Much like, say, a Telltale game this initially sweeps you off your feet with its rug pulls and personable characters before devolving into forced choice-driven sentimentality - sadness for the sake of sadness because making you feel like shit right at the buzzer is an 'easier' way for its story to be remembered than creating a fleshed-out, satisfying conclusion which is still 100% in the realm of possibility by that point in the narrative. Still, I don't want to downplay how aesthetically attractive and quirky this all is - (good) minigames inside of bigger games is one of my favorite features in a video game and this has a ton of fun ones; as expected with this company the variety on display is formidable. And the story is honestly great right up until its heel-skidding final moments. For sure still a good one, though Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons wipes the floor with this imo.

Reviewed on Dec 19, 2023


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