barnswallow

I hate to rate anything a ten, but this is a ten. I don't even think this game is for everyone, but it is near perfection for the people who get to fall in love with it. Pretty much, if you're a big weird book nerd, you're going to have an experience you've never gotten anywhere else and may never again (thanks to some very East European corporate skullduggery that mirrors the games plot). Give it a shot. It will either hook you or throw you back.

There's not a lot being reinvented, here. It's pretty much much 'what if Fallout and Firefly had a baby. But...WHAT IF FALLOUT AND FIREFLY HAD A BABY? And it came out cute and smart and charming and all the things you'd want. Open world RPGs struggle to find a way to create a sense of pacing for obvious reasons. This one does not. It's not a masterpiece, but it is a beautiful, thoughtful bit of escapism.