I want so desperately to dig into a Klei game and feel like I'm connecting with it; but somehow despite the adorable aesthetic these silliness merchants manage to make the most punishing, stressfully designed games imaginable. I think that's a positive?

ONI is an absolute world class physics simulation sim with a compelling aesthetic and so, so many menus. I think it's top of the line if you dig that kind of thing. I'm still scarred from watching my little guys boil alive in a pit of poisonous gasses of my own design, but don't let that stop you if you want to discover any of the many more whimsically excruciating ways you can put your little guys through hell.

Truly astonishing air combat sim that delivers on perfect, nail-biting action and a deeply riveting story. Not a moment wasted in delivering effortlessly original feeling and visually bombastic set pieces that I'm still thinking about a full year after playing it. The frankly out of this world Keiki Kobayashi + Co. score helps too. Feels like these characters are going to stick with me forever, and if people's attachment to the rest of the series is anything to go by, AC7 makes me deeply excited to revisit those (Remaster, please?)

Also worth noting? This game has like, stances, and ethos? The story is a military political drama that uses allegory without feeling completely vapid? Feels so refreshing in a big budget story these days. More, please.