the highlight of the industria was no doubt the traversing through the city gates towards the countryside. a long train ride, somber and quiet, gazing around you as the environment changes. collapsing down too the narrative of your pursuit of your lost love with brent's own love lost. delicately done, the pace of the ride giving us enough to feel a duration of time, and the freedom of our camera left me to look behind me once i had past the city gates. i stared at the city as brent's passing words gave momentary hope but greater longing for something else. a regret, maybe, at the thought of leaving.

what is disappointing is the larger framework around this game failing to do much of anything narratively at all. the totality of the game almost spoils the aforementioned moment with its purposeless ambiguities that feel more for the sake of allowing a sequel if the economics aligned.