I played the full game on Steam (and left a review!) but I wanted to gush some more here to you guys without worrying about spoilers. My god! What a game! Every background, every item, every bespoke animation, just oozing with style. I can really see all you've poured into this.

I wanted to gush about the narrative specifically. The vibes of the game feel like such a throwback to the cartoons and games I played as a kid in the 90s - dark city streets with no one around but everything important happens at night, a faint sense of dread coupled with this feeling that absolutely anything can happen. I loved that, I feel like media that enjoys the night as much as this has gone out of fashion a long time, but it's definitely a core part of me.

But then the story feels completely different! I think you wrote Mick beautifully - just this mess of a man who's so conflicted, and when you understand what he's been trying to do for the past 5 years it's just such a gut punch. I think most adventure games would downplay this, but you didn't hold back and that was so well executed. The twists had me gasping every time (I was just as confused as Mick on who to really trust - I was open to Hara being hired by Roth almost all the way to the end).

But I think the one thing that elevated the story for me was the fact that it never feels like you're the only competent person in the game. In fact, it almost always feels like other people are more competent, and Mick  is struggling to keep up. In a game where you're only controlling one character, this felt like an ensemble cast. Mick thinks he's better off alone but has to lean on his community to get through all of this. It's just so well-executed. And I didn't mention this in the steam review, but I think a lot of that is due to the VO cast's delivery? Like this is one of the few games I've played where characters will interrupt each other and it sounds realistic, not like one character stops halfway through a sentence and waits to let someone else interject.

I just wanted to shout out some more love at you all, I've been an avid fan of the adventure games you've put out over the years and I was highly anticipating this game and it exceeded my already high expectations. Thanks so much for making this!