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Years of release: 2010 (DS, Japan/Europe)
Beaten?: Yes

Part of me thinks I included Last Window MOSTLY because I think it's really funny that it just barely slipped in to the games of the decade - this one came out January 14, 2010 in Japan! It's about as old as a game can be while still being a game of the 10's, but so it is. The reason I almost didn't include it isn't because I didn't like it, but um, because I don't remember it. It's been a really long time! Probably longer than any other game on this list. But rummaging through screenshots looking for the dumbest one I could find (oh Kyle, you and your Cool Pop), yeah, I remember how much I liked this game.

This sequel to the delightful little adventure-novel Hotel Dusk, most of what I remember about Last Window is that it's a game about Kyle Hyde being depressed and sitting around his apartment, gabbing at the locals while trying to figure out a mystery about his dad or something? What sets Hotel Dusk and this game apart from others is a really neat art style, some very likeable characters, some really good writing, and Kyle Hyde, the lovable(???) everyman who's probably the most relatable protagonist in one of these games, because he's kind of constantly as sick of everyone's shit as I am, yet he can't help himself but see things to the end anyway. I remember it being a pretty funny game, in a sort of dry way, but I kind of appreciate that unlike a lot of other Japanese visual-novelly games, this one's really subdued and avoids being too stupid. Uh, I think. There were probably stupid things.

I remember that some of the puzzle solving isn't super engaging, and the overall mystery plot is intriguing but not fascinating, but that it's overall a game that's worth remembering better than I actually do because I have really positive feelings about it. I'm pretty sure there's like a thousand memes from this game that I just don't remember now. Fuck, I should just replay it. I think that's on my 2020 to-do list now! This writeup is a trainwreck and I'm moving on to a game that hasn't completely disintegrated itself from my memory banks now, thanks.