The Beginner's Guide

Это искусство. Хотя может я сам додумываю. This is art. Or maybe I just made it up in my head.

I played this game after not being particularly moved by The Stanley Parable, and to my surprise, this game was way beyond my expectations. The following contain some thoughts unrelated to the game's content. I believe everyone who plays this game will come away with something different, so this is just a record of my own thoughts at this moment. [spoiler]When I first started playing this game, I kept thinking, ‘Is Coda actually real?’ It’s got the strongest meta elements I’ve ever seen — some of them almost feel unhealthy. Usually I’m against games that try to push a negative message. Not because I need a constant positive vibe, but that I just don’t see the point. You can’t really learn anything or become a better person from games like that.[/spoiler] On a side note: this game reminds me of myself after finishing both Death Stranding 1 and 2 recently. I've started liking my friends' posts more often, and when reviewing games, I try harder to find their strengths while downplaying their weaknesses — just so I don't let any hasty or ill-considered judgment negatively affect the developers or anyone who genuinely enjoys the game. After all, writing a review might be a low-barrier activity, but it can mean a great deal to some people in a certain way. I think this is part of the social charm that emerges when single-player games and gaming communities come together. It truly connects developers to players, and players to other players. [spoiler]At the final chapter, I really wanted to reach through the internet and talk to Coda(or the author himself): the desire for recognition is not a disease.No matter how much you disapprove of your own work, sharing it is always worth encouraging.[/spoiler] Now I completely abandoned my previous bias against games that might contain negative or pessimistic ideas (except for horror games, that's a different kind of stuff that I can't enjoy). Because every work may contain something extremely important from the author's consciousness, and I'm willing to believe that this core is always positive and worth exploring. Gifted by o1ta 26/03/22

Starts out super interesting and then falls on its face in a gigantic melodramatic heap. Save yourself a couple of bucks and watch any daytive tv show that has two teenage girls arguing about being misunderstood about the other.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=7VYXgy5LSyg&list=RD7VYXgy5LSyg&start_radio=1&pp=ygUhc3RyYWlnaHQgdG8gbnVtYmVyIDEgdG91Y2ggYW5kIGdvoAcB

Попытка понять не понятое. Нам свойственно искать смысл там, где его нет. Отличная игра.

Очень личная история. Больше слов нет

[h1]A Strange Little Gem[/h1] The Beginner’s Guide is best described as walking through an old friend’s computer. To say much more than that would risk encroaching on your own discovery of this little gem, and a gem it is. Buy it, play it, and “enjoy” it. Don’t do any more research than you already have. At worst, you’ve wasted the price of the game. But you never know, you might just find something that makes you feel something.