DISCLAIMER:
This review is entirely for my own sake. You are welcome to read it but it may or may not contain spoilers for the whole game.
Expected a mystery point and click adventure game. Soon realized it was a timeloop game. Gameplay consists on attending events to obtain information, conveying said information to other characters to create more events to witness and learn more. Manipulate characte's behaviours in order to obtain the outcome wanted. Plenty of posibilities. Multiple endings. Reached what seemed to be an objectively perfect happy ending, but it was a fakeout. Very cool reveal. End consists of choosing one of the imperfect endings (what each person considers the least bad varies wildly) I chose to live in an unreal fantasy where everyone is happy. Going back into the game would imply purging this ending forever, so I stuck with my choice. Saw all other endings in youtube. Getting the ending where you detach from your emotions and kill everyone leads to direct connection with Outer Wilds' Dark Bramble. Fun easter egg, satisfying to notice.
Overall, had fun finding the ways to make the thing I wanted to happen to happen. Characters were good. Conceot and execution were cool, but I personally would have preferred a more "by the books" beat bad guy and get happy ending.
This review is entirely for my own sake. You are welcome to read it but it may or may not contain spoilers for the whole game.
Expected a mystery point and click adventure game. Soon realized it was a timeloop game. Gameplay consists on attending events to obtain information, conveying said information to other characters to create more events to witness and learn more. Manipulate characte's behaviours in order to obtain the outcome wanted. Plenty of posibilities. Multiple endings. Reached what seemed to be an objectively perfect happy ending, but it was a fakeout. Very cool reveal. End consists of choosing one of the imperfect endings (what each person considers the least bad varies wildly) I chose to live in an unreal fantasy where everyone is happy. Going back into the game would imply purging this ending forever, so I stuck with my choice. Saw all other endings in youtube. Getting the ending where you detach from your emotions and kill everyone leads to direct connection with Outer Wilds' Dark Bramble. Fun easter egg, satisfying to notice.
Overall, had fun finding the ways to make the thing I wanted to happen to happen. Characters were good. Conceot and execution were cool, but I personally would have preferred a more "by the books" beat bad guy and get happy ending.