the man on the moon rules the infinite time

i beat clair obscur last night. i am definitely still Processing because there is a lot to process, but i'll use this post for that.

first, spoiler-free backloggery review:

Man, no wonder this game won so many awards. Thoroughly original setting and premise coupled with fantastic gameplay and a story that kept me wondering, Clair Obscur is in a class of its own. Genuinely one of the best turn-based games I've ever played purely from a gameplay standpoint. While I have some quibbles about minor things, the overall result is that this is a game to remember. Also: the music, holy shit the MUSIC.

which sounds pretty generic as i read back over it, but meh. it's a very good game and worth playing, is the point.

spoilers below through the entire game.

( here we go )

since i may not continue clair obscur, i'm debating what to play next. clair obscur was supposed to be my may game and it's only the 11th, so i'm ahead of schedule. part of me wants to play something other than an RPG for a palate cleanser, but nothing on my backlog is speaking to me. (i'd love to play hades 2, but i've already overspent this month...)

so i may go ahead and start trails of cold steel. we'll see; i have some ffxiv stuff i need to get done in the coming days first.