Gris is a beautiful game. I do love it as an artsy depiction of grief without being on the nose about it. There's not a lick of dialogue involved in this game. That's all well and good, but the big problem here is that the game's theme isn't really clear throughout. I wasn't sure what it was about until I looked it up afterwards. And I don't think that diminishes the game's message, but I have to give it flak for that since it just kinda felt like "Oh cool, that was pretty" at the end. I feel like an Indie game missing the mark on its messaging is... strange. I feel like even if you knew it was about grief going in, you'd still see it wasn't obvious. All of the comments on the video of the secret ending I watched (which is missable due to collectables being required) were just along the lines of "Ohhh so that's what it's about" and I think that's a problem. Fine enough game though and the art is really genuinely beautiful.

Score: 80