The game looks like shit and it's clear that they do not care, but the gameplay is very fun and has a lot of new mechanics that help make leveling up way less tedious. There are ton of Pokemon to catch, the different story paths are all cute, and the general experience was very satisfying.

If they had made leveling up just adjust around an average or you Pokemon or any kind of similar equation so you could truly go in any order you chose, I might even have given it a 4.5 despite how shitty it looks, but the game is still relatively linear just masquerading as open world.

The best indie puzzle platformer I've played to date. Even better than Inside and Limbo. Completely satisfying when you figure things out and it never feels like you're struggling due to bad design or controls. The rules change in build on each other in ways that keep it from ever getting stale.

The only thing lacking is the story, which I'm pretty sure developers might believe to be one of the most deep and profound stories ever told, but mostly you're just a little bug astronaut hauling around magic marbles and that's still very fun.