This is straight into Kentucky Route Zero and Firewatcher territory.
Great story, about sisters, about Iris, surviving this plague, the Occupants (??), the Chinese immigrating into America backstory...
The visual story telling, the moment you think you have agency where you're going, and the game hijacks you naturally.
Sometimes the dialogues do *not* allow you to try all options, which is great.
The theme of a single place but shown in different ways, the whole "home base", first just normal, then celebratory, then at night...
The visuals become more and more amazing
How it makes you "discover" dialogue to "answer the riddle". In essense, it's learning the right responses. In reality, it's learning about loss and grief and emotions.
