Middling Blaster Master and classic Zelda dungeons barely keeping together a shambling pile of misguided liberal musings on far too many topics. The player is bounced between scenes about maternity, capitalism, modernity, suicidal ideation, whatever, without a compelling or particularly confidence instilling thru line ever being established. The evil of the world is all encompassing, but in a deeply unscientific and nihilistic way.

I enjoy a lot of the style and intent behind the biggest swings here, but they always fall into the same hollowness the game desperately wants to criticize. Speaking to the evils of expansion and then doubling up on half-finished mechanical additions when the core tools aren't particularly well developed is so incredibly insincere. There's just no space in the game to meaningfully reflect upon the information and character beats presented to you. I would love to have played a version of this game with better management of duration and time which this release desperately needs.

Reviewed on Aug 14, 2022


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