There's sporadic pieces here I really like; being a porter travelling through harsh environments sounds like a really cool video game (and in places it is), the story stuff (when it gets weird) is fun, piss grenades is a masterful concept. But it's also really really fucking boring, well beyond the inherent level you'd expect from the "postman video game" pitch. It's like its been meticulously designed to bore you to death as much as possible, with clunky menu after quick time event after dropped package after terrible boss fight after baby shake minigame. Every time a BT encounter showed up it felt like a punch line: I was just starting to relax a bit and enjoy the hike and then boom, world's shittiest stealth section, kill me.

The "postman delivering packages across harsh environments (and it's also a fun video game)" concept remains untapped, hopefully we'll get a good one before the world implodes or melts or freezes over.

Reviewed on Dec 01, 2022


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