Superhot might just be the most "fair" game I've ever played. It's so rare to find a game where every mechanic works in lockstep with each other and actively makes the overall product better.

The "gimmick" of the game, where time only moves when you move is so addicting to master, and honestly they could have sold me on it if they just included that in an endless mode. But Superhot is so much more than the gimmick, for a game this visually sparse it is absolutely oozing in style. From the old school pc menus, to the crunchy audio files, to the hours of chat and randomly generated screensavers Superhot elevates itself to truly become something special.

I could play this game for hours (and I did, completing every optional challenge) comparing my gameplay when I first picked the game up to how I was playing only a day or two later was wild. For a game with no tutorial, Superhot makes it so easy to become fluent in its incredibly unique combat.

The metanarrative is also fun, and the hidden terminals do just enough to keep me intrigued without giving too much away. I would have liked a little bit more "story" in the main game but at the same time there's something really satisfying about piecing the story together yourself.

"Satisfying" is probably the word I would best use to describe this game. Finishing a tough level is satisfying, discovering a secret is satisfying, getting off a headshot from all the way across the map before an enemy even has time to fire a shot is satisfying. And after finishing the game I couldn't be more satisfied with my purchase.