i've known for a while that this game is precisely and exactly My Shit; pixellated mixed media asthetic, tight classic survival horror gameplay with a sci-fi twist, and a cryptic story about robots with identity crises and space lesbians filled with memorable imagery and incredible music. And it pretty much lived up to my very high expectations by delivering on all fronts. I definitely think I'm going to replay at some point with my Lore Brain (TM) on and try and get all achievements/the hidden ending and attempt the much harder goal of understanding the story but honestly I was pretty happy with the ending I got. An expected masterpiece, not an all-time fav just yet but one that I won't soon forget.

genuinely one of the coolest, most original and most beautiful games I've ever played. Because of the premise it's the kind of game you can only really play once in your life, and as sad as that is it made the whole experience of playing it feel so much more precious and singular. Usually when playing games I will unashamedly look things up from time to time, when I get completely stuck or I want to double check that I'm not missing anything important, but I committed to not doing that for this game and I'm so glad I didn't. The difficulty was perfectly balanced for me, there was enough challenge especially in the late game to keep me engaged but i never found a problem I couldn't solve with a little time and effort. ooooo i love this game so much