There's no doubting this is a unique and interesting experience with decent art and original puzzles. It's not a long game but is definitely worth your attention. It does suffer from lacking a tutorial. Having gone in cold on this, whilst the separating images into panes mechanic was easily apparent, it was not immediately obvious one pane could then overlay another to change its behaviour. Occasionally it takes a while to find a pane that can be separated. Overall whilst it's a satisfying experience it occasionally screams 'look how clever I am!' rather than being a consistent emotionally satisfying experience. Also, whilst some puzzles aren't particularly time sensitive I feel there could have been more accessibility options for people with especially slow reflexes or disabilities which restrict their interaction speed. Still, go and play it, it's definitely worth your time.
The pixel art isn't at all bad, the setting is charming, and the music is decent. Sadly the controls are diabolical, especially shifting between your main and alternate form. More importantly it's possible to reach some fairly unforgiving sections very early in the game, dying forces you to play the same area repeatedly. Exiting and immediately re-entering a screen respawns enemies. The 1980s are now forty years ago, there's enough memory to keep track of all characters. It was a design decision that wasn't fun at the time, and still isn't fun now. Pixel art platformers, even with interesting mechanics, are no longer rare. They need to do better to stand out.
NMS has been contentious - I'm probably about 20 hours in and enjoying it. Based on other input it may be excessive to buy at full price, but for a sale it's worth it. The early game is a lot of fun, genuine tension, the feeling of a truly alien world, and the slow piecing together of what is going on. The forced slow learning of language is a part of the game I love. It does seem to be at its essence a crafting oriented and a bit grindy, but if that's what you enjoy I would recommend it. Performance is fine on a 780Ti at 1280x1024. My largest criticism would be that the interface is fiddly - the star map is a chore to navigate, there's a lot of keys in use, the flight model is awful, and there's a lot of inventory management due to the limited number of item slots available. As far as I'm aware, animals such as the long necked dinosaur were never implemented in the game, and therefore some of the GOG screenshots are deceptive. Even so, there's a lot of impressive fauna out there; you'll love it the first time a dinosaur like beast saunters past.
I'm very familiar with DOTT as I've already got it on my retro PC, using a real Roland MT-32. For someone coming to this fresh, you'll enjoy the game - the puzzles, humour and style remain the same, For everyone familiar with the original, how does the revised version compare? Sadly, it's uneven. There is a general improvement of detail and some reasonable animation, but it's inconsistent. The original game has smoother animation. The sound effects have been poorly upgraded, choosing realism over the more cartoonish sounds ideal for the game, and no - you can't revert to the original sound effects. The 'original' art in the remake actually looks worse than running the original DOTT files with a scaler (no smoothing) in SCUMMVM. The revised music is poorly composed too, but in general better than running the original through a Soundblaster. Additionally there are noticeable pauses in the action at times.
Distinctly average; probably overpriced on GOG. I've played TWW as part of another (now unavailable) bundle. Make no mistake - the graphics and sound are fantastic. Unfortunately it's plagued by pixel hunting and hidden objects, illogical puzzles and annoying voice acting. The plot isn't terribly well put together, even allowing for the ending - frankly I see it as a cop out. For your money, there are several better, cheaper adventures to play first.
