lots to love here - the story structure and premise are incredible, the themes are interesting (mostly in the ethical ramifications of altering memory and if living a delusion is as emotionally valuable as real life), and the visual style is quite nice. but it suffers from some annoying dialogue, with shoehorned in pop culture references and self-referential humour that creates an uneven tone, plus one of the big reveals is a bit much for me to believe and the way it portrays autism is a mixed bag though clearly well-intentioned. its a very poignant story weighed down by some weird and contrived elements - I found the bulk of it pretty fun to play but it kinda jumps the shark towards the end, despite a beautiful closing scene that really encapsulates everything I liked about the experience. weird story digressions aside there's a great game at the core of this, and I'd gladly check out the sequel at some point