Top 50 Favorites: #11
Legal high. Audiovisual synaptic connections of humanity at its core, stripped of all desires and/or ambitions (here seen as miscellaneous), left only with purpose - and what kind of effect that would have on a mind. Delirious, hypnotic, deeply meditative, disorienting but simultaneously so clear-eyed... bottom line, unforgettable. Even four years ago this was leagues ahead of everything it famously promised (and, yes, underdelivered on) at launch - let alone the exemplary beast it is now. Systems complex enough to be engrossing over long periods of time, yet accessible enough not to need to sink ~50-60 hours just to get the proper feel/hook for it - as these games normally tend to do. I'm honestly perfectly okay with saying that this has the market cornered on RNG that is directly married into the core gameplay experience - it's such an exciting variable here that constantly affords so many unique, bewildering new discoveries. One of the most enrapturing, drop-dead BEAUTIFUL gaming experiences ever created - pure visionary atmosphere that I hold as the highest standard for all space games moving forward. Sat down for a month and just totally lost myself in this during COVID lockdowns - sometimes high out of my mind on edibles - and it was one of the most transcendent, defining moments of my life. All that was lost can be here still, it all depends on you. It hurts but that's okay, time affords new birth through the inevitable. You made a real game, Jack.
Legal high. Audiovisual synaptic connections of humanity at its core, stripped of all desires and/or ambitions (here seen as miscellaneous), left only with purpose - and what kind of effect that would have on a mind. Delirious, hypnotic, deeply meditative, disorienting but simultaneously so clear-eyed... bottom line, unforgettable. Even four years ago this was leagues ahead of everything it famously promised (and, yes, underdelivered on) at launch - let alone the exemplary beast it is now. Systems complex enough to be engrossing over long periods of time, yet accessible enough not to need to sink ~50-60 hours just to get the proper feel/hook for it - as these games normally tend to do. I'm honestly perfectly okay with saying that this has the market cornered on RNG that is directly married into the core gameplay experience - it's such an exciting variable here that constantly affords so many unique, bewildering new discoveries. One of the most enrapturing, drop-dead BEAUTIFUL gaming experiences ever created - pure visionary atmosphere that I hold as the highest standard for all space games moving forward. Sat down for a month and just totally lost myself in this during COVID lockdowns - sometimes high out of my mind on edibles - and it was one of the most transcendent, defining moments of my life. All that was lost can be here still, it all depends on you. It hurts but that's okay, time affords new birth through the inevitable. You made a real game, Jack.