This is a fine game of returning home after dropping out of college and discovering that your home town isn't they way you remembered it. The conversations that Mae has with Gregg and Bea are nicely written (much better than Life is Strange) and the activities that they go on are varied and interesting.

I found myself going to visit every character I could and checking in all the little things. Bouncing around with Mae was quite entertaining and when you aren't allowed to jump and run around like a goof, it changes the mood drastically.

I really wish the controls were different for the bass sections, I can't get a handle on 4 strings on an xbox controller using the ABXY buttons. I have a bad habit of messing up the middle ones.

The dream sequences started of intersting, but I wish they were more different to each other. At a point I was disinterested in going to sleep, which I'm not sure if that was the intention or not.

I wasn't as taken with the mystery, maybe because it kicks in so late or maybe because I just enjoyed the small town stuff so much. Ended up with a Bea ending as I felt like she was a better influence on Mae than Gregg. Still I hung out with both almost equally so not sure if what I did or said during the activities impacted on the ending.

Anyway, good game, recommended.

Reviewed on Oct 13, 2021


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