Dave Gilbert's best PnC to date. The story is interesting, the puzzles are satisfying, the party mechanics are well-done, and all of the characters feel like they belong.

As far as the story and writing is concerned, I'm too dumb politically to fully understand and appreciate what this game has to say (I'm mostly apathetic towards politics, political theory, social sciences, etc.). The underlying mechanics of a mostly dialogue-oriented RPG are really well done and the character building is super unique. The branching stories and dialogue are ridiculously seamless and every dialogue system should steal from this game.

Fun game to play with the wife. Funny scenarios in this time-travel story, and the puzzles were well done. Not the best PnC ever, but I would never not recommend it to fans of the genre.

Another one played with the wife. Puzzles actually require deduction, but they were generally quite easy. Game is short.

Incredible cRPG. Combat is incredible. Story is well done, although I remember literally nothing from it. Played with the eponymous dos2-crew for almost a year.

Absolute masterpiece of a game. Looks stunning, plays incredibly, is bigger and bolder than the first without losing any of the charm. A Top 10 of all time (replacing the first one).

Unexpectedly good. Thought it was gonna be just a dick around for a few hours type of game, but the puzzles and platforming were actually fun to play. Played with part of the dos2-crew for a couple of weeks and got through about half of the game before abandoning due to a crewmate's expired XGP sub.

Really good PnC game. I don't remember many specifics of the plot, but the puzzles were well done and the personality profile aspect was interesting, if not fully realized.

2017

A pretty adventure/puzzler whose story hits fairly hard at the end when everything gets re-contextualized. I'm a sucker for environmental puzzle games so this one was right up my alley. Not incredible, but well done enough and kept me engaged.

Super short puzzle/platformer. Game is just kinda meh in every aspect. Definitely meant more for a younger audience, but I would recommend many other games for that demographic before this one.

Masterpiece. No game has married the gameplay and storytelling of a detective better than this. Each of the 60 crewmates story is so well told, and it's all done entirely through 15-30s vignettes and the rest is up to you to figure out. A Top 10 game of all time.

Fun Uncharted clone. Lara is a good character and the action set pieces are well done. The bow is fun to use, but the game pretty much requires you to use guns over it about halfway through the game. Would've liked it more if more focus was spent on Tombs rather than firefights, but a well-made game that I would recommend to people.

This game is really cool and has some interesting mechanics with how time works. The puzzles are fun and the story is interesting, with some plot twists that, while obvious, are still well done. A good companion piece to Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (which I read about 6 months before playing this).

Fun puzzle game that got too difficult for its own good. I got to the last chapter of levels before quitting.

Really fun baseball game that doesn't take itself too seriously, but allows players to take it as seriously as they want. Reminded me of my Slugfest 2004 days.