Momento isn’t changing the entire landscape of the genre or anything, but it’s an incredibly well-made and well-rounded game. If you enjoy cozy games broadly, or room decorating, dioramas, light puzzles, environmental storytelling, and tracing branching paths, then you will enjoy this game. I am docking it half a point for the disappointing audio—it might be just a ‘me’ thing (read my bio to see why), but I was really stumped on that. But I’ll just throw on a little cozy gaming podcast episode (No Small Games? Geeks and Grounds? How about some Slow Burn Podcast?) and enjoy the ride? The stories are lovely, and the puzzles are pleasantly delightful.
Overall, the game was a delightful romp. I think it’s a standout title, and it brings something special and particularly timely to the conversation. In this review, I avoided mentioning anything related to the final act. That said, I would have given this a 3.5/5 (meaning serviceable to the genre and even well done, but not groundbreaking) right until the final 20 minutes of the game, which tipped me firmly into a full 4/5 stars. What happened at the end of The RPG that caused me to remake my score? Well…games are meant to be played and loved, so go find out for yourself.