This review contains spoilers
I mean... it's just Stanley Parable, Again, but this time it talks about the idea of content made within rereleases and sequels. If you liked the original, you'll (more than likely) like this too, and if you didn't like the original, your mind won't really be changed much either.
Since I can't really add more insight to it than that, I'll just talk about other points of contention Backloggd reviewers have mentioned (which is also why I marked this as a spoiler warning regardless)
- If you played any meta-fiction games after, or even before, TSP, you'll probably not be blown too much away from what this one will offer, maybe aside from comedy, though speaking of...
- I'm still a fan of the writing, especially with some of the new endings, but I'll admit there were some WEIRD additions and changes done. The Games Ending replacing two specific, well-known games for one that doesn't get discussed as often anymore and another that, while still relevant and recognizable, doesn't exactly offer the same sort of commentary the original parodies offered just kind of comes across as "see, we know these things existed!".
- I'm a bit mixed about the bucket. At the risk of sounding like a "I know better than you" scumfuck snob, some reviewers are needlessly... annoyed, I guess, about the addition of the Bucket. Like, the whole point, even when the narrator pointed out in its introduction, was this run-of-the-mill inanimate object being treated as more than such and the player getting a sort of attachment to it anyway, be it positive or negative. Now that said, I still get the ire it adds for the writing cause for every funny alteration the Bucket adds (Intervention, Broom Closet), there are some where I'm like "Did this really needed to be added for the point?" (Museum, Freedom). Still, the Epilogue stuff for it, while small, did at least make the impact more meaningful, so there's that.
- Oh right, new content. Honestly I didn't really expect that much to be added because like, you can't really go too far beyond the concept of the game, so what's here now is very much appreciated, especially with the Literary Genius and the Settings Guy.
Since I can't really add more insight to it than that, I'll just talk about other points of contention Backloggd reviewers have mentioned (which is also why I marked this as a spoiler warning regardless)
- If you played any meta-fiction games after, or even before, TSP, you'll probably not be blown too much away from what this one will offer, maybe aside from comedy, though speaking of...
- I'm still a fan of the writing, especially with some of the new endings, but I'll admit there were some WEIRD additions and changes done. The Games Ending replacing two specific, well-known games for one that doesn't get discussed as often anymore and another that, while still relevant and recognizable, doesn't exactly offer the same sort of commentary the original parodies offered just kind of comes across as "see, we know these things existed!".
- I'm a bit mixed about the bucket. At the risk of sounding like a "I know better than you" scumfuck snob, some reviewers are needlessly... annoyed, I guess, about the addition of the Bucket. Like, the whole point, even when the narrator pointed out in its introduction, was this run-of-the-mill inanimate object being treated as more than such and the player getting a sort of attachment to it anyway, be it positive or negative. Now that said, I still get the ire it adds for the writing cause for every funny alteration the Bucket adds (Intervention, Broom Closet), there are some where I'm like "Did this really needed to be added for the point?" (Museum, Freedom). Still, the Epilogue stuff for it, while small, did at least make the impact more meaningful, so there's that.
- Oh right, new content. Honestly I didn't really expect that much to be added because like, you can't really go too far beyond the concept of the game, so what's here now is very much appreciated, especially with the Literary Genius and the Settings Guy.