Screw you dad I'm going to space! The only reason people think this game is pretentious is because they have low attention spans and can't understand the beauty of it. Also haha stupid birds.
Reviews for "Icarus"
I liked it and just when i started thinking "oh yeah, good but it needs a sound" , then the sound started, and completed all.
And it's not pretentious!
Really beautiful and relaxing, loved popping the clouds.
Pretentious.
After 10 seconds I thought this game was a complete waste of time, after 3 minutes or so I totally changed my mind. This is a proper art game and well worth the experience. It captures a certain sense of emotion and conveys it to the player (participant) in a really beautiful, sweet and captivating way. I was genuinely sad when the birds flew off!
It's probably got no replay value, but it packs a massive emotional punch for such a simple game. There are massively more complex games on NG and elsewhere which deliver nothing like this amount of engagement and connection.