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Cake day: July 22nd, 2023

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  • I think of this reviewer as being someone who deeply loves this franchise but just ground the previous game into powder. This new release is their only opportunity to revisit the franchise they love. Despite being very disappointed, it still beats not playing in that world.

    For someone like me, I think this is a helpful and honest review. There are many reasons for larger play time that are unrelated to game quality. I don’t personally consider it to be an indicator. I think I already also have issues with using it as a measure like $/h. It sort of seems problematic to always be asking “how long will this entertain me?”. I feel like we should be valuing other aspects more highly.




  • I guess it’s not helpful to just post that I loved this one. But I did, so I’ll try to write a little more.

    It was a slow burn, first pass was quick. I went back through it a few times getting more detail out of each repetition. The text formatting with no line breaks was a wonderful choice. Dealing with loss, impermanence, and the encroachment of universal truths. All of this either so overwhelming or inescapable that it’s immune to modern distraction based coping mechanisms. Or that they’ve become such a crutch we don’t know how else to manage them. Love how the title is just a nudge of meaning, a lever to my own interpretation that like the rest sinks in as you spend time with it.

    Just great stuff. Thanks.