Top 50 Favorites: #42
A beam of sunshine on your skin. I'll be candid, I thought this was really mid when I first played it - but I have not been able to shake its profound allure in the now over 4 years since that time. I'm still not fond of all its quirks: some of its of-the-era attempts at eccentricity grate (chiefly anything to do with its 'story'), there's still some tedium to be had, and much of this is definitely still too unnecessarily cryptic for its own good. But fucking hell... just LOOK at it. This is patently like, top five visuals of all time for this or any system. If there's one thing this exceeds at above all else, it's putting you in your own little luscious world and giving you all the time on Earth to bask in its otherworldly aesthetic. Imagine how your most cherished and beautiful memories look in your mind, this is what that looks like. Intricate and poignant in a way that I'm not even sure I fully grasp yet (if I ever will). A deeply meditative, unforgettable, affecting, and - in its own way - transcendent experience. I used to think it was artsy-fartsy, now it knocks my socks off every time. Maybe that's the point?
A beam of sunshine on your skin. I'll be candid, I thought this was really mid when I first played it - but I have not been able to shake its profound allure in the now over 4 years since that time. I'm still not fond of all its quirks: some of its of-the-era attempts at eccentricity grate (chiefly anything to do with its 'story'), there's still some tedium to be had, and much of this is definitely still too unnecessarily cryptic for its own good. But fucking hell... just LOOK at it. This is patently like, top five visuals of all time for this or any system. If there's one thing this exceeds at above all else, it's putting you in your own little luscious world and giving you all the time on Earth to bask in its otherworldly aesthetic. Imagine how your most cherished and beautiful memories look in your mind, this is what that looks like. Intricate and poignant in a way that I'm not even sure I fully grasp yet (if I ever will). A deeply meditative, unforgettable, affecting, and - in its own way - transcendent experience. I used to think it was artsy-fartsy, now it knocks my socks off every time. Maybe that's the point?