<s>
Reah	B-Application
:	I-Application
Face	I-Application
the	I-Application
Unknown	I-Application
,	O
known	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
as	O
simply	O
Reah	B-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
1998	O
first-person	O
puzzle-oriented	O
adventure	O
game	O
with	O
a	O
non-linear	O
plot	O
,	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
Myst-clone	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
entitled	O
Schizm	B-Application
:	I-Application
Mysterious	I-Application
Journey	I-Application
(	O
Reah	B-Application
II	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elements	O
of	O
the	O
gameplay	O
have	O
been	O
compared	O
to	O
Myst	B-Application
,	O
Riven	B-Application
,	O
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
,	O
The	B-Application
11th	I-Application
Hour	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Zork	B-Application
Nemesis	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
player	O
is	O
stranded	O
at	O
a	O
human	O
colony	O
base	O
of	O
a	O
planet	O
named	O
Reah	B-Application
which	O
had	O
been	O
set	O
up	O
to	O
investigate	O
an	O
alien	O
artifact	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Detalion	O
founders	O
had	O
met	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
while	O
collaborating	O
with	O
Polish	O
developer-publisher	O
LK	O
Avalon	O
,	O
and	O
soon	O
began	O
working	O
on	O
ambitious	O
projects	O
like	O
A.D.	B-Application
2044	I-Application
and	O
Reah	B-Application
:	I-Application
Face	I-Application
the	I-Application
Unknown	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
Detalion	O
was	O
known	O
as	O
a	O
developer	O
of	O
surreal	O
,	O
Myst-like	O
games	O
with	O
"	O
phantasmagorical	O
,	O
fantastic	O
worlds	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
full-time	O
team	O
who	O
worked	O
on	O
Reah	B-Application
and	O
its	O
sequel	O
,	O
Schizm	B-Application
:	I-Application
Mysterious	I-Application
Journey	I-Application
,	O
consisted	O
of	O
six	O
people	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
productions	O
had	O
an	O
extended	O
roster	O
of	O
hired	O
help	O
including	O
actors	O
,	O
text	O
writers	O
,	O
and	O
sound	O
designers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
this	O
was	O
not	O
the	O
case	O
with	O
Reah	B-Application
,	O
Detalion	O
decided	O
that	O
as	O
a	O
rule	O
of	O
thumb	O
,	O
the	O
story	O
writer	O
should	O
also	O
be	O
the	O
gameplay	O
author	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
small	O
teams	O
in	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Reah	B-Application
had	O
no	O
issues	O
with	O
communication	O
or	O
bureaucracy	O
that	O
appear	O
in	O
larger	O
organisations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Author	O
Terry	O
Dowling	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
playing	O
Reah	B-Application
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
contacted	O
Detalion	O
and	O
was	O
propositioned	O
with	O
writing	O
the	O
sci-fi	O
story	O
of	O
the	O
sequel	O
,	O
Schizm	B-Application
,	O
which	O
he	O
accepted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
went	O
out	O
of	O
print	O
for	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
years	O
,	O
until	O
October	O
24	O
,	O
2017	O
when	O
GOG.com	O
made	O
Reah	B-Application
:	I-Application
Face	I-Application
the	I-Application
Unknown	I-Application
and	O
Schizm	B-Application
:	I-Application
Mysterious	I-Application
Journey	I-Application
available	O
without	O
digital	O
rights	O
management	O
restrictions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
GameRankings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
reviewing	O
Schizm	B-Application
,	O
Just	O
Adventures	O
Cindy	O
Kyser	O
commented	O
that	O
the	O
prequel	O
Reah	B-Application
was	O
"	O
a	O
visually	O
stunning	O
yet	O
dismal	O
game	O
[	O
design	O
and	O
writing ]	O
that	O
ranks	O
high	O
on	O
my	O
personal	O
list	O
of	O
'	O
worst	O
of	O
genre	O
 '	O
"	O
,	O
adding	O
that	O
Schizm	B-Application
"	O
corrects	O
almost	O
every	O
flaw	O
that	O
made	O
Reah	B-Application
so	O
painful	O
to	O
play	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tap	O
Repeatedly	O
criticised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
"	O
three	O
too-too-hard	O
endgame	O
puzzles	O
"	O
which	O
when	O
completed	O
led	O
to	O
an	O
unclimactic	O
resolution	O
,	O
and	O
thought	O
that	O
Detalion	O
had	O
committed	O
the	O
same	O
error	O
in	O
Schizm	B-Application
.	O
</s>
