this game is really damn good, it's mechanically excellent and the art's insanely charming, but i feel better off not acknowledging that fact. halfway through kirby 64, a 10 hour game, i had the realization that n64 graphics would be a good base for my next game's artstyle. my game's story amounted to just a concept for an intro yesterday, but i spent like 2 and a half hours playing pokemon black from the beginning earlier and now i actually have a sense of direction with where to go from there. i had pretty much experienced all of balatro after completing a playthrough of it's demo. i wonder where i'd be if i had spent those 50 hours differently.

the art direction in this goes way beyond the original, it stands apart from half life 2 and even outpaces both of them in my opinion, which is such an accomplishment. i only really wish the gunplay was more fun, they kind of feel like pea shooters compared to the original

this games incredibly cute and cool conceptually, but the amount of finetuning you need to do to clear each puzzle gets annoying

was really enjoying the loop at first, but once i started to get bored, i looked up how much was left, found out i was only halfway through and then checked the fuck out