Don't get yourself dissuaded by the negative reviews, the Director's cut is one of the best WW1 games ever made and a really good classic survival horror title on it's own.

Amazing atmosphere achieved through gorgeous pixel art that faithfully emulates the bleak aesthetic that was the Great War. Sounds are pretty good too, especially the enemy noises. When you can tell the number of enemies in a dark room simply by listening to their breathing and movement you know you've got some pretty good sound. THE MUSIC, wonderful, haunting somber notes of piano are a joy to listen to. Then sometimes you get what sounds like Balrog awaking from his slumber, usually before a horde of enemies comes your way. It's perfect. Overall the presentation is top-notch.
The story although very simple is a perfect backdrop into such a setting. The game strongly reminded me of the movie 1917 with some of it's setpieces and if you want to choose one movie to pull insipiration from that one's a pretty good choice.
The gameplay is classic horror survival except more combat heavy I'd say. You primarily stick to ranged weapons, rolling and running to put distance between you and the enemies most which will crush you in melee. You've got a few melee weapons to choose from yourself and plenty of guns that all feel pretty nice to use, although I doubt the effectivness of some of them (Ruby especially) on higher diffculties. Most of the levels are fun, pretty fluid to navigate through and have tons of hidden spots where you can collect useful resources. Intresting thing to note is that some parts of the levels are directly modeled after their counterparts IRL which SO COOL.
The game also doesn't seem to bog down until the very end, you'll go through chapters 3 and 4 like you wouldn't know, but then eventually you'll get to chapter 4 where the pace starts to slow down, and after that chapter 5 where the game grinds to a halt. I have to say that ch.5 is easily the weakest part of the game, you will be constantly looking into the map thinking "Where the hell am I supposed to go now ?". It also takes away from the momentum at the end of chapter 4 and overall feels like the least polished part of the game. However chapter 6 then fixes that entirely, IMO delivering a great last 2-3 hours with climactic final battle and an emotional payoff for the choices you've made during you gametime.

TL:DR - PLAY IT NOW ! YOU WON'T REGRET IT ! AND FINISH THE GAME IT'S WORTH IT.

OVERALL: 3/5
It’s entirely possible I’m just not into Resident Evil-style gameplay, so if that’s your thing you may enjoy this. but Conscript doesn’t convey the idea of “war is hell” as much as it does “war is very tedious with lots of backtracking”. The sound design and art are fantastic, but the combat is really clunky and the game runs way too long; it really turns into a slog to get through despite only having 6 chapters. Maybe if I come back to Conscript I’ll change my mind, but it feels unlikely I’ll ever want to dedicate this much time to this game again.

This is a wonderful classic survival horror game that gave me as much joy to play as when I was playing Signalis, despite the harrowing setting. And it is harrowing.

The game oozes atmosphere and is appropriately bleak for the setting. The art is wonderful, the gameplay is great, and of course you have the inventory management. It's expected! There's a lot of variety in approach, whether you are just looking to take down every enemy or evade them. There's the expected puzzles. All in all, a great time for fans of the genre.

There are multiple endings too, but I wouldn't say there's a good ending. No one comes out of the great war good, And there is a new game plus mode.

Absolutely worth checking out if you're into classic survival horror. I look forward to seeing more from this developer.