Pandaman1122
"What they could not unlearn was hidden away in darkness - obfuscated, then lost. They did not want to see their story end." -The prisoner
After beating the game I was really excited to experience more of the game with the DLC however the more I delved into the DLC the more I realized it strays somewhat from what made the original game special while excelling at using its own format to tell its story.
I do very much want to start with the positives as I genuinely find this to be a fantastic DLC. the setup towards it and getting there is so well done and when you finally get to the main area of the DLC they made it in such a way that you become so excited to see all the areas you could potentially explore.
The brand new gimmicks in this DLC while very different from what is expected and controversial I think are all so excellent and make for some of the best puzzles in the game. They go a long way to make the atmosphere feel so unnerving and unwelcoming which I believe goes really well with the message that the DLC wants to send.
And just like the base game this DLC has things that genuinely boggle me how they programmed these things in. They integrate the music with some thing so well it really does an incredible job of immersing you into its story telling.
Now unfortunately we reach to the bad and most of it come from while it branched out to do its own brand new ideas it neglects what made the original game so special and I believe that attributes to 3 major pillars: wonder, freedom, and drive to learn.
After beating the game I was really excited to experience more of the game with the DLC however the more I delved into the DLC the more I realized it strays somewhat from what made the original game special while excelling at using its own format to tell its story.
I do very much want to start with the positives as I genuinely find this to be a fantastic DLC. the setup towards it and getting there is so well done and when you finally get to the main area of the DLC they made it in such a way that you become so excited to see all the areas you could potentially explore.
The brand new gimmicks in this DLC while very different from what is expected and controversial I think are all so excellent and make for some of the best puzzles in the game. They go a long way to make the atmosphere feel so unnerving and unwelcoming which I believe goes really well with the message that the DLC wants to send.
And just like the base game this DLC has things that genuinely boggle me how they programmed these things in. They integrate the music with some thing so well it really does an incredible job of immersing you into its story telling.
Now unfortunately we reach to the bad and most of it come from while it branched out to do its own brand new ideas it neglects what made the original game so special and I believe that attributes to 3 major pillars: wonder, freedom, and drive to learn.
2019
"Our curiosity goes with you on your journey. You walk in the footsteps of those that come before you. And your path guides those who will follow later."
When faced with the vastness of the galaxy, what do you choose to do? after setting off on your ship the game has zero guidance and just lets you do as you will and that's the exact moment I fell in love with this game.
The game play is solid and very open ended, I really like that you're free to do as you please the main gimmick can be a bit annoying as it'll have you repeat multiple things at a time but I think the ideas they executed with it is so much greater that I am fine with it.
The music is much more subtle than it is in most games, but is used SO WELL it fits the world and really makes you SINK into the atmosphere.
The world is so well done it keeps driving you with a constant sense of yearning to learn more about it, and you are almost always rewarded with something cool to see no matter where you go giving you this sense of how much bigger the world is than you are in every sense (in a positive way).
That's all I am willing to say this game is best experienced as blindly as possible. if you love games where you explore areas and learn more about the world, this is THE game for that and you owe it to your exploratory brain to check it out.
When faced with the vastness of the galaxy, what do you choose to do? after setting off on your ship the game has zero guidance and just lets you do as you will and that's the exact moment I fell in love with this game.
The game play is solid and very open ended, I really like that you're free to do as you please the main gimmick can be a bit annoying as it'll have you repeat multiple things at a time but I think the ideas they executed with it is so much greater that I am fine with it.
The music is much more subtle than it is in most games, but is used SO WELL it fits the world and really makes you SINK into the atmosphere.
The world is so well done it keeps driving you with a constant sense of yearning to learn more about it, and you are almost always rewarded with something cool to see no matter where you go giving you this sense of how much bigger the world is than you are in every sense (in a positive way).
That's all I am willing to say this game is best experienced as blindly as possible. if you love games where you explore areas and learn more about the world, this is THE game for that and you owe it to your exploratory brain to check it out.