Despelote

in a sea of football games that intentionally sink to the bottom every year, desepelote will hold up for a very long time

I loved the narrative, the visuals, the voices, the music, this was a beautiful experience. A window into another place and time that felt universal and personal. It made me nostalgic for the other country I used to live in. I did find the football mechanics underwhelming (both the real life kickabouts and the video game), I know they were meant to be basic (Sensible Soccer!) but I ended up just finding those bits boring. Plus occasionally getting lost was annoying. Still, it was overall a lovely experience. I could have just carried on existing in that world, living my daily life, quite happily. Childhood nostalgia from the heart. Ecuador will now always be one of my 'other teams' and I'll never skip past a news story about the country.

I like that this is more of an exploration of a memory. I wish we could do more tasks around the block, but I think that was the point of the designers. The minigame had me coming back to try and beat the CPU!