Posted on: November 27, 2021
Snowglobe Henry
Verified ownerGames: 96 Reviews: 4
A pretty game with a terrible soundtrack
I won't talk about gameplay in this review as there isn't much to say about it. You walk left or right and sometimes you press space, that's it. What I wanted to talk about is what kind of game this is, and why it is it's own worst enemy. What this game really is is a mood piece, it's about telling stories of fleeting moments of everyday life. And in that regard, it does a very good job. It creates this nostalgic, almost melancholy feeling. It's hard to really describe, as I think it very much depends on if the person playing the game is the type that can appriciate very slow story telling, and the types of stories that doesn't really have a "point" or a grand finale. All I can say in that regard is that I think it's a story best enjoyed if you are the type of person that enjoys the type of film a director like Terrance Malik makes (especially his later work). Stories that are about vague allusions towards feelings, mood. About being in a place and time. About existing in the world. However, here we come to the part of the game that I disliked intenstly. And that was the god-awful, car commercial, mallcore tier soundtrack. This soundtrack ruined most of this game for me. Music is such a subjective thing and there are only so many words I can use to describe it, but aside from the occasional instrumental this soundtrack was trash. Overly breathy singing. Lyrics that beat you over the head about how you should feel, lyrics that sometimes would be cringe-inducing in their sappyness. What I think this game would benefit from would be a mode that has no music, only ambient sound. The sound of footsteps, the wind, the sounds of the city and so on. There are a few scenes in this game like that, but the majority is taken up by music and singing that you would hear in a vapid motivational video on instagram. It's that bad. I want to like this game but it decides it rather wants to ruin it self with some of the worst music I have heard. Wasted potential.
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