves a telescope. The game also handily closes off certain areas that you completed, so you rarely have to unnecessarily backtrack in order to find items that you may have missed -- more adventure games need this design principle; it can save so much time! . The game also has a morality system, and some decisions may not be readily apparent as you're making them -- so be careful and always try to do what you consider to be a "good option", even when you're quite certain that doing the right thing will hinder your progression.

Excellent casual point & click adventure game - nice graphics in HR. Giger style and accessible gameplay. No pixel hunting and descent plot.

Tormentum is beautiful, sports excellent atmosphere as you can imagine from the screenshots and videos. Alas, gameplay is basic point and click (and very linear), simple puzzles and very light plot. The lack of meat on the adventuring leaves a hollow game. There are almost no useless interaction, no memorable puzzle, no building of the world except what you directly experience to move to the next scene. And even there there is no sense of progression in madness or absurdity or any other abysmal axis that might give some sense of fulfillment. It becomes boring very fast. I kept hoping for more... until it ended. Beautiful, scenic, Giger-ish aplenty. If that's enough for you, play it.

Gorgeous art, music and overall atmosphere; but the puzzles are way too easy, and should not be any challenge if you visit every scene and click on every thing. Also the ending didn't do it for me, it just felt lazy and unoriginal, especially after the whole build up and journey there. Still, very much worth a look.