creatureofthesea
Might be a perfect game? Heartbreaking and anxiety-inducing in an incredibly novel, choice-driven way. To go too into detail would be to spoil this game's trick, which is something everyone should experience for themself, so: growing up is a uniquely terrifying process. Everything changes--your friends, the world, yourself. I Was a Teenage Exocolonist captures the feeling of watching the entire universe uncontrollably drift, your closest friends warping in frightening and confusing ways, the environment you live in gradually growing more hostile and less accommodating, and the government dropping its veneer of protection to reveal the ugliness underneath. And all the while, you can do nothing but watch. Nomi-Nomi is literally me.
2022
2021
2021
2023
An improvement over the original (which I do like!) in every conceivable way. The stories are so much more creative and compelling, the world feels so much more lived in, the characters are so much more endearing, the combat is so much more strategic and engaging, and the music is about as good as the first game (peak)
2018
2021