that moment made me ugly sob, all alone, in my room at midnight goddamn

i dont know how you whitewash wii sports but by god they did it

i get it, but i dont get it at the same time

This review contains spoilers

my friends gaslit me into thinking the baby was going to be a miscarriage
the moment of the game proving them wrong felt so amazing, and warmed my heart
making you put her degree under the bed was fucked up in the good, "making you feel" kinda way

a silly, fun platformer as a love letter to those older 3D games
i think the game tries a lot of ideas, and I really respect the ambition, but it makes it a little hard to nail down the identity of this game aside from just saying "platformer", which feels disingenuous to say at times. some people might love how many different styles it tries, some might not. I was ok with it, but did just want a break at times.

this game was tailor-made for bisexuals

quite possibly my favorite game of all time
this music sends my soul into the stratosphere
the lore is that good shit that makes me want to collect every log about every item, monster, and person to piece it all together
ridiculously fun with friends, and getting good at this game (E8) makes you better at video games period. real ass masterpiece of a game

i've never been a big resource-management, RPG guy at all, but oh my god this game fucks
every choice the game forced me to make felt gut-wrenching, every person you meet is truly trying to get by in their own way, yet you can't help everyone, and the in-game timers create a remarkable sense of dread as you try to maximize each day.
as you reach the endgame, your resources start to get a little too plentiful, but I know they've added extra content on-par with that amount, so consider this point moot.

this was one of the most engaging games I got to play this year: the premise is simple and engaging, and Rundisc really swings for the hills to flesh it out all the way. it would've been easy and worked fine, to make each language harder to understand, but instead it becomes an amazing piece on how different cultures and their languages interact and compare

shoutout the LGTV community
does a stellar job making you want to replay and try different endings; a goldilocks length to do multiple playthroughs, card customization, and clear ways to make sure you never go through the same playthrough twice.
i wish there were a few more tools for customizing cards, because there were so many points where my imagination was running wild, but I didn't get to fully realize the idea. still phenomenal, especially in its art

2021

the title drop for this made me sob

thats some good fucking tetris [do not play high]

this game has given me the most "i'm the greatest player alive/i fucking hate video games" flip-flopping i've ever experienced and i love it for that