Quality Dreams, Reasonably Priced

I really liked Quality Dreams, Reasonably Priced. Once I picked it up, I had a hard time putting it down. It's well paced, and the world feels surprisingly realistic for where we could be heading in the future. The cast is small but diverse, which gave me enough time to actually care about each character and their story. The dialogue is fantastic too, and the characters felt like people I wanted to learn more about rather than just paths toward different endings. Your choices can lead to different outcomes for each character and for yourself, which is probably my favorite part. I kept replaying just to see how differently everyone's lives could turn out based on what I did. Some games advertise replayability because technically you can play them again. This one actually made me want to.

I cried a bit at the end lowkey, I think its a beautiful game with precious art, I cant make myself to get the other endings anyway.... Too sad for me

Short and sweet. I am intrigued about how some of these characters manage to have 4-6 endings, though. Even the most linear-seeming conversation apparently had 4 unique endings... food for a second read-through, I guess. I will say that I find the idea of an oppressive, transhumanist cyberpunk world totally immersed in our modern pronoun culture rather myopic. It's only a bit of minor cringe in the procession of gameplay, but I feel like a cyborg whose 50% metal body is powered by 100% nutrient slop would navigate gender differently than I do. Also, bunny surgery costs as much as a full-body musculoskeletal rework? Or More? I couldn't get that out of my head the whole time. Anyway, if those are the types of things I'm obsessing over, it should be clear that this one is worth your time. 10/10 work at making me feel like a slimy pharmaceutical rep pushing opioids, would feel very uncomfortable again.