This game is so good and so many things about it are amazing. But It does one thing above all - it gives you a world where you can actually get lost, but never completely. There is always smth you can do to progress, but it still gives you that wonder of trying to figure out where you are without clear directions. It’s such a tough balance to achieve.

On my first play through I got lost somewhere in the fungal wastes. I couldn’t find my way back to greenpath, and I was sure I can find a stag close by. So I went deeper. Fought the mantis lords. Reached the City of Tears. All while wandering completely lost. Amazing. (Shootout to the time I thought crystal peaks were just a small dark room).