MANKIND IS DEAD
BLOOD IS FUEL
HELL IS FULL

This is both a plot synopsis for the entire game and an excellent marketing device (I have the shirt).

Space is a beautiful place until it isn't anymore. If you read between the lines you'll understand how literal that sentence is. Outer Wilds shows you the beauty in brevity and an intense appreciation of environmental storytelling which absolutely carries the experience through a bread crumb trail of scientific inquiries, alien conversation, and an existence-bending event linked to it all. You'll be enticed by it all within the first 22 minutes (exactly) I can bet on it.

Jump jump wahoo man wahoo's all over the world wondering why Peach won't wahoo his wide wahoo willy. WAHOO!

This game is a fuckin liar I died more than twice.

Hey bud, yeah you reading this review. Do you like hurting people?

I always make sure to play this game with some form of alcohol in my hand... which may or may not be affecting my perception of the quality of this game. Eh, who cares, BOTTOMS UP!

I just noticed my boy Yellow isn't even in the game's cover art which explains a lot about the demographic this game aims for....

Games kinda mid, just gonna be honest. It's lacking a mechanic to truly make it as satisfying as its competitors in the Action Shooter genre, despite the obvious creativity displayed in the game's movement systems and its inherent speedrunning Modus operandi. The story could've been that push this game needed for me to call it good but since it was seemingly aiming for a generic anime esq. aesthetic (with its "cringe" dialogue and absurdly buxom female protags) that failed to show up. I'd give it a "Hey I like titties as much as the next guy" out of five.

Microtransactions, Premium Currencies, Battlepasses, and a $45 price tag. My dude, you were competing with both free games (i.e rom hacks) and brand loyalty. You never stood a chance. 4/10.

God, I love it when a live service game is consumer-friendly and fun to play. ROCK AND STONE TO THE BONE!

I HATE IT WHEN GAMES GET META I HATE IT WHEN GAMES GET META I HATE IT WHEN GAMES GET META I HATE IT WHEN GAMES GET META I HATE IT WHEN GAMES GET META I HATE IT WHEN GAMES GET META I HATE IT WHEN GAMES GET META I HATE IT WHEN GAMES GET META.

There's a reason why everyone doesn't remember this one.

I finally understand why my friends have 100s of hours in this game now..... fuckin pocket-kart racing....

Do you believe in love? I do now.

I like pain, but fuckin christ did this game hurt to play. Kinda had the same take with Wrath of the Righteous, but these types of games expect you to min-max the shit out of your character or suffer on even the standard difficulty modes. Ain't nothing wrong with that if you know what you're getting into but I feel really sorry for the people who weren't expecting to have to research or pre-plan their builds ahead of time. If you like DND 3.5, you'll like this game.

Another Xenoblade game with boring combat and a story that takes 60 hours to get good. Oh wait, this is Xenoblade 3, not Xenoblade 2. Yeah nah, stories boring af in this one.