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THE LONG GAME

Spiritfarer

Developer/publisher Thunder Lotus Games Format PC, PS4, Stadia, Switch, Xbox One Release 2020

With half a million copies sold to date, has undoubtedly struck a chord. This is a game of great emotional ambition, with real teeth behind that serene Disney-Pixar smile. But there were more, it can be brutally affecting. Chief among those problems is its ending, a quiet, lonely anticlimax that seems to go against the central theme of companionship at the end of life.

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