A truly magical experience. A collage of interesting ideas stemming from the keystone concept of purely dynamic systems working seamlessly with the central theme of the unavoidable march of time. The promotion of discovery and exploration not merely as goals for the intended game experience but as central mechanics where it's not your character gaining experience, but you. The visual and musical aesthetic combination of hard sci-fi and backwoods folk effortlessly bridging the love of the natural world and its peoples with the love of scientific curiosity and the pursuit of knowledge. This game achieves all these things while still managing to feel like a small, intimate experience of profound empathy and consideration. It's not perfect, and I had more than a few minor annoyances throughout the experience, but I will always treasure my first playthrough as distinctly mine, and no one else's. Go into it knowing nothing and have your own first playthrough, and then come to a slight melancholy when you realize there's nothing else quite like it but you're thankful for the experience you had.

(Also, I would recommend using a controller)