I love the games vibe. The only thing that fell flat for me was the difficulty curve. After the first third I kinda figured out a loop and “won” the game’s economy which distracted from the depressing scarcity of the first hours.
Still very worthwhile for the small stories the game tells around every corner. The short playtime makes also sure that it doesn’t overstay its welcome.
No, you don’t have only option. Did you think Homer’s Iliad is such a great story because everybody behaved rationally? Just have some appreciation for drama and don’t go “Meep-morp, this is the morally correct choice.”.
which was realistically only one option unless you were a really selfish person
Heavy disagree. I think the ending where they sacrifice the whole town for their own little happiness has a lot of poetry to it as well. Real humans don’t make optimal decisions all the time.
What are we going to do if consumers still buy that stuff?