2020

yu and kay's relationship is so well-written and captivating, and they themselves are very charming and likeable characters. danger's soundtrack is also fantastic. i really enjoyed the various creature designs, and the world is very pretty. combat is fine, but exploring the different areas and cleaning up rust can get a little uninteresting after a while.

2021

a simple, but cute game. it's very, very slow paced, and repetitive (so very much not for everyone), but i had a nice time with it

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what other games have both a musical and a snuff film?

for as rough as this game is, it's still the most fun i've had playing pokemon in a long time

absolutely gorgeous art direction here, and i had a blast figuring out each mystery, even if i found a couple of them to be a little obtuse for my liking

what an incredibly beautiful game that i wish i could play for the first time again

oh i really got absorbed in this game. i love the combat and the worldbuilding; the origin characters are fantastic (definitely play as one of them for the best experience though!)

it does stumble some in its final act, and i didn't find beast as fleshed out as the other characters. but all in all, love this game.

a little janky at times but i had fun!

this left me a blubbering, sobbing mess at the end. man. this really got me.

kim kitsuragi is my best friend :)

definitely a special game here that i continue to think about, despite having finished this a year ago. the music and the art style all work wonderfully together, and even though the game is quite slow at points, the ending makes it all worth it.

super fun, and i do so love the worldbuilding and all the different documents you can find scattered throughout the FBC. definitely a personal fave, it has so much style

fantastic writing that had me beyond eager to discover what new twists and revelations lay around every corner, with the entire main cast being super engaging. also really enjoyed the music and art style. the RTS gameplay was alright and perfectly fine, but i didn't feel it was anything Special, you know?

2022

incredibly well-written, gorgeous pixel art, and evocative music. it's weird and funky - hilarious at times and deeply intimate and melancholy at others. the sci-fi/magical realism of the world (a neo-louisiana) had me hooked immediately.

i'll always remember my first run. met up with another player, and they stayed with me the entire way through. towards the end, we got separated and i fell behind. when i finally reached the summit, i found them there, waiting for me. they drew half of a heart in the snow, and i completed it. together we walked to the end. i think of this often.

austin wintory's score for this game is a masterpiece