It's hard to express just how amazed I am with this. Moon is something that I think appeals to a really narrow set of people, but for those people will be one of the most incredible games they'll ever play. It's not about blasting through to 100% completion, TASing every enemy encounter that you come across with zero thought. It's like, about the vibe. You aren't gonna talk to the NPCs just to get into the action, you're gonna want to talk to them like it WAS the action. And that's something I've never quite experienced anywhere else. I collected all of the love not for some end game reward or deep lore dump, I just didn't like the idea of leaving those characters stories unresolved. Especially Gramby, I didn't want to let her down. 10/10. Even with the dogshit fishing contest RNG. One of the rawest video games put to disc. Open the door.

(Played for my Love-de-lic Marathon: https://www.backloggd.com/u/pkmncrystalpepsi/list/love-de-lic-marathon/)

YEAHHHH
ALRIGHT
WOOOOOOO
AW SWEET
YEAHH
YEAH

Spiritually, a perfect video game for dredging up Sonic from irony poisoned nostalgia hell and giving him a sincere second chance. Super janky in some regards and not without its fair share of terrible design decisions (I LOVE CHAOS ISLAND LEVEL DESIGN :) :) :) ) but incredibly fun front to back. I'm nineteen now meaning that Generations came out when I was a young kid. That was the last mainline Sonic game I remember being honestly excited for and enjoying on release. I've spent over half of my life waiting for this series to be good again. That wait is finally over. If Sonic Team actually keeps this trajectory and sticks to this formula for the sequel, I think it has a chance at sticking and making big waves. For now though, this is a fantastic start. 10/10 (spiritually). Another fantastic entry to the NieR Automata for kids canon.