I don't know why, but this game just didn't vibe with me. I love the internet and old-web aesthetics so I thought I would adore this game, but I didn't enjoy my time with Hypnospace Outlaw very much. I wasn't old enough to browse the web when websites actually looked like this so that may be one reason that I didn't enjoy this game when so many others did.

The concept of exploring a well furnished webspace designed specifically for this game sounds really interesting, but basically nothing that I saw in the 5 hours I played this game was something that couldn't be found on actual websites right now. The fact that none of the websites were actually made by individual users took away the magic of browsing random websites for me. Browsing random sites on Neocities made by other genuine web users is much more entertaining and fulfilling to me than the artificial websites from Hypnospace (plus Neocities is free!).

I also didn't enjoy the missions in this game. The first one where you have to moderate the site and remove copyrighted material made me feel bad for limiting what the users of Hypnospace were allowed to post. And later missions also felt convoluted to the point that solving them without a guide felt implausible.