I absolutely loved this game. The pacing is great and this is an incredibly good laid back chill vibes game. This is up there with Where the Water Tastes like Wine where the storyline is so heartwarming and I love the options your given and the glimpse into the town locals' lives.

As a meme, when I played this game for the first time I decided I was going to be a jerk to everyone. And I was: I promised work deadlines and blew them all off; I implicated the postman of his crimes even when I hadn't actually observed them; I was a massive judgmental ♥♥♥♥ to Kay throughout; I acted like a stuck-up jerk to the movie shop owner; I mocked the lumberjack's concern over the apartment construction. And of course I refused to help anyone with their problems.

At every turn, I was rude, short, and downright useless to this town, spitting on dreams left and right and acting like a total ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. But that didn't _do_ anything. It didn't change anything within the town: I blew off work deadlines, but the company still succeeded and acted like I was a vital employee; I implicated the postman, but he kept his job; I treated Kay like ♥♥♥♥, but she acted like I was somehow a pleasure to reconnect with by the end; I did the same to the movie shop owner, but she happily found her own way (I guess things do actually change a bit with her if you romance her, but only her); I refused to help the lumberjack and he still prevented the apartments from being built. Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Oh, and at the very end, for all the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ I pulled, the town gave me a loving sendoff.

That's why I can't recommend this game: it acts like a choice-driven game, but the fact is, nothing happens _because_ of you - everything just goes on _around_ you.

The environment is pretty, sure, but Lake is just too shallow.

It's a funny game, the story however is quit poor and the dialogues are quite trivial. (Or maybe I missed the point?) And some of the game mechanics could be better, particularly the camera hangs at odd angles while moving around, a shame for a game on atmosphere.

Controller support would also be nice.