I respect Bound in some ways; I think that walking sims come with a lot of pressure not to be simply that and instead often have some wonderfully creative ways to try and set themselves apart from the crowd. To that end, Bound presents us with a series of levels in which we play as a dancing figure, swirling her way through abstract manifestations of a turbulent childhood. It's cool on a conceptual level, but winds up fairly tame in gameplay terms, and the overarching narrative is, unfortunately, a little trite and underdeveloped. Bound is certainly an intriguing spectacle, but it's all surface level.