I have a confession, I went into this thinking that I was gonna not like this at worst or think it was gonna be hard and it was just my fault for adoring the art at the best because at least it was mostly my fault for going into this blind.
I was wrong.
I was really wrong, I loved this game, I loved it so much I finished it in a near Weak (makes me kind of regret not logging it in the journal feature, I could try to stream it on twitch one I figure out how to tie my twitch account to my PS4 so I could play this like when you want to watch a movie that is less horror and more Henry Selick's work of spooky movies, I don't know what one example to choose for this.)
why could it be? the writing, the story is written like a child like fairy tale story with darkness, at some how feeling like a Heroes journey kind of plot line, the humor, the art, the way the action was done in a way that a noob like me could play it.
I think the biggest reason is that like above, most of it probably my biases for things i like but the story is a little personal for me, also i need to warn you that I quite frankly don't care about spoilers so i did know the plot twist.
what I didn't know was how I was gonna start crying as Natalya said this to Aleksandra at the end in one line.
"We'll play again, Okay? Just you and me"
it used the concept of the game itself a board game, card and dice motif , the context of where and who this is being said two not only to tie into the story but to also make it really sad, at least to me.
yes I hated the cliff hanger ending (also I think I am also partially biased due to my stubbornness around Egglia: Rebirth due to the game being beautiful with a dice mechanic but it is still has some pains I am annoyed by so I am more likely to forgive this.
but I just adore this and I am sad that I did not get a chance to play this earlier and there has been no physical copy of the game released at all. I hope the people who made this could maybe make a sequel and maybe fix some flaws with the game play because it brought be enough joy to change my profile to add it to my favorite games (and add a spot of my childhood games I adored onto mu written bio).
hope the writing in this was not horrible to read, I just love the game so much.

this game is sad but in a good way. it was one of those games that had a reason to not be soft. yeah it can get a bit tedious but that tediousness was important for the subject matter that is important. It has been a while since I recall what it was like, it was able to get to me on a emotional level so much that i looked up how long the days where in the game just so i could try to get to the end. I was brutally honest with my kid that gave me high trust. i was playing this with "My Memory of Us" that is a little happier but not this game and I usually get made with sad endings. but this one was a more understandable one with a message that needs to be told.