for sure the most inspired fromsoft soulslike ive ever played so far, carried its fantastic pacing and environments from start to finish. most beautiful firekeeper, ending, soundtrack, atmosphere, so so severely underrated (maybe not around here). just completely brilliant.

the first ending is def the best, the game got lost when a lot of its themes became more clear and easily grasped. it became less of a esoteric catastrophe and more a teenage angsty post humanist piece, which is cool in alot of ways but not as cool as the mystery of the og story

I think conceptually this is Nintendo working at their absolute peak. I still believe that the first loop of this game is one of the most dreadful and affecting experiences I have played, it made me scared for the future, it ignited something so deep into me that I had to see this what I thought would-be masterpiece to the end; and it delivered, in a lot of ways. You come to know about everything in this world to a certain point, and areas that couldn't be more different begin to consolidate into this one beating world rather than a series of trials like most Zelda games. The atmosphere is crushing and humiliating, but it's in the little moments of fleeting happiness, when you change someone's life even if it's for one cycle where the game digs itself into you.

"Your true face... What kind of... face is it? I wonder... the face under that mask... Is that... your true face?"

Swan song of a dying franchise. Deeply moving consistently across every disc. Has the confidence and soul of a game you'd think would be in the conversation with Chrono Trigger and FF for the best RPG of all time, play it

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