Sugary keyboards, pulsating beats, and light airy vocals are the order of the day, as the record navigates ample musical and emotional terrain. Still, when the entire game revolves around its soundtrack, you’d expect the tunes to be absolutely stellar… and boy are they ever! There’s a healthy mix of vocal tracks and instrumentals, but they’re all threaded together by a similar synth-drenched sound and aesthetic. All we know is that a young woman is heartbroken and looking to rediscover her “groove”, but the musical and visual storytelling of each level always keeps things engaging – even quite endearing. But as threadbare as the actual story is, its beauty lies in how much can be said with so few words. Add tarot cards, Queen Latifah’s narrations, and astrological symbols into the mix, and you’re left with a truly unique piece of gaming artistry of course, it helps that the arcade-style gameplay is addicting as hell. So, in other words, you’re literally PLAYING the game’s soundtrack. Conceived as a “pop album video game”, the game puts you in the shoes of an unnamed, downtrodden woman looking for some inner harmony in her life all the while, you guide her through the visual representation of a synthpop album. Of all the music-based video games I’ve played over the years, Sayonara Wild Hearts is the one with the most original and ambitious concept. Review Summary: They say "begin again", but I'll treasure any fragments left behind
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