The Beginner's Guide

Played this back in 2016 and just watched someone else play it today, a decade later. It was incredibly memorable and I was worried a fresh perspective might taint my nostalgia. Indeed, the second time around I thought the narrator self-important and assuming. Interestingly, that's to the game's credit. Fantastic short story.

This is genuinely one of the greatest games I've ever played. I never thought a game that felt so simple and abstract (at first) would have such an affect on me and how I viewed pretty much everything. This game is a must play and I would recommend it to literally anyone.

Always when I play or read or watch something that feels genuinely profound and really gets to me, I can atleast vaguely explain why. "I loved Blood Meridian because of the sense of hopelessness and inevitability that consumes it" etc, but with this, I really have no words. It seemed to be going toward one, albeit emotional, predictable outcome and it didn't. It subverted my expectations and went in a direction that I would never have thought of and really made me feel something. it made me unsure who to feel for and it made me conflicted about that. A few years ago i played and loved the Stanley parable. It wasn't my favourite game and neither is this but ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, this is definitely up there. 10/10

GOOD

Lloré

ゲームというメディアを使ってアートをやろうとした作品は色々ありますが、これ以上のものは見たことがありません。 正直に言って完成度は一歩足りないのですが、アイデアの独創性と美的表現の秀逸さが非常に優れています。そして完璧ではないものの方がしばしば心に強く残るものです。 以下ネタバレ [spoiler] プレイヤーをナレーターに感情移入させておきながら、最後の最後で悪者にする構成はちょっとどうかと思いました（完成度が足りないと書いたのは主にこの点を念頭に置いてます）。しかし、この物語の主人公は実はCodaだった、ということなんでしょう。 物語の主人公は、往々にして誰かを助けるものです。そしてこの物語において、助けを必要としていたのはCodaではなかった。Codaの最後の作品は、ある種の人にとっては救いなのだと思います。[/spoiler]

WOW

I liked it.