Il gameplay, notevolmente scarno, è del tutto sacrificato alla narrazione e alla veste grafica del gioco (che su stessa ammissione degli sviluppatori trae ispirazione dalle tavole di Trondheim - per certe isole e fondali in esterno in particolare, Hergé, Mœbius - per le sezioni oniriche, e dei Kerascoët - per l'uso dei colori e per il design dei personaggi).

It does drag a bit in the middle but for a game that's only five hours long what that amounts to is a 30-ish minute section in the middle somewhere that should've been 15 or 20 so overall that's a pretty minor complaint. If either of those aspects were too difficult it would just make the game a slog to get through and no one would want that. The puzzle solving is similarly simple but, once again, I think that's for the best. The platforming is pretty simple but I think that serves the game's goals well. It never once felt like it was clumsy or being too mysterious and I really appreciate that.

The writing was moving and struck a good balance of leaving things for you to fill in some blanks but also being blatant and telling you what you need to hear when you need to hear it. The art has a lovely if occasionally grotesque style to it that was always exciting to see what the game would show me next. A beautiful game about anxiety, trauma, family, loss, and moving on.

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