The entire game feels like the end of a dream. The end was forced upon by corporations and nationstates, of course, but the messy relationships and the coping mechanisms that constituted the narrative structure of the story was what made the dream-like elements of reading about this island town so real and nostalgic to me.
It reminded me of (though not entirely) Mark Jenkins’s Bait and Enys Men, movies about Cornwall and how England is taking over the region slowly. While village life may not be great in these works (including this game), it’s still a valid lifestyle and there’s a bit of loss and anger when this is paved over for some stupid oil company.
A beautiful, poetic game about a complicated loss. Highly recommended.