trashgoodman

I had no expectations upon starting up 1000xResist for the first time. This is one of the greatest games ever made. A true masterpiece in gaming. Do not fret that it is a "walking simulator" -- this sits atop the genre, passing other classics like What Remains of Edith Finch and Firewatch. I have not felt this SHOCKED by a gaming experience's novelty and uniqueness since Disco Elysium. I remember when I played Disco for the first time, my initial epiphany was "every other game I have ever played has been for children." This game undoubtedly presents an even more original, profound experience; it has left me thinking "every other game I have ever played has lacked the conviction to see its ideas through." This game's greatest strength is that it is bewilderingly and confidently strange. In my mind, it is a sci-fi epic of Vonnegut proportions. Another point of comparison I have for it is the webcomic Homestuck, which itself was a sort of textual precursor to the wildly popular Undertale/Deltarune. 1000xRESIST, like those stories, is aggressively original, elaborate, soulful, and MODERN. This is a new experience. The game takes itself seriously as art just as it is irreverent in the face of previous conceptions of "games as art." Like a high-art novel, the text folds in, on, and over itself -- it meanders in self-referential analysis and milks every theme and idea for all the poetry within. Simultaneously, 1000xRESIST also makes bad knock-knock jokes. There were moments of extreme tension in which levity were deployed -- which never undercut the tension. Such maneuvers were almost jarringly virtuosic. It astonishes me that something so vulnerable and singular was created by a team of people. I felt every emotion playing this game. I was moved to tears on several occasions. I hope this game achieves ascendant success and injects its brilliance into our gaming ecosystem; we would all benefit from more of THIS in the world.