Stop reading the damn reviews and play the game.

Buy it.
This is the platinum standard for video games as an art form. Very few games are realised in a way that precludes them from being just as impactful had they been a movie instead of a video game. Return of the Obra Dinn is one of those few games where it doesn't bear thinking how it might be conveyed alternatively. It is challenging, thought-provoking, exploratory, gorgeous, atmospheric, fascinating, and heartfelt in its construction. I expect to play this again every few years. Lucas Pope has done it again.
Buy it.

Lots of fun, unforgiving, high paced and an overall beautiful game. And its only getting better, being in early access. From every detail to detail in this game, it is well executed. From the open story style, to the creative and balanced weapons.

It's a nice, fresh new look at scifi topdown racers. I would compare it to micro machines, in SPACE! But yeah, it's great. You will enjoy it for a very long time.