Dropsy is really one of the best games of the genre. Feels both warm and cold at the same time, it's like it tries to balance out the overwhelming darkness of the plot and people, with a lovable main character that uses hugs as his main weapon - which is a very nice fu-k you to current trends, and for that I applaud. During play, I saw indirect commentaries of many, many things that are wrong about today: media manipulation, violence, hive-minded people with wrong facts, seemingly nice corporations, slave-like working conditions; also there's a town full of people that don't want to help you in any way unless you give them something in exchange first, not unlike what's happening today everywhere. Then again, you have a fat, ugly clown (how can he be more alienating!) that wants to hug you because it's his primal need: just being nice, regardless of everything else. Dropsy, in its own way, feels insanely more human than any of us, which we are already lost in hate and overall discomfort of society. On the negative side, I feel a bit disappointed with the gameplay itself: I thought Dropsy was going to experiment with some kind of new modes on how to develop the story, but the branching is quite linear and standard. Yet, Dropsy innovates with its surrealistic storytelling and non-verbal communication (though already done by Botanicula and probably others before). And I have to mention the superb OST made by Chris Schlarb. I've even put "In The Court of the Junkyard King" on repeat for a whole day while I was doing other stuff. This game is really what's good about games today: the way you can say a thousand things in a way no other medium can do. It's a must play, and I recommend it to anyone who cares just a little bit about games overall.
