I remember I had this essay-type post on Gregg and why he's actually the best character thematically. I'll see if I can find it again and if so I'll remake this review. Anyway, Night in the Woods is the story of Mae, who has moved back to her rust-belt town of Possum Springs. Here she is constantly reminded why she left her boomer majority, dying shit-bucket of a town and finds solidarity with two childhood friends whom she has reconnected with. It is a story about being stuck in an environment that's a living corpse, knowing this, but struggling or being unable to leave it. Yeah the falling-action is mostly stupid yet the game is overall a solid piece of Mid-West Americana.

Reviewed on May 22, 2023


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