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Hello folks, Before I get to the meat of this, I wanna say that for those who read my MGSV review, I sounded unsure of what was my next game to review. But now I know it’ll definitely be Persona 3, look forward to that. Back to the topic at hand, a game released recently on Steam called “The Beginner’s Guide” my goodness, it is superb! Brought to you by the writer of The Stanley Parable. I wasn’t gonna release a review of it since it’s pretty short and has barely anything to talk about (Exactly 90 minutes long.) But if The Stanley Parable was an amazing game for how short it was, then this game is no different. There are no traditional mechanics found in it, hardly any set goal, but it tells a tale, and what a tale it is. This game is essential for game designers such as myself, and trust me, while I may sound mysterious about it, it’s because I don’t want to give too much away. The game is only understood through experience. It makes me think, and think… how could you ever understand creations more than the creators themselves? And that happened a lot during our projects, my friends and I were very creative people, we had a lot of big and ambitious ideas. But at the same time, a lot of us came up with those very abstract, simple games for demonstration, for expression, to show people that a single person can deliver a message that has a deep meaning behind it and in the end, deliver a product that is finer than most big budget triple A games out there. But that’s only for the ones who understand the idea behind it, I loved this game as much as I did for how much I can relate to it, but there’s still a lot that the game has to offer that I don’t not to give away, it’s a personal story more than anything. I implore you to try this game out! I still think it's too vague to be called a review. But I said my piece on it and can't talk further without spoiling. So if I were to give it a verdict like I did for other games, I can’t give it a 10, it’s a short game that’s nothing special mechanically. But I can never deny the emotional impact it gave me. And the emotional impact it surely had on other players. I will give The Beginner’s guide a 9 out of 10. Get it on Steam, it's 8 bucks for now. http://store.steampowered.com/app/303210/ Score: 9/10 Excellent! Discuss the game at will, and yeah, Persona 3 is next. It will be back to writing the big stuff, and your feedback to my Persona 4 review couldn't have inspired me even more.