I don't believe anyone who claims they finished this game in under 50 hours without consulting a guide. Most of the puzzles rely either on extreme trial and error or intuiting leaps of ludicrous moon logic. The boss fights range from kind of silly and gimmicky yet entertaining to infuriating garbage.

Otherwise it's still a pretty swell little stealth game with some great 80s B-movie vibes and a highly memorable intro sequence.

A masterpiece of perspective and reimagination.

Wow!! Cool robots!!!

Interactive B-movie.

Every now and then, a game comes along that changes your perception of what games can and could be. Outer Wilds is one of those. A masterpiece of tone whose mechanics of solar system-sized exploration meld beautifully, perfectly with the story the player discovers by engaging with them.

The end result is sublime enough it sent shivers down my spine. Game of the Year 2019; please go experience Outer Wilds.

This game is 1,000 hours too long and the writing gets progressively worse as it goes. But the visual style and music are absolute fire, so it’s at least worth experiencing the first handful of dungeons.

Fuck Valve.

(For details see https://twitter.com/DuncanFyfe/status/1202292826828132355)

This game changed my life, in that it inspired me move to San Francisco from the east coast to begin happily working at Double Fine for most of my adult life. Once there, I located a wife and a corgi, the former of which teamed up with me to spawn a son. Psychonauts is the butterfly wing flap that I can trace most of the great things in my life back to. I can't think of another game that has had such an impact. Seems worth a 5 star rating.

This game's ending is severely flawed. How am I supposed to play it when I've got so many tears covering my eyes?