Not A Game Review

I just completed this very special game, and I felt I had to write about it right away. No clever comments, no jokes. I believe any of that would be an insult to what I am feeling right now. This indie RPG is one unique experience. To the Moon had been on my to-play list for a long time; a highly positive review on Steam finally provided me with the necessary impetus to try it out at once. Now, I can't believe I have let this game just...be, all this time, without experiencing it. I won't spoil anything here - you will enjoy it best if you go in knowing as few details as possible. It checks all the boxes for a great gaming experience: a haunting story and soundtrack, the ability to punch you in the gut (in a way only certain games can) when you least expect it, the ability to make you feel . Also, there's a small part of the game that really tugs at my love of "this action will have consequences." Be prepared for a ride full of emotional highs and lows. (A...

The title can be misleading - the game wasn't released in 2014 as a whole, but in an episodic format over the next two years. Now that that's out of the way - welcome to Dreamfall Chapters. Where you curse at everything using the words "Shadow!" and "Light!" alternatively. Where certain lines (and scenes) seem like they were borrowed from a scrapped Star Wars script. Where you visit an establishment whose emblem has a kitten riding a rooster. Where a disgraced wizard puts on a puppet show called The Fingerlings. Or as he calls it, "fingering. Trademark and patent pending." Oh, and "the women in particular are quite ecstatic about it." (I'm not making that up)                                                                                             ...