I've played a fair handful of games like this, low-budget 3D Unity adventure games with minimal mechanical depth and lots of writing, and almost to a one they end up feeling kind of sloggy. AAfACRbD is the exception. The writing hits the perfect balance of terseness and humor to propel me through the game, the stage design is fun to explore and generally not overlarge, and there are even nice little mechanical touches like items that can boost your speed to avoid long slow movement sections.

The plot is also shockingly beautiful and more than a little heartwrenching. I cried multiple times, which is absolutely not what I expected from the first hour of the game. Like the rest of the writing, the relationship between the protagonist and his fiancee does a ton of heavy lifting with very little actual text.

Reviewed on Mar 02, 2023


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