Space exploration mystery isn't a genre I knew I needed this badly until now

This game is so unbelievably mesmerizing, and playing it completely blind has been one of the best experience I've ever played through

Exploring the vastness of space and discovering each of its weird, creative and fascinating environments is just so fun and relaxing
The game isn't just wandering about endlessly tho, gathering piece by piece enough information as you discover new places is very rewarding in its own way, despite it getting pretty stale near the end since you tend to find a lot of repeating information, which is partially due to the open world nature of it

Speaking of which, this is the truest form of open world you can find, no roadblocks, at all (except the end obviously), you're completely free to go wherever as long you know how to get there (and have the patience too)
The environments can be as relaxing as deeply anxiety inducing (Dark Brambles is the perfect exemple, but honestly the deep oceans of Giant's Deep were just as scary to me), so each one stands out and offers you a unique experience

Now, this game must be perfect, right? We found it! The perfect game! Well, uh... almost. Thing is, the expect you to wait, a lot. Due to the way it's structured, you sometimes have to wait full on minutes not doing anything in order to progress, which... sounds as bad as it is. Thankfully, the game isn't very long and those waiting spots aren't frequent but also common enough that it's annoying (the Hourglass Twins are awful for this, despite being a rad af concept). This could've been fixed soooo easily by a speedup option, like that funny game that goes HOOOWHOOAAAAAA, y'know, and would makes sense since meditation is an option.
Also I found it kind of disappointing that there's no upgrade or something to deal with ghost matter, which feels like a bit of a footnote in the game compared to the rest, but that's an actual nitpick

Those couple of flaws aren't a deal breaker at all however, the strengths of this game massively outweighs any of those negatives, but one MASSIVE flaw this game has is that you only get to experience it once, please wipe my memory so I can experience it again

This game really is special

Space exploration mystery isn't a genre I knew I needed this badly until now This game is so unbelievably mesmerizing, and playing it completely blind has been one of the best experience I've ever played through Exploring the vastness of space and discovering each of its weird, creative and fascinating environments is just so fun and relaxing The game isn't just wandering about endlessly tho, gathering piece by piece enough information as you discover new places is very rewarding in its own way, despite it getting pretty stale near the end since you tend to find a lot of repeating information, which is partially due to the open world nature of it Speaking of which, this is the truest form of open world you can find, no roadblocks, at all (except the end obviously), you're completely free to go wherever as long you know how to get there (and have the patience too) The environments can be as relaxing as deeply anxiety inducing (Dark Brambles is the perfect exemple, but honestly the deep oceans of Giant's Deep were just as scary to me), so each one stands out and offers you a unique experience Now, this game must be perfect, right? We found it! The perfect game! Well, uh... almost. Thing is, the expect you to wait, a lot. Due to the way it's structured, you sometimes have to wait full on minutes not doing anything in order to progress, which... sounds as bad as it is. Thankfully, the game isn't very long and those waiting spots aren't frequent but also common enough that it's annoying (the Hourglass Twins are awful for this, despite being a rad af concept). This could've been fixed soooo easily by a speedup option, like that funny game that goes HOOOWHOOAAAAAA, y'know, and would makes sense since meditation is an option. Also I found it kind of disappointing that there's no upgrade or something to deal with ghost matter, which feels like a bit of a footnote in the game compared to the rest, but that's an actual nitpick Those couple of flaws aren't a deal breaker at all however, the strengths of this game massively outweighs any of those negatives, but one MASSIVE flaw this game has is that you only get to experience it once, please wipe my memory so I can experience it again This game really is special