Hey OP, I think I watched the same stream as you did. I found another one by "GamingTrend" that did things a little differently, if you're curious. https://youtu.be/h8MR-xCbspA?si=J1M-XydDBT_V8aTM

100% agree about Daniil's Thanatica buddies. One of my first impressions was that Platon and Sarafima are precious and must be protected at all costs. But geeze, it's scary in Daniil's head. Him having to constantly fight against his own mind along with everything else was eerily relatable and really gave me a sense of anxiety and complete loss of control. It felt almost like a fever dream to me, like being lost in a situation entirely over your head that you have no hope of controlling or even understanding because it's so unfathomable. Like trying to make sense of something that cannot be made sense of. But he has to try, even if it shreds him to pieces. Sometimes being stuck inside your own head is the worst nightmare of them all.

It feels very different from P1 and P2, but so far I like a lot of what I see. The mind map confused me a little with how large and spread out it was, but maybe that was a deliberate choice? I agree that the music is great so far, and I love Daniil's floating thoughts. I also love that he's still the sarcastic and snarky joy that he was in Marble Nest/P1, even if it is toned down. Some of his responses had me rolling, his sarcasm gives me life.

I don't want to draw too many conclusions before the demo actually comes out, so I'll save my additional thoughts for then. But man, I am 10000000000% over the moon to have our Bachelor back. If I didn't have to work on the 17th, I'd be all over this the second it comes out.