I avoided this game until early 2017 for one reason... I saw how many hours people sank into it, and I balked at another 200+ hours in front of the monitor on a game. But events needed a distraction, and so I began. Here's my review: It's like the book that you read, and how you couldn't forget parts of it afterwards, and kept rereading it because you missed the characters and wanted to read it again for the first time. This is that. If by some miracle you haven't yet played it, but are reading my note here to help decide, just do it. I envy you, because you will get to do something I can't ever again... see it new for the first time. And don't rush. Savor.