Absolutely breathtaking, one of the most human games i've ever played. Especially the segments depicting your bodily senses in the moment, after playing for a while sometimes i'd leave with a much more aware sense of my humanity and physiology. It's very breathtaking to play a vast open world game where every single breadcrumb and dialogue option feels unique and necessary, no filler no repeats. This is also the only game i've played that I feel could have an entire fictional history textbook written on the expansive world building/history within. I'm a person that likes to exhaust every single dialogue option, and this game is very aware of that choice. Initially I found it a bit punishing, talking to a seemingly insignificant npc would lead to an hour long conversation, but once I got used to it I was like a kid in a candy store. The only reason I don't give this game a perfect score is because of the game system struggling with the sheer colossal scope of it sometimes. I'd occasionally hear one piece of spoken dialogue when another was on screen, the pathfinding can often be a bit obtuse and frustrating given the isometric view. Aside from that this is definitely a game for the ages.

Reviewed on Mar 15, 2023


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