compare and contrast to a skateboarding game, where the world is adapted to make it more fun, where “i can jump here” is encouraged

and the mechanics of stray come up a little lacking. you’re really on rails, there’s only one intended route, and you start to learn which bits of environment are secretly interactive

again, not a bad game, but wildly out of alignment with what i was sold, and what i expected

@tef I think they tried, though won't lie I was disappointed when combat mechanics showed up and were Normal.

I think "smallish team with an idea makes a 3D game that can sell" is hard to pull off.

Portal 1's snark helped keep a string of puzzles from feeling monotonous. I think the Stray folks decided detailed environments would be their Other Good Thing, and they were neat but, with a short game and a lot of places you just briefly pass through, didn't make it as cool as it could've been

@rf i know other people who really vibed with it, especially the art