Great concepts but many loose ends.

[Alardem]

I like how everyone's sympathizing with the most vile character, and not for their victims. Similar case for Mandus - yet with Justine, she's almost unanimously reviled while her victims (a pathetic love-martyr, an abusive carpenter and a deluded musician) are the ones who get the pity. Personally, I like her because she embraces her evil rather than having some rather flimsy excuses.

I don't even consider the failure-state you receive when you stand there like an idiot for five full minutes in the final level an 'ending'. That's just a game over, like you falling off a pit or getting killed by a monster. Either Daniel goes the simple route and gets his revenge on Alex (but still condemning himself by acting self-righteous and blaming all his sins on another man), or he redeems himself by saving a man who's likely served his own penance a long time ago.