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pyramidkid rated SHTDN

A downloadable game for Windows.

I cannot read Japanese, and I was too stupid and lazy to find a proper English translation, so I played the game strictly off visuals and vibes and man what an experience. Despite not understanding a single plot point, or the entirety of the dialogue this game gripped me deeply, every single background and world is fascinating to look at. I just kept on marching outta sheer curiosity, the same repeating melancholic piano and breath taking spreads, it felt like an intractable painting. I haven't felt this way since I first played LSD dream emulator, walking with a huge feeling of dread and somberness while taking in the inner beauty of each single world felt so strange and dope. There were sections where the music i was accustomed to hearing faded away, these silent segments accompanied by the echoing footsteps were the most powerful moment in my short session, I was caught in pure introspection. At that point I no longer was trying to figure out what was transpiring in the game, I had felt as if I was walking in somebody's memories, a place I am not supposed to be trespassing. And the spotlight suddenly turned to me, and with each location I began to think about my memories, and what I took out of each world had more to do with me than it had with these characters roaming these lands. Places I never visited triggered such a response from me.  I am now eager to play this game in English to fully experience what it has to offer. Art tends to transcend language because the emotions this game evoked in me are beyond words.