This game was a surprise, a pleasant gift after 2 years of fighting cancer and helping my mom go through the first of two operations needed for her to ease the pain in her legs. This game is a sigh of relief and sheer joy and amusement. Through simplicity, it manages to create a humble, but powerful experience. In a way, it reminded me of Whitman’s verses: «All truths wait in all things». This game understands that beauty is everywhere, and it is something we all share in different ways. It’s been a while since I felt such playfulness and childlike joy from playing a game, only to end with must be one of the best endings I have ever experienced in a videogame ever.

This game is special. I deeply love this game, and I’m thankful I got to play it.

I have always loved the underlying themes and social and psychological implications of the mecha genre. I have watched and played anime and games respectively that question the elements from which mecha is built, but I had never played something like Heaven Will Be Mine: it goes beyond its genre.

At their core, these stories are always about the people piloting the robots, but Heaven takes both the superficial plot elements of the mecha genre and its inherent, mind-bending themes newer stories have as a well-structured, but ultimately backdrop to the relationships between the pilots. I was amazed at how they made it work so well. The writing is excellent and reminded me of how I look for myself and my interests in everything I read.

Deconstructeam strikes again! I found this game deeply disturbing. I have a deep fear of cutting and dissecting, but the narrative had me hooked and made me endure, along with the character, the depiction of self-harm. The use of absence in how this game creates its story is fascinating: both what happens in the game and what is not told at all are key to understanding what is really taking place in this plot.

Choosing the different paths, guessing and even deciding for a narrative that made sense to the player was ingenious. Every option and path were secretive, with disturbing ramifications. I was blown away by the possibility of building a story from memories I was building in the moment.

I have personally had issues with both my body and mind seeming either someone else’s or just not mine at all. Finding a videogame that explores this idea was moving.