This is the actual peak dad videogaming, Sony's first-party titles could never. Seemingly basic story yet with an incredible underlying concept, wonderfully written as a whole and in moment-to-moment interactions, at times it made me wish that the gameplay sections (which are admittedly great) were shorter so we could back to the story faster.
The way it paces the story and the gameplay could be a bit more balanced, but the narrative payoff is so worth it you won't even care once you make it there (and with the game being only 10 hours long at best it's not even going to take you that long!) I understand why Nasu got so owned by it.
I was in tears by the time I saw the credits roll.
Going in my forever favorites list.