Oh this was such a good game! I think my favourite thing about it is that the MC (Marlowe) retains a strong sense of self, and the plot is not shy about calling Niall out for his treatment. It was very interesting, and the GUI was definitely my favourite design choice. The way it changes as the disease spreads, the fact that the options menu and CG are shown via a side-view of the brain, the save option is a microscope etc. So good, 10/10.
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It was also a fascinating thought experiment as to whether a creature like Niall even recognizes what he's doing as abusive. He's a single-celled creature who, by nature, requires another living being to survive. He is a parasite (symbolism!) and if your entire survival and propagation is dependent on another living being then wouldn't you love that thing? Especially if it could talk back. If it could tell you that it loved you too. You don't want to die, but you don't want your host to die either. Yet neither of you can live with the other. Something something metaphor something something idk