about 3 and a half hours in. the visuals have been fantastic so far, the lighting and environments especially feel like they're punching above their weight. i love how densely packed and fun to explore the hub is, it's a great designed little space. i even appreciate that despite the platforming being heavily automated, the game has occasionally used it to make little environmental puzzles (although it would have been nice to have control over the jumps, even if they wanted to retain a sense of magnetism). i fucking adore all the little cute cat behaviours and gags, and how the game will occasionally make use of those as part of puzzles. the soundtrack has been really solid so far and some of the unlockable ditties from the musician have been bops. so yeah, really enjoying this so far.
gonna give it a break for the day and come back and beat it tomorrow. just missing one energy drink and one piece of sheet music before i permanently move on from the hub.
also, is anyone else heavily reminded of Half-Life 2 with the enemies and some of the environments? got some heavy vibes