I just played my first 40 or so minutes and reached the Ash Desert, which is the 3rd world after the intro section. My god is it a wonderful game!

To put it in perspective: I usually, for almost every single game, play in windowed mode. So I actually went to the options menu, set the game to windowed, and started playing. Even before leaving the Void, I had already switched back to 1080p fullscreen and got rid of all external distractions to best take in the beautiful art direction, soundtrack and voice.

The setting, while rather depressing in many ways, actually also feels quite uplifting - and I can appreciate that. That the gameplay is very intuitive and enjoyable only supports my belief that I've got a real gem on my hard drive right now.

Thanks to the developers for Nihilumbra. How in all the hells could a game like this have been stuck in Greenlight-limbo for over a year?! Valve really need to get their act together....

I will update this "review" later on, when I have played (a lot) more of it. However, I doubt this game can anything but better from there on out. It is a lovely game, and I would very much recommend picking it up!

I just played my first 40 or so minutes and reached the Ash Desert, which is the 3rd world after the intro section. My god is it a wonderful game! To put it in perspective: I usually, for almost every single game, play in windowed mode. So I actually went to the options menu, set the game to windowed, and started playing. Even before leaving the Void, I had already switched back to 1080p fullscreen and got rid of all external distractions to best take in the beautiful art direction, soundtrack and voice. The setting, while rather depressing in many ways, actually also feels quite uplifting - and I can appreciate that. That the gameplay is very intuitive and enjoyable only supports my belief that I've got a real gem on my hard drive right now. Thanks to the developers for Nihilumbra. How in all the hells could a game like this have been stuck in Greenlight-limbo for over a year?! Valve really need to get their act together.... I will update this "review" later on, when I have played (a lot) more of it. However, I doubt this game can anything but better from there on out. It is a lovely game, and I would very much recommend picking it up!