At the start of the game you can either go North-East or South. If you go south you won't be able to complete the game as you'll have missed an important item and will have no way of going back to get it. It's a problem that occurs time and again. If you find yourself stuck, it's very likely that you missed an item and will need to restart the game.
If it wasn't for this quirk/bug/feature (delete as applicable), I would recommend this game. It's very atmospheric and the puzzles are not too difficult (aside from the above mentioned problems of course).
