Content Warning: Sexual Assault & Body/Gender Dysphoria

This game is incredibly hard to talk about.

As a trans person who has a history of sexual assault, the game brought up emotions I didn't know I thought I had gotten over. I was a sobbing broken mess when this was over. It brought up feelings that I have felt for a long time but have buried to try and protect myself. This game didn't make me feel good. It made me feel awful because it hit so close to home, all the feelings of dysphoria I have with my body and the gender I was assigned and all the ugliness I feel after going through trauma. The only reason this isn't a 5/5 is that I don't think I can ever play it again because I know I won't be able to handle it, at least not till I am more comfortable with myself. I just need to get it out that this game is incredibly important and it is single-handedly the most emotional game I've ever played.

I really liked this.
Felt a little trapped by the format and "quiz" idea but was pretty emotional and hit close to home with some parts. As someone who has been in toxic/abusive relationships, it felt pretty emotionally honest but, like most emotionally honest pieces of media, it was a bit undeveloped and lacked some finality a more fleshed-out piece might have.
Should've had a content warning though as, clearly from other reviews of this game, it has had a negative mental impact on others and that should always be avoided if possible.

It's games like this that I find difficult to rate or even talk about. I can't say that I enjoyed myself - it's too upsetting for that - or even really understood it. It seems incredibly personal to the game's creator and, without knowing them personally, it was difficult to get a grip on all of the details that this game's filled with. I didn't get a lot out of this game but that's not because it's bad; it is because it's not for me. Ideas of good and bad are largely irrelevant because my enjoyment of the game isn’t what matters. The game was clearly made for its maker and if it was helpful to them, that’s what matters. I just hope they’re doing okay and this helped them, at least in some small way.

I really appreciate Jack's dedication to keep improving the game as it's clear it's a passion project of his and, while often kinda fun, the game is somewhat shallow and leaves a lot to be desired. A fun timewaster but not much more.

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As a smoker
This didn't make me feel very good.

A very beautiful and profound game. The art is amazing and the lighting and shading is hypnotic, with the lights reflected on the wet pavement. The story's themes of judgement, losing touch and not really knowing someone you thought you knew were really touching. The ending was heart breakingly melancholic. Fantastic game.

Pretty fun
While it has most of the tropes of a modern indie horror game (jumpscares, Lovecraftian themes/imagery, etc), the deceptively simple framing leads to some more interesting and cinematic places. The use of The King In Yellow by Robert Chambers, while overdone, was still a nice touch.

A lovely little game about people and their pasts

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I really like the concept behind this game but it felt like it showed its hand too early with the "ghost" flashing immediately after delivering the first flag. That and the sequences where the entity flies towards the camera and you can't move just gives the game away around the threat and the game can't recapture the same eerie feeling it had at the beginning when you know what's in store. If the reveal was more gradual, it would've been a lot more engaging but as it is, it quickly loses any scare factor. The story, by itself, is fine but the simple explanation given in-game just overexplains something that was probably better to be hinted at. Not bad and had a lot of potential but that's pretty much it.

Very fun and cute game. The art is beautiful and expressive and the dialogue perfectly reflects the struggle of queer teens

Damn you, Cecile Richard
You made me cry yet again

A game that took me 4 minutes to complete made me cry. I don't know what else I can say to sell this game apart from that.

Really cute and the art style is a lot of fun. As someone who finds meaning in the small things in life, it's nice to see that well translated into games.

As a fan of F-Zero, this is probably my favourite entry into the series. Takes everything great about the original game and just improves upon it, increasing the competitiveness and addictiveness while removing all the more poorly aged bit from the original. Probably my most played game of 2023

Great atmosphere, and great characterisation.
Strangely, very obviously inspired by Disco Elysium (but since that is my favourite game of all time, that's very much a positive)