(I've completed the game on PS4, in case you're wondering about little playing time.)

This is the most challenging game I have ever played. It is tough, it makes me scream and cry, it feels impossibly hard at times. But it has earned being like that. It's never truly frustrating. The ridiculous perfectness of the graphics, the soundtrack, the level design, and most importantly the controls is something no other game will ever be able to emulate. So when I fail a level for the 983rd time, I might be done for the day, but I'm not done for good. Because it still feels like a worthwhile challenge, and not something that is just hard for the sake of being hard, which usually just means "unfair" these days. Twitchy controls, stupid level-design, these are things that make me stop playing games, because then it's just insulting. N++ makes a fool of me, but it does it in the most eloquent and respectful way and all I can and want to do is return the favor and push myself further when starting the 984th attempt.

Undoubtedly one of the greatest gaming experiences of my life.