Very good game. Obviously the moment to moment dialogue is excellent. All the characters, big and small, feel totally human. Your daily jaunts through Possum Springs are full of fun moments and interactions that I always felt compelled to seek out, even though the movement through the town could feel a little slow and repetitive by the end of the game, when my list of social engagements was at its peak.

At the end of the day, that is a nitpick. All the scenes were a joy to play through, your friends are delightful whenever you see them, and the minigames are pretty good too!

The larger story is excellent. I was a bit worried at the midpoint, when the game seemed to be lapsing into mystical bullshit rather than the grounded, “you can’t go home again” plot beats of the beginning of the game. But, it gets sharply reeled back in by the end, with the true “subtlety is for cowards” denouement that I love. I won’t spoil it other than to say it speaks insightfully and clearly about the sickness that grips America, and by extension, the world.

Recommended to anyone who’s not lame. Do crimes.