A lot of work went into this game and it shows. The art and presentation are really great. its handdrawn and feels very lovely. "Reality" being that "bad" and frightening gives you sense of urgency regarding the story right away, in stark contrast to the colorful "dream-world", where exploration is much more pleasent. At least until you meet some of the monsters, haha.
I like that there is already a choice at the beginning of the game, where you can choose between several characters who have different abilities.
The game itself plays pretty smooth, though it was a bit overwhelming at first with all the different gameplay mechanics I have to understand (exploration on 2 planes, rations, fighting, reading the maps etc.). But once I understood it it feels very rewarding. It felt a bit like a survival simulation at times, which is pretty cool.
I love maps with annotations which integrate into the story like that. Though sometimes I just got lost, but my sense of orientiation isn't the best anyway, haha. Battles were a bit hard at the start with enemies teleporting through the entire grid, though. This was a very great entry, it took me sometime, and some restarts to "get it", but then everything went much better. :)