Transistor

 I loved this games romantic moodiness. It almost noir, with it's delightful dramatic vocals. It was sci-fi, but still off-beat / original enough to hook me in. Visuals were smooth / great. 

...but that was it. 
The only thing you do in this game is run around a tiny bit, pick what fight moves you have and - as with any RPG - run into a hoard of baddies. I simply do not receive joy from games like this. There's no running/jumping/climbing trees (to quote Eddie Izzard), there's no puzzle you must solve, there is only you, your partner in crime and an unrelenting amount of enemies to defeat. 

I do this every once in a while: I think "do I actually not like RPGs? Or was I simply too young at the time? It has been years - perhaps I should try it again. I'm older and more refined, now". Turns out: I just don't like RPGs. And that's okay. Other than Zelda: OOT / Majora's Mask, there really are no RPGs that have even gotten surpassed the "I'm bored" threshold. I love a good story - But unless done artfully / carefully / just so, I would really just as soon crack the spine of the latest Anthony Horowitz and see what Detective Hawthorne is up to.

Thank God I don't review games for a living - could you imagine the amount of RPGs I would have to get through?? Always something to be grateful for. 

For now: I will do my best to stay in my own little lane.