Equal parts stuff I loved and stuff I didn't.

The moment-to-moment writing is the real winner in this game. Every conversation with your friends, your parents, or just random folks in the town was great.
Some were laugh-out-loud funny, others were surprisingly impactful and meaningful. I couldn't wait to chat with my mom, dad, friends, and random townsfolk every day to see what they were up to and see what they had to say. I loved the characters in this game (with the exception of the main character)

But while the conversations are great, getting to those great moments is a chore. The gameplay is slow, and the game doesn't give you a "goal" or any sort of clue as to why you are playing this game until you're about 75% into the game. The counter-point to that is "the point is that there is no point" to which I say "Yeah but this is a video game".

There are one or two very minor questions it presents toward the beginning of the game, but any time those come up, Mae pushes them off later and later. Until you eventually get a pretty brief explanation.

Speaking of Mae, she is the absolute worst. Every decision she makes is selfish and every word she says is wildly insensitive. Watching your character interact with others while saying truly stupid things is like watching a car crash in slow motion. What's worse is the game occasionally gives you the "choice" of which very bad thing you want to say.

Night in the Woods simultaneously feels nice and short while also overstaying its welcome. It wants you to live in this world but doesn't give you enough to do. It's really a game about nothing more than chilling with friends. Those friends have nice things to say but I wish there was more to this than "nice conversations"

+ Fantastic moment-to-moment writing
+ Excellent characters
+ Great soundtrack
+ Gregg

- Big boring lulls between interesting bits
- Buries the "big story" lead about 6 hours into the game
- Main character is insufferable