Kirk Hamilton

And it seems like I think a lot of the twists feel fairly telegraphed to me in the broad strokes.

Just what we're going to we're going to find out some things about these early colonies.

And I don't exactly know what, but it just seems like whatever it is, they'll be good.

You know, we're on this planet where time doesn't function the way that we think it should.

So that opens the door to all kinds of possibilities with like, who's really behind all this?

And there are cut scenes.

It's you in the past.

I mean, it could be something like, but right.

You're kind of anticipating like, oh, this is going to be that kind of a story.

Something like that.

There are cut scenes with more motion capture.

I just saw one.

It was nice.

And I think those are cool.

I'm guessing this is just an issue of development resources, and I understand why they would focus on some things rather than others.

But yeah, you notice it when you're in the base, and it's kind of just an actor's voice reading over a mostly static character model just sort of standing there.

And I think that reduces the effect where...

I mean, comparing this to Returnal, you can imagine a version of this game where Arjun is alone, at least for a while, and they maybe more gradually introduce the cast, and in particular introduce characters who are more important to him, who I've now met a couple, and built up those relationships a little, given me a little more time, and also had more time with Arjun, and maybe Primary.

Primary is the name of the AI, which is this pretty cool...

One of the things that this story has going for it is the great art design.