This game. Holy shit. What can I even say? This game is exactly why I find cosmic horror so compelling as a genre. The subtle growing dread, knowing something was going wrong and being unable to stop it, the absolute futility of it all, the lack of any simple explanation or answer, paired with the absolutely gorgeous-yet-haunting shots of Jupiter outside? Absolutely fantastic, I was glued to my seat the entire way through.
There are so many things I could gush about here. The writing was fantastic, loved the interplay and juxtapositions of everyone's reactions. For such a short period of time, I felt like we got a good grasp at who everyone was, and loved getting to see their dynamics. Made it an absolutely gutwrenching experience. The art was absolutely gorgeous--I'm particularly in love with the lighting/shading on everything. And the shots of Jupiter and the world outside had me speechless every time. It perfectly captured everything beautiful and terrifying about space all in one. And the music and sound really just brought the whole thing home. It was subtle but so poignant--especially at a certain part I will not name due to spoilers.
Literally the only thing I could even try to knock off point-wise is just nitpicking on controls. Would have loved an up and down button and some sort of soft highlight or something around the interactable objects, at least for the first cycle. I got lost trying to search for things on that first round. Otherwise, I have no other complaints. This game is so well thought through and polished, I have to struggle to even think of any complaints, frankly. I would buy this game as is.
Absolutely fantastic experience. I will be thinking about this game for a long time. Can't wait to see whatever games you all do in the future, because god damn.
(Also: your title screen picture is so mean after playing the game. Rude. 10/10 love it.)