This review contains spoilers

I think I will genuinely make a video essay on my channel about how much I love this game, but everything about the game is just so amazing. The intrigue and mystery at the start as to why there is a ghost at my door to the goofy place that is headspace, the music is immaculate, and so is the story. I will admit, the first half of the game was a bit slow, but I still loved every second of it. Being dropped into headspace after the horror portion of the first part was so jarring that it caught me off guard. The combat in headspace is amazing and I love all the headspace characters. Real life is also jarring because the next time you go back, pieces of the story start coming together. Sunny has locked himself in his house and hasn't left it for years, and we learn that from Kel, who also hasn't seen Sunny in years. We later find out its because Mari killed herself, which is an insane revelation. We learn that Aubrey has become a horrible person, Basil is also withdrawn and bullied, and Hero is away at college. This makes headspace so dark as Sunny still imagines himself with his friends and with Mari alive, trying to escape reality. As the game goes on, more and more pieces start to come together, and headspace gets wilder and wilder. Maybe I'll come back one day and make this review like 10x longer because its like 1 AM and my brain is fucked but the ending was absolutely beautiful. Sunny learns to accept reality and reconciles with everyone in real life. I sobbed to the final duet on my stream and it was beautiful.

Reviewed on Aug 28, 2023


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