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Honestly, I play tons of games all the time for work and just because staying inside my house literally all the time sucks ass, but for all those big ticket items I churn through, my game of the year 2020 goes to Arrest of a Stone Buddha by @shin_yeo because it perfectly (cont.)
illustrates an element of games that people often overlook: sometimes the elements that provide the most effective emotional experience and the elements that make a game accessible to a larger market aren’t the same. This game is tough as nails, it’s brutal, it’s lonely, (cont.)
and most importantly, it invites the player to “perform” their role a little bit, rather than catering to people who don’t have time to absorb themselves in something like “a mood” or “an aesthetic” and just want to get to the end so they understand all the YouTube vids. (Cont.)
If you have the time to spend with some pure personal art, if you love 70’s pulp movies about sad broken middle aged men who kill people for a job, and you truly do want a vehicle for your own imagination to latch onto, grab this one and give it a shot.
