At first I didn't understand this game. And I still don’t. It’s kinda like the poetry I’m forced to interpret in school. It has a hidden meaning but the meaning I find in it just feels like I don’t fully get it. I can see the artistry and appreciate it but reading between the lines when the lines are colors and constant ambient sounds (that blur the line between sound effects and music making them feel overwhelming, somehow overly ”westernized” because they are so intrusive) is just not happening. I won’t give any rating.

I played Outer Wilds at the tail end of last year (2022) and it immediately became my favorite piece of any media ever made. Even though I was a bit sceptical at the beginning of the game as the mystery didn't seem too big of a deal, I persevered and became more engrossed in the world than ever before in a game.

To me the game felt simultaneously cozy and haunting with the lovely music where there was life and the endless space around everything. It is also very technically impressive how they handled the whole solar system living it's own life independent of most of your actions.