If I was a snake I would consider myself lucky to jump half as well.

A story who's form makes for a real achievement in ambitious narrative design. It is surprising and complex and occasionally pretty clumsy and also I don't understand many things and these are all both positives and negatives in a compelling and strange story. The strategy combat is fun, flashy, and digestible enough for someone not really into that genre.

A really great little stealth puzzle game that keeps its mechanics super tight throughout its run, leveraging the physical chunkiness of typing on a keyboard to increase tension. Great ascii visuals that are charming but very readable.

I hit a guard in the head with a coconut and the dopamine receptors go wild. Few games are as good at what they set out to do as IO's Hitman games are at creating the conditions for interesting/engaging im sim play. Freelancer mode makes full use of the systems and maps that often end up underutilized while playing its story campaign.

Not as in love with some aspects as others but still think the writing is pretty good and ultimately I enjoyed my time with it. Trades off some polish for being interesting which ends up being somewhat worthwhile but results in about 5 hours I wish weren't in the game.