A game about a terrifying and misunderstood clown. It's kind of about loving people regardless of how little you understand each them. Deeply strange, kind of unsettling, pretty beautiful. Every puzzle is logical, and because of how the game values empathy for characters over progression, solving them is rewarding on an emotional level. My biggest issue is from the implementation of the dream world mechanic. When you go to sleep, you enter a surreal landscape with game hints and obfuscated backstory. But you can only enter this landscape if you sleep at Dropsy's home, which is inconvenient to reach for most of the game. This meant that I barely saw the dream world during my playthrough. I think this made the story feel less directed.

Other than that, this game is really easy to love. I'd highly recommend it if you love point and click adventure games or stories about valuing life.

Reviewed on Jan 13, 2024


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