This story is as gentle as it is taught. I enjoyed how present the emotion is and how delicately it's handled. The narrative around the choices you can't make adds a lot--and is achingly relatable.
Ouch! That second choice! (You know which one I mean, there’s surely one right choice, and one wrong.)
I love the mix of science and emotion, that reflects so clearly the way everyone’s mind was trying to work during the lockdowns — trying to rationalise your way into or out of your desperate emotional needs.
Oh my god, this rules. The ending is sooooo perfect: it’s what I really want to see in a story about relationships during coronavirus pandemic – no romanticism but a longing already complicated by previous events.
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This story is as gentle as it is taught. I enjoyed how present the emotion is and how delicately it's handled. The narrative around the choices you can't make adds a lot--and is achingly relatable.
Ouch! That second choice! (You know which one I mean, there’s surely one right choice, and one wrong.)
I love the mix of science and emotion, that reflects so clearly the way everyone’s mind was trying to work during the lockdowns — trying to rationalise your way into or out of your desperate emotional needs.
Oh my god, this rules. The ending is sooooo perfect: it’s what I really want to see in a story about relationships during coronavirus pandemic – no romanticism but a longing already complicated by previous events.
I’m so glad you got this game out!