One of my absolute favorite things in art is when a piece tackles hopelessness from an extremely positive and loving standpoint, and this essentially does that in a variety of different gorgeous environments inspired by the developer's dreams. The tonal range here is extremely wide, going from carefree lands of joy to uneasy depressive ruts to the most hellish of nightmares. Yknow, the range of most people's dreams.

My favorite level is a world of ice where the last remaining people cling to trash fires while others who are disconnected and lonely sit freezing to death. As you move through it and spend time with people, treating them with kindness, additional fires magically light to keep them warm. This kind of sweet, simple beauty along with the always-gorgeous PSX (and sometimes N64) inspired visuals makes this a lovely time.

And as with everyone else, I miss my door wife.

Reviewed on Nov 05, 2022


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