I am flabbergasted.

This playthrough marks the tenth time I've played through Sayonara Wild Hearts (fifth time logged). Year after year, time after time I think, going in, that this is going to be the time the game doesn't fill me with the euphoric feeling it usually does and yet year after year, time after time, Sayonara Wild Hearts has proven me wrong. This is now the tenth time I have lost it during the final few minutes of the game.

I am absolutely flabbergasted.

This is the videogame equivalent of a rollercoaster ride. For just a fleeting moment, it transports you somewhere else entirely. Music. Colors. Voices. Sounds. Feelings. And then it ends. No game has ever made me feel like Sayonara Wild Hearts makes me feel. Euphoria truly is the only way to describe it. It is fucking enchanting.

Wild hearts never die <3

Reviewed on Jan 01, 2024


2 Comments


4 months ago

I love that this small, simple game has had such a huge impact on you that it became a tradition for you to replay it on New Year’s Day every year.

Sayonara Wild Hearts for me is a poster child for the “Video Games as a medium” discussion. It’s a project that fully utilizes the medium in terms of audio, visuals, and gameplay each in a euphoric way as you put it. What a sleeper hit.

4 months ago

@Mubarak 💜💜💜💜