Creatures Such As We

A lot of people love this game, like really really love it, so I'm not going to tell anyone not to play it (especially since you can play it for free), but it just wasn't my cup of tea. It's right in the game description that this is a philosophical romance, but neither the philosophical nor romantic elements really hit home for me personally, and it's not the most exciting game apart from that. I did enjoy the setting (you're a tour guide on the moon), the quiet vibe, and some of the meta game-within-a-game elements nonetheless.

Much of the game is just you talking to the NPCs (the developers of the video game your MC is playing through) about big topics: life, death, art, motivation, game development, and so on. The characters are engaging enough to talk to, but I found that many of these conversations just didn't work for me in this format. The topics themselves are important ones, but for me they are big enough questions that I've already wrestled with most of them before and had much better experiences talking about them IRL than with some NPCs. It felt like I was often just repeating the same sentiment three choices in a row instead of having a real back and forth conversation.

Based on how other people talk about this game, I think maybe it's the sort of game that'll really hit home if you're in the right kind of mindset for it. If you're interested in these topics, but maybe haven't already formed your opinion on them, you might get more out of the themes than I did.

Romance was okay but maybe a bit forced/rushed. You only really spend a few days with these people, so I found it hard to believe the connection was as strong as the game suggested.

Not bad overall, might even warrant a replay down the road, but I'm not feeling that motivated just now.