Sable

Beautiful game, loved the vibe. I really enjoyed it, and there were many "ooh, I'll just check that thing out before I shut down for tonight"-moments. Tip: Do get the map for each region as soon as possible. Talk to everyone you see. And get those eggs, even the ones that may result in a detour – they will turn out to be VERY important :) The only thing I did not enjoy were the bugs. Like water turning invisible, missing NPC:s, and getting stuck in random places. But thanks to the map, you can always fast travel to safety. Even the menu was faulty, many times my mouse cursor disappeared, for example. The biggest disappointment, exploring wise, was the "secret oasis" in The Wash. Not worth the trouble, imo ;)

Gonna be honest, while there are a few things I really like about this game like it's atmosphere and it's artstyle, I feel like there's nothing more than that. This would've been much better if the game was shorter as it could give you a lasting impact but I guess the developers were a bit more ambitious. I found the narrative forgettable with some okay themes but it doesn't justify this game being as long and boring as it is. I might end up finishing this still, but the chances of me doing that are slim because I find the open world to be repetitive and boring. I'm not necessarily against the idea of no combat in an open world game or games as an art, I think it could be pulled off well similar to Journey if I'm being honest. The game has a lot of great qualities that would make it a masterpiece but it just isn't fun. It's trying too hard to be something that it just isn't. I would try to say that there's uniqueness about the gameplay but there really isn't. I suppose this could be compared to Death Stranding but I would think that the frustration that you get playing the game would make it more satisfying to finally finish, like you actually finished a journey. To me the gameplay here feels like swatting an annoying fly in the house just to take out the glass cleaner and just spray it with that because you're bored. It's not very satisfying to play any of it. At the very least I like listening to the soundtrack, outside of the game, so it's not all bad. I really just wish that there was a hint of stakes with this game like others of it's genre. I felt like there was no purpose to playing the game other than enjoying the atmosphere, but there are plenty of other games that do that. A real shame, as the artstyle really is like nothing else I played. TL;DR: Ignoring performance issues (which I didn't really care about) the game has a lot going for it but it's missing most of the elements that make a game fun or engaging. It's like adding a bunch of cane sugar to hide the fact that your baked good isn't really that tasty even if the presentation is top notch.