Recent reviews by Sequence

The puzzles were fun, the platforming wasn't horrendous, and the main character was interesting. The game tries so hard to compare itself to Portal, I just want to give it a pep talk, because I really do think it stands well on its own. Which is strange to say, since the thing I found most interesting about the story was something I don't think was intentional at all. Spoilers and some literary analysis below.

As soon as the discussion of James started coming up, I started reading Virgil more and more as a gay man, which honestly added a very interesting layer to the game. I don't usually like it when games make the villains gay, but having it be sub-textual helped, as well as Virgil being the only character that we ever heard the point of view from. There's something in the story of a privileged gay man believing he will forever be the underdog, betrayed and persecuted from all sides, blindly seeking corporate glory with the thin excuse of saving humanity. It makes his motivations more three-dimensional to me. It was honestly enjoyable to see so deeply into Virgil's point of view, and yet so vehemently disagree with it. He wanted to save the world by killing the few he thought he could get away with. It honestly reads as a story about the dangers of gay assimilation, to me. The dangers of becoming what you have once faced yourself.

Basically, if you like to analyse media and like Portal or the Talos Principle, give this game a shot. It undermines itself by hamming up the references like a LOT, but the gameplay is solid and the story is unexpectedly nuanced.