I concur: Rami always knocks it out of the park with his lists/end-of-year pieces, and this one feels especially juicy and like it has a lot of thought and effort put into it. I dig it! :D
Terrific review! Thorough and well-observed critique. I agree with your criticisms, although I ended up liking the game a fair deal more than you did, it seems, just based on the enjoyment I got from being in, and interacting with the world, and how affecting I found the aesthetics and wild, trippy, visual trickery.
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