They were my fault, and I could trace them back to choices I'd made. Like the companions who died the first time I played Mass Effect 2's suicide mission, those losses hit hard because they weren't scripted. Lets the user change the position of the built in Combat Text (WoW) Raw. When I hit the slideshows at the end of my first run, Teresa was gone, and so was Ana the shopkeeper, Samuel the inventor, and the traveling salesbot I only crossed paths with a couple of times. Your first time through, you'll probably lose a few NPCs. Knowing you don't have forever makes every moment feel like it matters. When I wonder if it's worth throwing ice grenades into the water to make platforms so I can explore upstream, I'm thinking about Teresa. When I decide between waiting for an enemy to attack so I can attempt a perfect parry to set up a critical, or just running down my stamina bar with a flurry of wild attacks, I'm thinking about the clock. Unsighted has a slick soulslike combat system, all about timing and stamina management (and rushing back to where you died from the last savepoint to pick up the currency you lost).

It's worth paying close attention to who shows up on that list, and that's all I'll say about that. Why shouldn't you? And yet, it feels wrong. You're the last android still fighting to save everyone, after all. There's an NPC who offers you extra hours by taking them from others, a last-ditch option to prioritize your own life by scrolling down your list of contacts and choosing who to render unsighted. Meteor dust isn't the only way to buy time, either. Unsighted is scrupulously fair about this stuff.) It also stops during dialogue, menus, cutscenes, and scene transitions. (The clock stops during the fishing minigame, in case you were wondering. Whose life is worth more? The martial artist who offers parry training, or the inventor who needs just a few more days to finish the upgrade that will let you add more perk chips in the field? The spider-legged robot who takes in dogs left behind by fleeing humans, or the gentle sharkbot who taught you to fish? The decisions are still hard to make, though.

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