Reviewing and describing this game takes a smarter man than me. I will however try to jumble my incoherent thoughts into a little text paragraph and maybe you'll be able to tell if you want to buy the game or not.

The average runtime of this game is around 65 minutes. If this is a problem for you this is not your kind of experience, let's get that out of the way. For me personally it took only 65 minutes for the team behind this game to sell me on every title they will ever put out. This game is one in a million, from a buisness perspective it is absolute madness. This game is not made to be the next big thing, it is not suppose to get every Youtuber, Influencer or Streamer to talk about it. After playing or seeing it once there's not much left for most people. It is a coming of age story for people who have already come of age. It takes place and dives into such a specific time in history that most of the potential customers might be too young to understand or too old to care.
Calling this game a gamble is an understatement.

All that being said I loved this game. This game is raw and unfiltered vision. The team behind this game had a vision and they stuck to it. Sadly it may have become necessary to split this game into multiple parts but this is something I can perfectly understand seeing what I was given. What I was given were stunning visuals, amazing music and razor sharp gameplay. Not a single second is wasted in this video game. They could have easily strechted this game past the 2 hour mark so people wouldn't be able to refund the game. No dice, this game says what it wants to say and that's it.

The soundtrack is so unbelievably amazing that I would have paid double if it had been included. Maya Tuttle, whom I had never heard of before, absolutley kills her performance as Kid.

It may have become obvious that this game spoke to me on a very personal level which I am unable to be open about on a steam review. Escapism is a double-edged sword but for me personally it has become a constant and a way for me to wind down and reflect. Ever since I was four years old I played video games almost everyday of my life. Through the rougher periods of my life being able to become Mario, Sonic, Solid Snake, Strider, Cody or Dante for just a couple of hours was just what I needed to get my head up high again.

This game is oozing love and artistic integrity from every orifice. If anything I wrote above resonated with you, I can only recommend that you buy and play this game.


PS: Hit me up with that soundtrack if you can.