when the game works I've been having a blast - there's so much to do and collect and it's just generally really soothing. however it's just way too unstable - the bugs can undo a lot of progress to the point where it gets really frustrating. I'll probably pick this back up in a bit to give them a chance to patch it.

the style and design of this game is absolutely incredible, and it carries the game on its own for me. what's going on in the story is extremely unhinged and overwhelming in both a good and bad way, and aside from some janky moments I was surprised by how I didn't want to put it down.

there's also a particular scene that hit me so hard that I still laugh when I'm randomly reminded of it, jesus christ.

visually stunning, and a lot of interesting worldbuilding and story going on in the environment, which I had a lovely time exploring. honestly the only thing that keeps it from being perfect is that it was fairly buggy during certain chase sequences, and there were sections that I wanted the story to delve a little deeper into. more games should let me cat.