Five years later, much of the same Ars braintrust is still here, and its members have reached a greater consensus this time around: The Outer Worlds, and its shameless mining of the best in classic Fallout games, is a no-brainer pick as a top game in 2019. The worst part of Sayonara Wild Hearts may be how quickly the whole thing is over and the fact that there's nothing else quite like it to occupy your time after you're done.įurther Reading The Outer Worlds review: Fall deeply into the best Fallout-like game in yearsOpinions diverged pretty wildly at Ars when it came to 2014's Fallout 4, enough so that it didn't crack that year's best-games list. By the end of the ride, you're left with a vague, otherworldly feeling more than a concrete, easy-to-digest explanation of what you just experienced. There's a dream-like quality to Sayonara Wild Hearts' non-stop movement through insanely varied settings and situations that's only aided by the game's ethereal beats, swirling colors, and over-the-top character designs. But it often feels like a music video from an alternate and much more psychedelic timeline where abstract art, anime, and '80s cartoons combine as major influences driving a new art form. The developers have described it as an interactive music video, and that's a largely accurate take. None of that lessens what an all-consuming, memorable, and altogether original gaming experience Sayonara Wild Hearts is, though.
The rhythmic movement and beat-matching often feels a bit too squishy (especially using touch-screen controls), and timing beats are often presented without enough on-screen warning to react in time. Further Reading The hidden gems of Apple ArcadeJudged purely on its gameplay, Sayonara Wild Hearts might not deserve a spot on this list.
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