I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

★ This is an incredible game. I experienced so many emotions and rethought so many different things I'd never thought about before that it's hard to focus on just one... — The graphics - wow. Everything in the game is so rich, beautiful, and interesting... I adore this style. — The characters... Even if someone embodies a certain archetype, it's so comprehensively developed that I could talk for hours about each of them in detail. — The plot. The game has an incredible number of endings, but I got two, both related to Dys and Sym, and I won't be replaying it again. No, it's not because it took me 12 hours or a lot of brain activity; I just touched on SO MUCH other content on the way to the endings that I have an idea of what would have gone where. And I'm quite happy with this knowledge. Maybe someday I'll replay the game and see how things would have played out with a different MC, but right now, I won't... — The gameplay is quite repetitive, but meditative, and is complemented by well-written lore and dialogue. The card aspect is quite easy to understand, and in the last third of the game, you stop encountering any difficulties at all (the difficulty can be increased, if needed). — A HUGE thank you for the diversity in terms of orientations and genders. This is my special thanks as a gay man who was incredibly happy to have the opportunity to be with another guy in such an amazing cool game.

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I've always been obsessed with games like these, practically every single tag this game has fits into what I had in mind when I was looking for a game to play. Needless to say, I loved it. It's very whimsical, heart-warming, irritating at times, and the range of endings are satisfying enough. The art style is amazing-- that's something that always impacts my experience when playing games, the characters are all so lovable in their own ways, the gameplay was much more enjoyable than I expected, and the story is amazing. I have almost half of the achievements now and i will still keep on trying to get the rest. Overall, I definitely recommend this for those who like the tags it's under.

First time playing something like this and I LOVED IT. I liked the card mechanic and how different the choices make the plot. Highly recommend.

A basically perfect game. Loved every second of I Was a Teenage Exocolonist!

Phenomanal Story, Amaazing Visuals, Terrible romantic interests If you like deckbuilding, and story games that aren't just an animated novel, you will love this! Its heartbreaking as well as heartwarming and has near flawlessly combined character growth mechanics with deckbuilding mechanics. At the time of writing this I have over 80 hours on the game and still haven't done half the storylines you can do with this game. I always buy games when they're on sale as they're rarely worth their wholesale value, but I must say, this game is worth its full price. However, if you are looking for a romantic story, this just isn't it. There is no balance whatsoever between the male options and the female options. All of the guys have predetermined NPCs that they go together with better than you. Except for one, who is a huge narcissist that you have to spend the whole game worshiping to get the love scene with him. If that's your cup of tea, than congrats he's as well written as everything else, but if not I am afraid you're sol. The all of the dateable females are well written and have individual personalities, I'll admit I have only dated the male options, but I imagine you have to fight as hard to end up with a female as I did with one of the dudes.

Awesome!

I typically do early-on reviews and edits once I finish them (or put them down). That being said, this game was good enough to incentivize me to write very positive things about it early on. It hooked me early on in the game's plot. The narrative is very well-written, and it was fun to create a character with attribute growth sort of similar to Disco Elysium or something like that. The scope is small, which makes the gameplay fly by, and the plot unfolds in a very slow, unsettling way that keeps you on your toes. It may not be my favorite art style in the world, but it is good. The atmospheric music sets the tone well. I am very much looking forward to seeing how this plays out (did not watch the full trailer or see content warnings).