Before you read on, Outcore is FREE. It is on steam and it is free, and I really recommend it.

Ultimately I think it's a bit more fun going into it blind, but here are my thoughts after finishing it in one sitting (Steam says it took me about two and a half hours)

Outcore feels like something that was made in the heyday of Newgrounds, with it's weird and kinda-bad platforming, to it's referential humour, all the way to its made-by-one-person charm. I'm a fan of games fucking with your desktop, it's a fantastic mechanic that fully uses the PC you are playing on as a whole.

It is hard not to talk about the game without making reference to...well, it's references. It's Undertale adjacent, both directly and generally. It is happy to pastiche all sorts of Visual Novel tropes. Its jokes and writing range from "Ah come on lads" to being genuinely laugh out loud funny.

I think it's fantastic, I think everyone with a PC and a few hours should take a look at it. It's surprisingly heartwarming, it's clearly been a labour of love, and it askedmeifIwasaBetaCuck