My Obsessed: Trace Journey

Bought the game during a Steam sale. Twenty bucks for what looked like a decent horror game about delivering packages and searching for a missing person. The screenshots showed dark environments and tense-looking scenes. Perfect for a rainy Saturday afternoon.

Started playing around 2 PM. The delivery mechanics felt weird at first - checking apartment numbers, knocking on doors, dealing with residents who either weren't home or complained about late packages. Lia kept nagging me about her delayed delivery. Ryan wanted me to record unboxing videos as "proof." Felt tedious but also... realistic? Like actual delivery work.

Then things got dark fast. Found out about the missing kids. The atmosphere shifted completely. Suddenly every dark hallway felt threatening, every NPC interaction felt suspicious. When I encountered Tama and the game asked if I wanted to spare or kill him, I barely hesitated.

Ended up with the Incomplete Victory ending. Viktor was defeated, but the missing children Nathan and Lia were never found. The ending felt hollow. Credits rolled and I just sat there thinking "wait, that's it?"

Checked the achievement list. Only 3 out of 7 unlocked. Realized I'd completely missed the point of the game.

Couldn't let it go. Started a new game immediately. This time I was determined to explore everything. Took screenshots of every document, talked to every NPC twice, examined every object I could interact with.

Discovered so much I'd missed the first time. The sitting NPC near the gate who tells you about the kidnapping last week. The pump you can borrow if you ask nicely. Viktor's house had a basement I completely walked past before.

But I still killed Tama again. Old habits. This time I got further - found the kids, confronted Viktor, but the ending still felt wrong. Viktor was defeated but something was missing. The game kept hinting that I needed "help" during the final confrontation but I didn't have anyone to call.

That's when it clicked: Tama was supposed to help. The guy I kept killing was the key to the good ending.

Third attempt. By now my girlfriend was asking why I kept replaying "that creepy delivery game." Couldn't really explain it. Something about the way the story was structured - the choices mattered but not in obvious ways. You had to really think about who these characters were.

This time I spared Tama. Hardest decision I made in a video game all year. Every instinct screamed "he's dangerous, he knows Viktor, he might be involved." But I clicked "spare" and watched him run away.

Continued investigating. Found all the clues again - the basement, the storage room, the evidence about the children's location. Confronted Viktor with everything I'd learned.

Sat through the entire credits. That feeling when a game respects your choices and rewards you for thinking beyond "kill the bad guy." Tama wasn't evil - he was Viktor's friend who could reach him when violence couldn't.

Achievement unlocked: "The Whole Truth." Felt earned.

Week passed. Couldn't stop thinking about the game. Looked up the achievement list properly. Still missing "Heroic Rescue" and a couple others. Decided to do a focused playthrough just for completionism.

Now that I knew the optimal path, the game played completely differently. Skipped unnecessary conversations, went straight for critical items, delivered packages in the most efficient order. Cut my playtime from 4 hours to about 2.5 hours.

Unlocked "Heroic Rescue" by freeing both children before the final confrontation. Turns out there's a specific sequence - you need to find the key, unlock the storage room, free Nathan first, then Lia. The game doesn't tell you this explicitly but if you rush or do it out of order, you can miss it.

By this point I was documenting everything. Had a Google Doc open with tables tracking each choice and its consequences. Girlfriend walked in on me at 1:30 AM with three browser tabs of game wikis open, the game paused on a decision screen, and a notebook full of branching path diagrams.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

"I need to verify if talking to the sitting NPC about the gate BEFORE getting the pump affects Viktor's dialogue in Chapter 5."

She just closed the door and went back to bed.

Fifth playthrough was testing the Tragic Ending - deliberately making bad investigative choices, rushing into danger unprepared, ignoring critical clues. Wanted to see how the game handled failure. Turns out it's surprisingly easy to die if you're not careful. The game is forgiving if you investigate properly, but punishing if you rush.

Sixth playthrough was the "documentation run." Took screenshots of every unique dialogue option, every item description, every scene transition. This became the foundation for this website.

Final tally: All 7 achievements unlocked, all 4 endings seen, probably 50+ screenshots saved, and complete understanding of the game's choice system.