GRIS is about a girl who has lost her mother and her world is falling apart—she is depressed and in grief. Throughout the game, she travels across these gorgeous painting-esque structures and environments on a journey to cope with her grief; to not be consumed by it. The gameplay loop involves you solving small puzzles with some light platforming as you travel the world and

GRIS is about a girl who has lost her mother and her world is falling apart—she is depressed and in grief. Throughout the game, she travels across these gorgeous painting-esque structures and environments on a journey to cope with her grief; to not be consumed by it. The gameplay loop involves you solving small puzzles with some light platforming as you travel the world and bring back its color. This entire game is one extended metaphor and understanding how the narrative is weaved into the gameplay in such a subtle way is brilliant; like how the colors returning represents the main character getting over her grief step by step and becoming "alive again" in the process. The music is exquisite and accompanies each event competently. Overall GRIS is a chill and somber, yet encouraging piece of art that feels memorable to me despite it being only a few hours long. There are a few small flaws, like how I got stuck a couple times toward the end and middle of the runtime because of there being almost zero communication from the game on what to do—The slight annoyance made me forget about the story the game is trying to tell for a bit, but I understand that the lack of communication was a conscious effort to make you immersed in the experience. I'm just retarded sometimes. It might not be an issue for you. 9/10 It beautiful and relaxing.