To The Moon is a game where you play as two scientists progressing backwards through a dying man's memories, trying to alter his life and motivations so that he can have the experience of his dying wish: to go to the moon. Along the way you also learn about his complicated past with his wife, friends, and family. As a video game, To The Moon is awful. You have to walk around every level trying to find which random object you can interact with or which specific location you have to stand on to get a point towards progressing to the next level. Then you have to do this same boring puzzle at the end of every level, which neither makes sense in the story or gameplay. Just bad mechanics all around. However, as a story, it is very well done, and this is where To The Moon really shines. Although the objects that count for points feel rather arbitrary at first, the devs do a really good job of stringing them together across levels, so there will be random moments where you say "oh, that's where this random item came from!" And it is evident the writers put a lot of thought and effort into setting up the life of the main character and connecting it across just a handful of moments, as well as designing the environments around the memories (like how the sprites of less memorable characters are fuzzy and less detailed). Some of the plot was a bit cheesy or just bad, but overall it was very well done. 7/10 would cry again
