Hard to say anything that hasn't already been said a hundred times. I was worried the hype would deaden its impact on me, especially given how long I built it up in my head before playing, but the avalanche of praise was more than deserved. A genuine, one-of-a-kind, once-in-a-lifetime, deeply inspiring work of art. As I played, I just kept marveling at how this even got made. And even as the industry does its damnedest to rip Elysium away from its creators and juice it for all it's got, the fact that it exists at all leaves me hopeful somehow.