I wasn't sure how much I liked this game at first. I think I did a pretty good job divorcing myself from a lot of the online discourse by the time I finally sat down and played it. At the time it was more like a 7/10 because I often found the story so painful to watch play out that it wasn't fun. That said, still a 10/10 on the memorable scale. Like, I will legit never forget I played this game.
I've come around to it a lot more since. I gotta give the creators a lot of points for not trying to pander to their audience in any way, shape, or form. This is a brutal game that explores the consequences of violence in such an unrelenting way that for two months I became so much more sensitized to violence in video games and could only play Rocket League.
(There is ONE moment in this whole game that keeps this at a 9 out of 10 for me. It was just such a huge suspension of disbelief and maybe I'll edit this later and tag a spoiler).
I've come around to it a lot more since. I gotta give the creators a lot of points for not trying to pander to their audience in any way, shape, or form. This is a brutal game that explores the consequences of violence in such an unrelenting way that for two months I became so much more sensitized to violence in video games and could only play Rocket League.
(There is ONE moment in this whole game that keeps this at a 9 out of 10 for me. It was just such a huge suspension of disbelief and maybe I'll edit this later and tag a spoiler).