{"id":6404,"date":"2022-05-20T16:20:12","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T14:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/the-stanley-parable-ultra-deluxe-review-this-is-not-a-review\/"},"modified":"2022-05-20T16:20:12","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T14:20:12","slug":"the-stanley-parable-ultra-deluxe-review-this-is-not-a-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/the-stanley-parable-ultra-deluxe-review-this-is-not-a-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe review: This is not a review"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe review: This is not a review<\/div>\n
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This is not a review of The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe<\/em>. If you clicked on this thinking that it would, in fact, be a review of The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe<\/em>, I’m sorry to disappoint you, but that is not what this is. <\/p>\n

Unfortunately for me, who agreed to review The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe<\/em> for Polygon, to even describe the relationship between the The Stanley Parable<\/em> (2013) and The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe<\/em> (2022) is to ruin the entire experience of playing Ultra Deluxe<\/em>, a game that is an extended meta joke about games. Because a review of a videogame isn’t meant to make the experience worse, there are very limited tools I have to write this review. <\/p>\n

I sympathize, though, with your clicking on this and expecting it to be a review of The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe<\/em>. Yes. That’s why I think so. If you have clicked on this not-review for the express purpose of deciding whether to buy and\/or play this game, I have just the thing for you. Mike, hit ’em using the old Polygon Recommends. )<\/p>\n

(Thanks, Mike. )<\/p>\n

So there! Fret no more, would-be consumer. Though this is not a review of The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe<\/em>, it should be clear now that Polygon has recommended The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Phew. I feel better already. Don’t you? <\/p>\n

(Note to self: Find a screenshot to put here. The screens of this game are all so boring, so maybe use something from <\/strong><\/em>Elden Ring<\/strong>. There are many of them. DO NOT FORGET TO DELETE THIS)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

If that is all you wanted, then feel free to continue. This review is not The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe <\/em>,, a recommended game by Polygon. <\/p>\n

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OK, I think they’re gone now. It’s just you and me. Thanks for sticking in there. It’s hard to believe that I haven’t written a review for The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe <\/em>.. Some of my favorite and most insightful moments in the game are <\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, and that one time when<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t. Those were great moments. Really great moments. Truly amazing stuff. <\/p>\n

Maybe at this moment you find yourself doubting that I actually played this game. When reading reviews, one of our first assumptions is that the reviewer played some or all of the game to be able to form a cohesive opinion. To your credit, hypothetical skeptical reader, I could conceivably have not played this game and still written what I’ve written. It’s a valid, if somewhat conspiratorial, concern. To that end, here’s a screenshot of a system menu on my PlayStation 5 to assuage your concerns:<\/p>\n

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Image: Sony Interactive Entertainment via Polygon<\/cite><\/p>\n

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How’s that for transparency? It’s not that I didn’t<\/em> play The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe<\/em> and thus could not<\/em> write a review of The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe<\/em>. No, no. It’s that I chose<\/em> to not write a review of The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe<\/em>. <\/p>\n

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