god this was such a fucking beautiful game. that final ending had me audibly going what the fuck holy fuck several times, which rarely ever happens for me. honestly the last time was with ending e for automata.

this game has just cemented yoko taro as perhaps my favourite game director and a deeper desire than what i already had to delve into drakenier.

kaine and emil have joined the ranks among my favourite characters of all time and finally learning the story behind characters who i saw in automata like devola and popola was just heartbreaking.

im glad ive finally played this. now i need to emotionally recover for the next few weeks